Regulations

Armenia steps up adaptation to the climate crisis

Armenia, a mountainous, landlocked country in the South Caucasus, is one of the most vulnerable countries in Europe and Central Asia to climate change. The nation’s average temperature has risen by more than 1.2°C since 1929, and changing climatic patterns have caused the degradation of important landscapes, including watersheds and wetlands.

New partnership aims to accelerate Global Biodiversity Framework implementation

At the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15), 23 countries and organizations, led by Colombia and supported by Germany, launched a partnership to accelerate country-led implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted at the meeting.

COP15 ends with landmark biodiversity agreement

The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030. Representatives from 188 governments have been gathered in Montreal for the past two weeks for the important summit.

Sports organisations commit to safeguarding nature under new framework

Twenty-three sports organisations, including the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a founding partner, and the Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, signed the first-ever Sports for Nature Framework today. Signatories pledge to adhere to four key principles that will safeguard nature and contribute to the new global goals for biodiversity, which governments are expected to agree to later this week at the UN Biodiversity Convention (COP15) in Montreal.

Joint Efforts in Paper Recycling – 34 Years of INGEDE

The Future of Paper Production and Fibre Supply, Quality Assurance:
Wide Spectrum of Topics at the INGEDE Symposium on March 8, 2023 in Munich and online

Ecoveritas dreaming of a green Christmas

The UK produces and discards an extra 30% of rubbish throughout the festive period. That’s 100 million bags of rubbish to landfill each Christmas

The PPWR proposal does not follow science, falls short on climate

The European Paper Packaging Alliance (EPPA) is concerned about the proposal that the Commission put on the table today because it is not supported by scientific evidence and it is not focused on solutions that achieve the best environmental outcome. On the contrary, the proposal goes against the CO2 reduction target set by the Commission within the EU Green Deal and accelerate water stress and resource depletion.

Small Business, Big Problem: New Report Says 67% of SMEs Worldwide Are Fighting for Survival

Amid recession fears, business leaders cite survival and expansion as their top challenge in a global survey of 800 executives of SMEs and mid-sized companies
SMEs are the backbone of the global economy, creating close to 70% of jobs and GDP worldwide
World Economic Forum report highlights opportunities for boosting future readiness of SMEs

EU Packaging Regulation: IK calls for ecological foresight in new regulation of the packaging market

Yes to recyclability and packaging reduction, no to mandatory recycled content quotas for contact-sensitive packaging and ecologically unfounded re-use requirements as well as the bureaucracy monster

Germany commits EUR 15 million to pay poor rural people for their work to preserve ecosystems

To support the essential contribution that rural people make to preserve ecosystems, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will remunerate rural communities and small-scale producers for their environmental work through a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) projects. Today at COP27 Germany pledged to contribute to the project by providing an additional EUR 15 million to IFAD's Enhanced Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP+).

Cepi welcomes BASF as its newest partner

BASF SE is the latest addition to Cepi’s partnership programme with pulp and paper industry suppliers, reinforcing Cepi’s position as a key player in the process of defining a new, greener and more circular industrial model for the EU.