The European Commission’s 2018 climate neutrality strategy, ‘A Clean Planet for all’, states that reaching its goal ‘will require increasing amounts of biomass compared to today’s consumption.’ Whether the transport sector can meet targets depends on the pathways chosen now.

New study shows connections between global environmental degradation and tax havens published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. On average 68% of all investigated foreign capital to sectors associated with deforestation of the Amazon rainforest was transferred through tax havens. 70% of the known fishing vessels involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing are, or have been, registered in tax havens. Loss of tax revenue caused by tax havens should be considered as indirect subsidies to economic activities with detrimental environmental consequences.

Last week the 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) was hosted in Lisbon, Portugal. This key event explored the potential of biomass to help achieve sustainable development and climate targets. CORDIS was proudly in attendance.

We are pleased to invite you to our Altfinator “equity crowdfunding webinar”- June 13th at 11:30 am (CET). This one-hour webinar faces the lack of awareness and trust on crowdfunding instruments, combining views of crowdfunding provider and SME.