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World Standards Day this year focuses on the power of partnership and the impact of working together. The development of standards can enable meaningful collaboration between industries, governments, and civil society, but a lack of representation of diverse and relevant expertise from civil society organisations risks the adoption of standards which may not be fit for purpose.
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Europe is facing a double challenge: reaching energy, climate, and circularity goals while also ensuring affordable, accessible, and healthy housing. Too often, these two challenges are put against one another. However, for a built environment that works for people and nature, the upcoming European Affordable Housing Plan (EAHP) should take advantage of how environmental and social aspects can work together. With fellow experts from Natuur & Milieu and Lund University, we look at how tackling inefficient use of empty or underused buildings can ensure affordable housing and reduce environmental impacts.
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The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG-P) decision to create common emissions accounting standards has the potential to streamline and simplify procedures. However, this must be done in a way that lifts climate ambition, write Carbon Market Watch’s Benja Faecks and ECOS’s Thea Lyngseth.
In the name of "simplification", the European Commission wants to roll back vital environmental protections with an "Environmental Omnibus" – and they’re asking for your opinion. We have just ten days to speak up before it’s too late. Tell them to keep their hands off nature.
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The European Commission is revising the current EU Bioeconomy Strategy and refers to a “regenerative” bioeconomy, suggesting something sustainable - but without an agreed definition, this can lead to misleading claims, or even greenwashing, whilst detracting from ecologically sound approaches.
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