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In this article, we provide a high-level overview of the regulatory regime and key trends in green finance in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. This Part 1 addresses...

[co-authors: Costanza Scarascia Mugnozza, Maria Concetta Molica]* With the goal to deploy the full potential of the newly approved National Recovery and Resilience Plan (the “ PNRR”), on 28 May 2021, the Italian Government approved the Law Decree no. 77 of 31 May 2021, so called “ Semplificazioni bis” (i.e. Simplification – the “ Decree”). Now, both Chambers of the Italian Parliament, Representative and Senate, shall convert the Decree into Law within 60 days. The Decree aims at s...

On January 2nd, 2021, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan signed a new code: the Environmental Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Code) to introduce...

Sweden’s wind power market closed the first quarter of this year with almost 1GW of new capacity contracted and investments worth Skr10bn (€990m), according to figures from trade group Svensk Vindenergi. Most of these new projects are located in northern Sweden, with as much as 75% of the new wind power capacity to be added in the electricity areas SE1 and SE2. The group predicted that if development continues at the current pace, before 2030 investments in Swedish will correspond to around...

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages Featured pages "French MPs approve ecocide offence to punish environmental damage", 18 Apr 2021 The ecocide draft legislation was by the passed by 44 votes to 10 in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, on Saturday. If it becomes law, it will apply to "the most serious cases of environmental damage at national level", said Environment Minister Barbara Pompili. Transgressors will be liable to ...

French parliament has approved a draft bill to introduce an "ecocide" offence as part of a raft of new measures to protect the environment and tackle climate change.

The French National Assembly on Saturday approved the creation of an ecocide offence as part of a battery of measures aimed at protecting the environment and tackling climate change

The French National Assembly on Saturday approved the creation of an "ecocide" offence as part of a battery of measures aimed at protecting the environment and tackling climate change. The ecocide measure was passed by 44 votes to 10 in France's lower house of parliament and will, if it becomes law, apply to "the most serious cases of environmental damage at national level", said Environment Minister Barbara Pompili. Transgressors will be liable...

4 February 2021 17:15 Share in: ALMATY. KAZINFORM – 19 eco-checkpoints on all roads to the city of Almaty, including main and rural ones, are to be installed this spring, where emissions from cars running on gasoline and diesel fuel will be measured, Yerlan Kozhagapanov, First Deputy Mayor of the city told, Kazinform correspondent reports. Related news The discussions of the new Environmental Code of Kazakhstan with the participation of Mini...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: With 11 million square kilometers of territorial waters under French jurisdiction and 20,000 kilometers of coastline, France has both an extensive and wind abundant seafront. France benefits from the second largest source of wind for offshore wind power after Great Britain. Despite these natural predispositions, the development of offshore wind energy in France is late in comparison to many European countries. Difficulties encountered...