Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

The plant uses non-recyclable materials rejected by sorting centres to produce circular chemicals and advanced biofuels, thereby revolutionising municipal solid waste management. This ground-breaking initiative aims to reduce landfill waste, cut carbon emissions and promote the sustainable use of resources. Recycling these materials will also help reduce dependencies on some essential materials and therefore increase […]

The Journal of Ecology Editors are delighted to announce that Katharine Suding is our Eminent Ecologist award recipient for 2023! In recognition of her work, we asked Katharine to put together a virtual issue of some of her key contributions to the journal. Katharine was interviewed by Executive Editor Richard Bardgett, about her career to date, her motivation for focusing on ‘usable science’, and […]

Summer 2023 was the hottest on record, and with extreme weather events ravaging much of Europe in recent months, the case for taking climate action has never been stronger. In the EU, we’re doing our part with a commitment to reach climate neutrality by 2050 – and one of the main ways we’ll get there […]

This landmark initiative signifies a firm commitment to advancing our understanding of Earth’s climate system and enhancing our ability to take timely and informed actions to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change, particularly encompassing the European Green Deal. The climate crisis is arguably the greatest global challenge we face today, with far-reaching […]

  World’s first counter-rotating offshore, floating wind turbine to begin testing at Vats, Norway. The Norwegian company World Wide Wind AS (WWW) which is developing a new design for offshore floating wind turbines, and AF Gruppen (AFG), the second largest Norwegian engineering and construction company, have agreed to test the first WWW prototype at the […]

The Vallee de Mai reserve consists of a well-preserved palm forest. (Gerard Larose)  Photo license   Researchers working with the Vallee de Mai Special Reserve on Praslin, Seychelles’ second most populated island, say they want to study the impact of tourism at the UNESCO World Heritage site in the coming years. The statement was made […]

Originally posted and adapted from Cairngorms Connect. Pip Gullet, Mark Hancock and Sydney Henderson summarise the Journal of Applied Ecology’s November’s Editor’s Choice research article. This study presents 30 years of regeneration monitoring to show a consistent, large-scale expansion of native woodland, largely through natural regeneration alongside deer culling, without the use of fences. If you […]

The editor’s choice for our November issue is ‘Timing of invasive species removal influences nonnative biotic resistance and trajectories of community reassembly‘ by Agostina Torres et al. Here, Associate Editor Maud Bernard-Verdier discusses the importance of this research: Invasive species control often targets single species, but as species introductions continue to increase globally (Seebens et al., 2017), multiple […]

This completes a series of other implementing and delegated acts that will allow for a timely inclusion of maritime transport emissions within the EU Emissions Trading System, as of January 2024. These acts follow the revision of the ETS Directive and MRV Maritime Regulation in the context of the Fit for 55 legislative package, which […]

In accordance with Article 3c(5) of the Directive 2003/87/EC (the ‘ETS Directive’), the Commission determined and published the 2024 aviation cap as well as the amount of free allocation which would have taken place in 2024 under the rules for free allocation in force prior to the amendments introduced by Directive (EU) 2023/958. The amended […]