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The EU introduces the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to help achieve climate neutrality
To reach the EU’s goal of becoming the first climate-neutral continent, the economy must transform and adapt. The European Commission’s EU Green Deal presents a plan to make the economy more sustainable by turning environmental challenges into opportunities. Considering this, the industrial sector...
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First ever Low-Carbon Industrial Technologies Roadmap published
DG Research and Innovation (DG RTD) has released the first ever Low-Carbon Industrial Technologies Roadmap, illustrating the technological requirements and needs for the EU’s energy-driven industries in the coming decades. Within this strategy, DG RTD has proposed a business case for a green...
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Low Carbon and Circular Economy Business Action in the Americas
What is the Low Carbon and Circular Economy Business Action in the Americas about? Objective: Help European businesses gain market access for their green technologies and services in the Americas Concretely, the aim is to support with technical assistance more than 230 business concepts between...
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Call for Applications: €187 million available now in Horizon 2020 energy funding
Building a Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Future: Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy Deadline for application: 29 January 2020 Starting 3 September, 2019, nine energy topics under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme are open for application, making available €187 million funding for projects in...
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Local transport and 'green' mobility in tourist centres
Providing free or low-cost access to green options for local mobility appeals to guests who are conscious of their carbon footprint. Options include encouraging use of local transport, bicycles and electric vehicles over land and providing kayaks, rowboats and other water-based modes of transport...
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The European Hub and Network for a compelling vision. Let’s get to know EREK!
Who, or rather, what is EREK? It is the European Commission’s brand new European Resource Efficiency Knowledge Centre. What is EREK’s purpose, then? For that, you need to go back to 2015 when the European Commission issued a call for tenders to “provide information and support to European SMEs...
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Efficient and safe city street lighting
Enlightening initiative... European city wants to become greener, safer and more prosperous New low-energy street lighting identified as key, resulting in three-year replacement programme Swansea Council's 28 000 street lights were consuming high levels of energy so it was decided at one point to...
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INTERREG North West Europe: call for project proposals
The sixth call for project proposals is now open until the 17 th of November 2017 (noon, CET). The programme is looking for transnational cooperation initiatives that can deliver concrete results for the North-West Europe area and its citizens. If you have an idea that could make one of the...
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6th LCBAM Business Meeting - Querétaro - REGISTRATION OPEN
The "6th Low Carbon Business Action in Mexico Business Meeting", will take place from March 28th to 30th in Queretaro, QRO. (Mexico) in collaboration with CIATEQ. Low Carbon Business Action (LCBA) in Mexico is a Project funded by the European Union (EU) that aims to contribute to the reduction of...
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EU – Brazil Cluster and Business Matchmaking Event |New collaboration opportunities between European and Brazilian organisations!
Lyon (France), 29 November 2016: 25 European organisations meet with 35 Brazilian organisations in the scope of the Pollutec Fair in Lyon in order to establish opportunities for collaboration The Event took place on November 29 th in the scope of Pollutec and included more than 180 meetings...
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Call for application: matchmaking mission on renewable energy, São Paulo, Brazil, November 7-11, 2016
As part of the Institutional Network that supports Low Carbon Business Action, we are glad to inform that the call for applications for the EU-financed matchmaking-mission on renewable energy, including the subsectors: solar, photovoltaic and biomass for energy; is officially opened from Monday 15th...
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2nd LCBAM (Low Carbon Business Action in Mexico) Business Meeting. Cuernavaca, Morelos
Cuernavaca, Morelos , September 21-23, 2016 The 2nd Low Carbon Business Action in Mexico - Business Meeting will take place in September 21-23 in Cuernavaca, Morelos (Mexico), in the framework of the Alternativas Verdes Event in collaboration with the Development and Infrastructure Commission of the...