Sustainable Development
Climate Change
Biodiversity
Resource Efficiency
Within the European Parliament, GLOBE EU serves as a platform for discussing European Commission policy proposals and for coordinating political action among like-minded legislators in the European Parliament and at member state level. It seeks to facilitate structured discussions between Members of the European Parliament, Commission officials, specialists, and a diversity of stakeholders through high-level round tables, workshops and conferences.
Events
Recovering Resources from End-of-Life Products in a Circular Economy (Urban Mining)
On May 18, GLOBE EU hosted an event on the recovery of resources from End-of-Life Products. With demand for raw materials increasing and mining companies having to go deeper each year to extract these raw materials from the earth’s crust, increasing the use of materials embedded in discarded consumer goods was widely seen as mankind’s […]
The European Green Deal: On Track or In Trouble?
On November 17, GLOBE EU invited representatives from the European Climate Foundation, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and IUCN to convey their organization’s perspective on the European Green Deal’s proposed measures and their likely impact on climate mitigation, resource consumption, and biodiversity. Panelists did not only consider the challenge to adopt a coherent approach to […]
News
Click here for a summary of the discussion and copies of the presentations delivered during the May 18 event on Recovering Resources from End-of-Life Products (Urban Mining).
GLOBE EU is pleased to announce its Partnership Agreement with the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC). With their help, we will be better placed to inform legislators and other stakeholders of the opportunities for lowering the environmental footprint of buildings and the construction industry. For more information on the GLOBE EU Partnerships click here.