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During the April 2026 plenary session, the European Parliament is expected to vote on its mandate for negotiations with the Council regarding the proposal for a regulation to simplify rules for chemicals, cosmetics and fertilisers, also known as the chemicals omnibus (Omnibus VI).

The 84th session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 84) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will be held in London from 27 April to 1 May 2026. This briefing aims to support the European Parliament delegation to MEPC 84 by providing an overview of the developments since the last MEPC meetings and discussing the key issues at stake, in particular the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships. This document was prepared by the Policy Department for Transformation ...

On 3 February 2026, the European Commission adopted the first delegated regulation supplementing the Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products with its first methodology for certification. Covering permanent carbon removals, the methodology paves the way for three types of removal activities to become EU certified: direct air capture with carbon storage (DACCS); biogenic emissions capture with carbon storage (BioCCS); and biochar carbon ...

Issues at stake The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive obliges the European Commission to report on progress by July 2026, potentially leading to legislative proposals where appropriate, on: • The inclusion of municipal waste incinerators and landfills; • How to account for negative emissions resulting from greenhouse gases (GHG) that are removed from the atmosphere and safely and permanently stored; • The expansion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions coverage to include international aviation ...

The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) is intended to mark a fresh start by providing a “safe harbour” for state and non-governmental actors that aim to advance the transition at the national and international level. Co-hosted by the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands, the conference aims to form a "coalition of the willing", establish a science-led coordination process, and produce a consolidated report on concrete transition solutions. International cooperation ...

Treating wastewater to remove harmful components prior to discharge into the environment is essential to protect human health and preserve water resources. On 26 March, Parliament will discuss the implementation of EU legislation, updated in 2024 to bring it into line with the EU's climate neutrality, circularity and zero pollution ambitions. The extended producer responsibility scheme (EPR) introduced by the recast directive to cover the costs of advanced treatment for micro-pollutant removal will ...

The original full study assesses the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 multiannual financial framework (MFF) from a climate and environmental perspective. It examines changes to spending architecture, targets and tracking methodologies, and evaluates potential implications for biodiversity and climate mainstreaming and performance monitoring, drawing on experience from the 2014–2020 and 2021–2027 MFF cycles. This document was prepared by the Policy Department for Transformation, Innovation ...

This paper assesses the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 multiannual financial framework (MFF) from a climate and environmental perspective. It examines changes to spending architecture, targets and tracking methodologies, and evaluates potential implications for biodiversity and climate mainstreaming and performance monitoring, drawing on experience from the 2014–2020 and 2021–2027 MFF cycles. This document was prepared by the Policy Department for Transformation, Innovation and ...

The impact assessment supports the proposed legislative amendments to extend the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to downstream goods, prevent the circumvention of CBAM obligations, and encourage the decarbonisation of electricity imports. While overall it provides a good evidence-based analysis supporting the proposal, it could have been better structured and presented. One of the main shortcomings is that the downstream study, which provides a lot of supporting data justifying the proposal ...

On 8 December 2025, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the 2023 Commission proposal for a regulation on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material (FRM). The new regulation would replace the current FRM Council Directive and widen its scope to include not only FRM for forestry purposes but also the FRM for conservation of forest genetic resources. The proposal would introduce a requirement for the basic material harvested for FRM production ...