Environmental Omnibus Explained: Limited Simplification Today, Bigger Changes Tomorrow
In recent years, EU sustainability and environmental policy has continued to expand in scope and ambition. This increasingly fruitful environmental agenda has also prompted heavy pushback during the current Commission mandate. With ten omnibus proposals already published and three more expected, “simplification” has become a recurring buzzword throughout the Brussels policy landscape. For many producers […]
Making the Case in Brussels: A New Progressive Advocacy Voice for the Outdoor Community Takes Shape
For the outdoor community, Brussels can often feel distant, complex, and dominated by well‑established voices from traditional industries. Yet, as EU policymaking increasingly shapes environmental protection, climate ambition, and access to nature, outdoor organisations are recognising that staying on the sidelines is no longer an option. Collaboration has become not just a strategic choice, but […]
Europe’s Water Resilience Strategy: Ambitions and Gaps in Protecting Our Most Precious Resource
From historic droughts in Mediterranean countries to devastating floods in Central Europe, the continent is already feeling the impact of climate change on its water systems. And in June 2025, the European Commission unveiled its long-awaited Water Resilience Strategy, aiming to address Europe’s growing water-related challenges. Expected at the end of the previous legislative mandate, […]
EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework: Achieving Climate Targets and Supporting the Transformation of The Agri-food Sector
The agri-food sector plays a pivotal role in achieving the EU carbon neutrality and in broader climate mitigation and adaptation measures globally. As the EU ramps up its efforts to achieve climate neutrality approaching the milestone year of 2030, the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) emerges as another critical initiative. This framework, which became a […]
Understanding EU Climate Law: The Path to Net-Zero by 2050
As the effects of climate change become ever more apparent, the EU must intensify its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, boost energy efficiency and increase the adoption of renewable energy. The EU Climate Law serves as the legal framework to support these efforts, ensuring that we stay on course to achieve climate neutrality by […]
EU Climate Target for 2040: Why Change Cannot Wait
The European Union is now at a crucial point in its efforts to create a more sustainable future. To bridge the gap between its climate targets for 2030 and 2050, the EU is engaged in the development of a new set of environmental objectives to be achieved by 2040. The upcoming climate legislation certainly has […]
Understanding the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework
If there was still any argument about the reality of global warming, the summer of 2022 might have just managed to settle it. Confirmed as the warmest summer in the region’s history, the record-breaking temperatures experienced last year have likely made climate change a tangible issue for Europeans across the block and an even more […]
EU Climate Policy: What Rules will be Relevant for Companies?
As the dangers of climate change become more prominent, governments around the world begin to look for solutions and mobilise resources to protect their environment. Clearly, at the forefront of this movement, the European Union has been consistently introducing laws and regulations over the last two decades to address the climate crisis and trying to […]
Ohana, Protect Our Winters Europe & 1% for the Planet: A Collaboration with Real Impact
We’ve written before about the importance of holding companies that make green claims to high sustainability standards. Organizations who talk green need to act green. This is the only way for business leaders to promote real environmental change and build genuine trust in the marketplace. Here at Ohana, we hold ourselves to even higher standards. We […]