Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

To mark the third annual EU Day for the Victims of the Global Climate Crisis on 15 July, a high-level ceremony in Brussels and commemorations across the EU honoured those lost to and affected by the climate crisis and called for further action to reduce the risk of climate impacts. In Europe and around the […]

The European Commission adopted an amendment to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126, reflecting the revision by some Member States of their intentions concerning the use of the “ETS flexibility” under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). The ESR sets an overall EU target to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. […]

Ardiantiono, Associate Editor mentee of Journal of Applied Ecology, writes about his experience attending the British Ecological Society’s 2024 Annual Meeting for the first time. Registration for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Edinburgh is now open. Liverpool has long been on my travel wish list. Especially as I initially wanted to visit for Eurovision 2023, […]

Registrations have opened for our 2025 Covenant of Mayors Ceremony. Happening on 16 October, our annual Ceremony will bring together hundreds of European mayors and regional leaders alongside high-level representatives of the European Commission in the European Parliament.  Organised back-to-back with the European Week of Regions and Cities and part of the EU Close to […]

In our ‘Field Diaries’ series, The Applied Ecologist is sharing stories from a range of different fieldwork experiences. In this first-person pictorial account, Apeksha Khedekar explores their time spent researching the sustainability of homestead farming among tribal populations in Goa. About the author Apeksha Khedekar © Shivanjali Phalke ; Jaya Gaude I was a master’s […]

On 14 June 2025, Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera and Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China Ding Xuexiang chaired the Sixth EU-China High Level Environment and Climate Dialogue (HECD) in Beijing, China. EU Commissioners Wopke Hoekstra, Jessika Roswall and Dan Jørgensen also participated in the dialogue.  The High-Level Dialogue had valuable and constructive exchanges, identifying new […]