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EU Agency Calls on Governments to Address Climate Change Impacts
February 06, 2019
The European Environment Agency has published a report calling on EU member states to do more to reduce the exposure of their citizens to air and noise pollution and to extreme heat, including by pursuing “climate change adaptation” policies to address the higher frequency of heat waves.
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EU Body Seeks to Extend Aviation Certificates in Case of No-Deal Brexit
February 06, 2019
Highlighting the continued work of EU institutions aimed at managing a potential no-deal Brexit scenario, the EU Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee has agreed its position on a proposal to extend the validity of various aviation safety certificates for airlines based in the UK if Britain and the EU fail to come to a withdrawal agreement.
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EC Reflects on Strategies to Achieve SDGs
February 06, 2019
The European Commission (EC) has published a “reflection paper” setting out options for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Europe by 2030, including one scenario in which the EC develops an “overarching” SDGs strategy guiding EU institutions and the member states.
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EU Bank Allocates Billions to Global “Climate Action”
February 06, 2019
In a recent press release, the European Investment Bank touts its successful navigation of a “politically difficult environment” in 2018, involving the increased popularity of “parochial nationalism,” to deliver hundreds of billions in global investments, with nearly 30 percent of its financing aimed at combating climate change.
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EC Applauds Companies' Response to “Hate Speech”
February 05, 2019
Fortune reports that the European Commission (EC) is applauding the response of internet companies to EU pressure, through a code of conduct backed up by the threat of regulation, to crack down on “illegal hate speech” on their platforms by evaluating increasing levels of “suspect content” within 24 hours of users reporting it.
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