Deadline: 11 August The role will focus particularly on carbon neutrality at the international level, carbon accounting and measurement, geoengineering, and adaptation. You will be globally focussed, undertake advocacy work through public facing campaigns and contribute to technical discussions, including the drafting of international standards. Your main tasks will be to: Develop and implement […]
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Greenwashing unleashed – European Parliament rubber-stamps nuclear and fossil gas as green in Taxonomy
Mathilde Crêpy, Senior Programme Manager at Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS), said: The European Parliament has just rubber-stamped fossil gas as a green investment. This decision will result in massive state-sponsored greenwashing. Gas plants will now be able to receive money, labelled as green, that could be otherwise destined for renewable energy, such as wind or […]
ECOS secures Built by Nature Accelerator Fund grant to boost adoption of sustainable mass timber in construction
Built by Nature, a network and grant-making organisation with a mission to accelerate the timber building transformation in Europe, is pleased to announce a €211,336 Accelerator Fund grant to Environmental Coalition on Standards (ECOS) to influence European Union legislation, building standards, and climate financing toward removal of regulatory barriers and an incentivised use of sustainably-harvested […]
EU Taxonomy vote – MEPs should not endorse ‘state-sponsored greenwashing’
– The EU would label fossil gas-fired power generation as ‘green’, unlike Colombia, China or even Russia – ECOS is a member of the Platform on Sustainable Finance, which has advised the European Commission against the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU Taxonomy Members of the European Parliament are debating […]
Fossilised: is fossil heating finally becoming a thing of the past?
This article originally appeared on the blogsite of Coolproducts, a campaign co-led by ECOS and the EEB. Today, most buildings in the EU still use oil or gas for heating. But the days of fossil fuel heating might be numbered. In two separate initiatives, the EU is about to sign an out-of-the-market sentence for them. […]
Time to build up ambitions: we need champions for decarbonising European buildings!
Buildings account for almost 40% of both the EU’s annual energy consumption and carbon emissions. Energy and emissions go hand in hand, and both must decrease by at least 50% by 2030 to meet climate targets. Unfortunately, the current Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) recast and national positions do not reflect this. Ahead of […]
Making sustainable products the norm – ecodesign as a tool for change
On 16 June 2022, ECOS hosted its annual conference on the theme ‘ecodesign as a tool for change’, focusing on the ESPR and how to make it a success. The event saw contributions from experts and policymakers, including a keynote speech by Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea, director, circular economy at DG Environment. You can watch it […]
ECOS Newsletter – June 2022
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No green label for gas and nuclear investments – MEPs back veto and ‘stay true to science’
Members of the European Parliament at the committees on the Environment (ENVI) and Economic Affairs (ECON) have approved today a resolution asking to veto the Commission’s decision allowing investments in projects related to nuclear and natural gas to be considered green [1]. Two months ago, the European Commission adopted a Complementary Delegated Act (CDA) that […]
EU reaches deal on common charger – finally a charger to fit them all!
EU Parliament and Council negotiators agreed today on a provisional text for an amended Radio Equipment Directive. It will establish a common charger for mobile phones, tablets, and other small ICT devices. The text will make USB Type-C connectors mandatory for all these products. This is very good news for consumers and the environment. Smartphone chargers […]
