Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

The Joint Committee under the EU and Swiss Linking Agreement agreed on the 2024 arrangements for the transfers of emission allowances between the registries of the EU Emissions Trading System and the Swiss Emissions Trading System. The Agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the linking of their Emission Trading Systems entered into force on […]

In a frank and constructive exchange, they agreed to increase cooperation on tackling the climate crisis, which no single country can solve on its own. Both parties wholeheartedly underlined that climate science shows the urgency of action in this decade to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement. The impacts of the climate crisis are […]

The Commission adopted on 17 October a delegated regulation establishing a new Auctioning Regulation following the revision of the ETS Directive in the context of the Fit for 55 and REPowerEU. Following adoption, the act was submitted to the European Parliament and Council for scrutiny. Provided that those institutions do not raise any objections within […]

Amelie Schmolke discusses recent work, conducted alongside colleagues, which involved the development of a trait-based model for solitary bees. Schmolke et al were able to model management scenarios and possible outcomes for bee species with incomplete trait data. An introduction to bees When thinking about bees, people often think of the honey bee. But there […]

The European Union and Japan today announce their intention to form a Green Alliance to accelerate the transition of both economies towards becoming climate-neutral, circular and resource-efficient in the coming decades. The agreement was finalised during the EU-Japan Summit, where the two parties agreed to strengthen cooperation on protecting the environment, conserving biodiversity and fighting […]

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Agriculture has a positive and important role to play in climate change mitigation: crops, hedgerows and trees sequester carbon from the atmosphere and properly managed soils provide carbon storage. However, agriculture contributes more than 10% of the EU’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, chiefly through the release of methane and nitrous oxide. The EU is committed […]

We’d love to feature your art on the Journal of Ecology Blog: https://jecologyblog.com/  We are looking to feature artwork and artistic engagement with plants, fungi, algae and aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems. This might be a sketch, photograph, sculpture, fashion, AI, comic book, acrylics, watercolour, oils on canvas etc.   Please send a name, between 1 […]

Christopher Honeyman talks us through recently published work which compared three Marine Protected Area (MPA) monitoring techniques, along with colleagues. Interestingly, each technique was shown to survey distinct groundfish community assemblages with varying levels of species diversity and richness. Therefore, combining multiple techniques may better allow managers to create the most comprehensive, effective and inclusive […]

While producing the recent Biological Flora account for Meadow Crane’s-bill, Geranium pratense L., its authors stumbled on an extraordinary error that had been perpetuated and elaborated in the literature for 140 years. It is a cautionary tale that should be of interest to prospective Biological Flora authors, or indeed for anyone engaged in reviewing the […]