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The energy policy of the European Union focuses on energy security, sustainability, and integrating the energy markets of member states. [2] An increasingly important part of it is climate policy. [3] A key energy policy adopted in 2009 is the 20/20/20 objectives, binding for all EU Member States. The target involved increasing the share of ...
The EU taxonomy for sustainable activities (i.e. " green taxonomy ") is a classification system established to clarify which economic activities are environmentally sustainable, in the context of the European Green Deal. [1] The aim of the taxonomy is to prevent greenwashing and to help investors make informed sustainable investment decisions. [2]
Global carbon dioxide emissions by jurisdiction (as of 2015) The European Green Deal, approved in 2020, is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making the European Union (EU) climate neutral in 2050. [1][2] The plan is to review each existing law on its climate merits, and also introduce new ...
A 2020 study in the American Journal of Political Science suggested that when white people obtain union membership, they become less racially resentful. [118] Higher union density has been associated with lower suicide/overdose deaths. [119] Decreased unionization rates in the United States have been linked to an increase in occupational ...
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, London, 1954, 1962, 1969. International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), Washington, 1946. International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. International Tropical Timber Agreement (expired), 1983.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is a United States federal law which aims to reduce the federal government budget deficit, lower prescription drug prices, and invest in domestic energy production while promoting clean energy. It was passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 16, 2022.
Revised text of statute as amended. The Environment Act 2021 (c. 30) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aims to improve air and water quality, protect wildlife, increase recycling and reduce plastic waste. [1] The act is part of a new legal framework for environmental protection, given the UK no longer comes under EU law post- Brexit.
European labour law. European labour law regulates basic transnational standards of employment and partnership at work in the European Union and countries adhering to the European Convention on Human Rights. In setting regulatory floors to competition for job-creating investment within the Union, and in promoting a degree of employee ...