Tag: emissions

• How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals

  Report by ECOS with Open Future. How data centre expansion risks derailing climate goals and how to fix it. An analysis of the environmental impacts of data centres, the solutions to this, and possible EU policy responses.

• Harmonisation of ISO and GHG-P standards must raise the quality bar

  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.

• Cooking appliances: EU could clear the air with new ecodesign rules

  The European Commission is reviewing its regulations for domestic cooking appliances, some of the most polluting products in our homes. Responsible for poor indoor air quality, public health risks, and carbon emissions, home cooking appliances that use gas must be eradicated – for our health and for our planet. The EU could make this happen using ecodesign. Here’s how.

• Euro 7: New EU car emission standard not enough to reduce microplastic pollution from tyres

  The EU has agreed on a new car emission standard, Euro 7, that will (among other things) set limits on emissions stemming from the abrasion of tyres while driving – a massive source of microplastic pollution. Although this is a step in the right direction, Euro 7 will unfortunately not sufficiently address Europe’s microplastic problem.

• Open letter to ENVI: Strengthen the overall ambition of the ETS

  28 NGOs call on the ENVI committee to vote for an EU Emissions Trading System that works for climate and industrial transformation.

• Joint assessment of the proposals for a revised Industrial Emissions Directive and revised E-PRTR

  Four NGOs give their preliminary assessment of the European Commission’s proposals for a revised Industrial Emissions Directive and E-PRTR.