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New EU ambitious targets for renewables, including self-consumption and biofuels, were agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators on Wednesday night.

Airlines will remain exempt from paying for CO2 emissions from intercontinental flights until December 2023.

Political groups discussed the way forward on climate cooperation with the Governor of California, who earlier also met with Environment and EU-US delegation MEPs, on Wednesday.

To decarbonise maritime transport, the Environment Committee voted on Tuesday to include CO2 emissions from the maritime sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).

On Wednesday, climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke at a meeting in the Parliament’s Environment Committee.

Environment and Public Health Committee MEPs will discuss the current Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak with the European Commission on Thursday morning.

De Milieucommissie van het Europees Parlement wil dat de EU vastberaden blijft optreden tegen klimaatverandering en niet afwijkt van het voorziene tijdschema voor de klimaatwet.

Environment Committee MEPs quizzed Executive Vice-President Timmermans on the new 2030 Climate Target Plan, demanding early action to reach carbon neutrality.

The EP Committee responsible for public health quizzed the Director-General of the WHO on its response to COVID-19, underlining the need for global cooperation.

Environment Committee Chair Pascal Canfin says commitments on farming and biodiversity in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies must be implemented, including through the CAP reform.

Het EP werkt samen met lidstaten zodat de EU beademingsapparatuur, mondkapjes en andere medische middelen kan kopen om aan ziekenhuizen ter beschikking te stellen

De leden van de EP-commissie Volksgezondheid hebben de Commissie ondervraagd over de ontwikkeling van veilige coronavaccins, de goedkeuring ervan en de beschikbaarheid voor Europese burgers.

Europese duurzaamheidsstrategie voor chemische stoffen moet gezondheid en milieu beter beschermen, zegt de EP-commissie milieubeheer, volksgezondheid en voedselveiligheid.

Addressing the challenges linked to securing access to safe COVID-19 vaccines will be the main topic of an online hearing on 22 September from 09.00-12.00 in the European Parliament.

This agreed new legislation is the first ever regulation on CO2 emissions for lorries in the EU.

The share of waste to be recycled should be raised to 70% by 2030, from 44% today, while landfilling, which has a big environmental impact, should be limited to 5%, said Environment Committee MEPs on Tuesday, as they amended the draft EU “waste package” legislation. They also advocate a 50% reduction in food waste by 2030.

The share of municipal waste to be recycled will rise to 55% by 2025, from 44% today, under legislation on circular economy backed by Environment MEPs on Tuesday.

An agreement on draft legislation to make tobacco products less attractive to young people was reached on Wednesday by MEPs and the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of Ministers. This legislation would require all packs to carry a health warning covering 65% of their surface.E-cigarettes should be regulated, either as medicinal products, if they are presented as having curative or preventive properties, or as tobacco products..

Plans to boost greenhouse-gas emission curbs through the EU carbon market (EU ETS) were informally agreed between MEPs and Council Presidency on Thursday.

Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds, will be banned in the EU under plans provisionally agreed between Parliament and Council, on Wednesday.