Environment and green economy

A new guidance note is available for staff and delegations, to aid with programme planning.

Focus on "Transforming Production and Consumption: Bridging Sustainability Research with Policy and Practice”

Hosted by Finnish innovation fund SITRA. Circular economy solutions, strong private sector participation, latest developments on circular economy. Focus theme: Low-carbon circular economy.

Climate change, sustainable tourism development, vulnerable countries: a proven methodology applicable to all SMEs active in the tourism sector, whatever innovation stage they have reached, is helping to tackle this major challenge of our time.

The EU is strengthening public finance management (PFM) and governance in 15 states of the Pacific for a more efficient use of public and donor funds to combat climate change and protect the environment, among other objectives.

Chantal Marijnissen, Head of Unit (Environment, Natural Resources and Water), introduces the 10th edition of Green Development News.

This project implemented in the Northern region of Uganda in 2015-2017 aimed to change sesame production and consumption management with a view to reducing its negative environmental impacts. The Eco-Agriculture-Sesame project promoted eco-agriculture and an inclusive green economy, and contributed to increasing livelihood opportunities for sesame farmers, most of them women and young people.

Over 100 staff from EU Delegations, development practitioners and experts gathered in Brussels from 14 to 19 October 2018 at the DEVCO Environment Week 2018, in order to discuss environment policy developments and exchange knowledge about key environmental issues. Organised by the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) of the European Commission, the week focused on exploring ways to strengthen the environmental dimension of EU cooperation.

One of the 2018 reference events on circular economy with leading representatives from the industry, European Commission, the financing sector and circular economy project promoters

The WCEF presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and will bring together 1 000 key thinkers and doers from around the world.

The European Commission launches its tutorial video on ‘Rio markers’, a motion graphic film illustrating the procedure to measure, monitor and report on environment and climate-relevant financial support to developing countries.

Because of its geographic location, Belize is exposed to risks of water-related hazards such as floods, storms, cyclones, hurricanes and droughts. It is therefore essential that health care facilities be properly prepared and equipped to remain operational before, during and after a natural disaster.

Mayor Pam Belcher-Taylor is a woman on a mission. She has vowed to clean up Paynesville, a vast suburb east of the Liberian capital, Monrovia. She is being helped by a EUR 4.6 million Global Climate Change Alliance+ programme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and give access to sanitation through a more effective waste management system.

2018 has been a year of significant momentum for the three SWITCH programmes, with the launch of a second implementation phase in both Africa and Asia, and the conclusion of the first phase in the Mediterranean. Events will take place in the coming weeks, in all target regions.

DG DEVCO C2 and C6 are organising a two-day training session on environment and climate change entitled "Towards Sustainable Development: Greening EU Development Cooperation" on 7-8 June in Brussels.

The second edition of DEVCO Week on Environment will take place in Brussels

In line with the new European Consensus on Development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the European Commission’s DG for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) is committed to supporting sustainable energy in developing countries. Most development cooperation programmes in the energy sector focus on promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency, thus making a significant contribution to climate change mitigation.

The EU is committed to spending 20% of its total budget for 2014-2020 on climate change. This article presents the state of play with regard to actual financial contributions by the European Commission’s DG International Cooperation & Development (DEVCO) to climate change and other environmental objectives over the past four years (2014-2017), based on data from the Environment and Climate Change Mainstreaming Facility (DEVCO C2-C6), with particular attention to the energy sector.

A selection of key environment news stories from recent weeks.

This thematic seminar targets colleagues in EU delegations and DEVCO Headquarters who are interested in environment and natural resources related matters (heads of cooperation, heads of sections, programme officers from EU delegations; colleagues from DEVCO geographic units and other thematic units; colleagues from line DGs, like Environment and climate change).