World Environment Day: UN launches Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
The United Nations declared the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration would begin on June 5, the World Environment Day.
Green left’s Tomašević elected Zagreb mayor with record number of votes
Tomislav Tomašević won a record number of votes in the Zagreb mayoral election as the head of the We Can! green left coalition
UK’s Johnson examining cross-border carbon tax option
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering the possibility to tax imports for carbon, according to media reports
Balkan countries are source of most of SO2 emissions in Europe
Over half of entire SO2 emissions in the continent in 2019 originated in Southeastern Europe, Ember said in an analysis
Romania tells EU it would close all coal mines by 2032
Romania said it intends to stop the excavation of coal in 2032 at the latest and replace conventional power plants in the meantime
Turkey preparing framework as it may issue its first sovereign green bond
The Turkish government is working on legal requirements that will enable it to raise money with green and social bond packages, a news report revealed
EU member states to receive EUR 17.5 billion in grants for fossil fuel phaseout
Workers in the coal industry and regions that depend on it in the EU will be able to tap on the EUR 17.5 billion Just Transition Fund
Report reveals world’s biggest single use plastics producers, investors
The Plastic Waste Makers Index identified ExxonMobil, Barclays, Vanguard and Saudi Arabia as the biggest producers and investors in single use plastics
