Environment

If you missed today’s ECHA annual update to the Environment Committee, you can watch the questions and answers highlights below. Bjorn Hansen, Head of ECHA, made his 2nd Annual Presentation to the Environment Committee. Autogenerated transcript yes thank you very much mr. chairman honorable members and all presents I’ll give a very quick introduction to … Read more

Reading Peter Ludlow’s European Council Briefing Notes provides a valuable insight into the deliberations of the Heads of State and Government.  Today, on the key issues, it is the Heads of State and Government, who decide the direction and the endpoint.   On Climate Change, European leaders have firmly taken control. Just a few years ago, … Read more

The second meeting of the Environment Committee was on 22 July and 23 July. The Finnish Presidency came to present their agenda. You can read or watch the exchange below. Mr Jari Leppä, Finnish Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Ms Krista Mikkonen, Finnish Minister of Environment and Climate Change Ms Krista Kiuru, Finnish Minister of … Read more

The Environment Committee, now the European Parliament’s largest Committee, will have their work cut out for them. First, much of the Commission’s President Designate’s agenda sits with the Environment Committee.  The European Green Deal will bring forward a package of major environmental and climate legislation. Second, the Commission’s Work Programme is still being developed. It looks … Read more