UK backs suspension of deep-sea mining in environmental U-turn
Britain has announced its backing for a moratorium on commercial deep-sea mining, after criticism from scientists, MPs and environmentalists of its previous stance in support of the emerging industry. Euractiv's media partner, The Guardian, reports. EU looks to take the controversy out of carbon removals
To help prevent greenwashing, the European Parliament’s environment committee agreed new rules last week on the certification framework for carbon removals - a move it says will boost the EU’s capacity to quantify, monitor and verify carbon capture. Ribera: COP28 must commit to peak emissions, stop new coal
The next international climate conference, COP28, needs to lead to concrete pledges to peak global emissions and stop building new coal power plants, according to Spanish deputy prime minister Teresa Ribera, who will represent the EU 27 at the summit. France and Germany increasingly drift apart on digital sovereignty of cloud sector
The recent announcement of "a new, independent cloud for Europe" by Amazon Web Services has underlined the growing divergence between the positions of Paris and Berlin regarding digital sovereignty in the cloud sector. Global discord threatens COP28 climate talks, EU commissioner says
The need for agreement to tackle global warming is "higher than ever", but it has never been harder as the geopolitical backdrop complicates international cooperation, the European Union's climate chief said on Monday (30 October) ahead of next month's COP28 summit.
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