Environment

Official work programmes are not due until April, but drafts circulating online give researchers and industry chance to start formulating grant applications

Parliament welcomes the start of the first phase of the project to marry form and function with sustainability, but asks how the Commission plans to fund it

US is back in the World Health Organisation and the Paris climate agreement, but researchers predict the new president’s clean energy plans will face ‘ferocious’ opposition

“We are preparing the post-COVID world. A place where generations meet, life is affordable, the planet is protected and style matches with sustainability,” says Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, launching first phase of the New European Bauhaus

The European Commission wants to green the research agenda and have the new programme running by June, to launch the first joint calls with Horizon Europe

Switch to green hydrogen, more smart grids, extra funding for innovative start-ups are among 64 new measures announced by Trudeau government

Electric car manufacturers will have to measure and label their carbon footprint and abide by new recycling rules

Hydrogen power is critical in meeting climate targets. The European Parliament is calling for a coordinated investment strategy to deliver the green form of this energy source

With investment in clean energy innovation currently decreasing, EU member states are asked to align national recovery plans with the EU’s Strategic Energy Technology Plan