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UN calls for transition metals mining finance reform to protect environment and human rights
10 Oct 2025 03:00 GMT
… (IRP), hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), argues that the … respecting human rights and the environment,” said Janez Potočnik, co-chair of the …
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Peter Mandelson launched a hush-hush operation to dig into the personal lives of his new EU colleagues after Tony Blair sent him to Brussels, 20 year old papers reveal
31 Dec 2024 00:38 GMT
… biographies of his fellow incoming EU commissioners.
Peter Mandelson asked the … to Brussels as an EU commissioner in 2004
The EU commissioners in Brussels (Lord … British ambassador reported that incoming commissioner Janez Potocnik ‘likes his grub and going …
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Dr. Janez Potočnik: Without socially acceptable social conditions, the green transition will not happen
17 Feb 2024 13:34 GMT
… Janez Potočnik: during the preparations for Slovenia's accession to the EU … head of the EU Accession Negotiating Group, then European Commissioner for two …
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Event highlights benefits of sustainable transformation
22 Oct 2025 13:39 GMT
… Janez Potočnik said that overall trends were positive, as Slovenia and the EU … , a former EU commissioner for the environment and current co … necessary to protect the environment, as global carbon … economy, technology and environment prompted companies to think …
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A new EU commissioner for enlargement
26 Nov 2024 11:42 GMT
… the exception of the Slovenian Janez Potočnik’s brief six-month stint … strict”, said the new commissioner, since the EU “can only welcome countries … -to-be former Hungarian commissioner has undermined the EU’s credibility in …
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Healing nature will help us all. So why are MEPs fighting the crucial new restoration law? | Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Janez Potočnik and Paul Polman
31 May 2023 06:42 GMT
For 10,000 years, human civilisation has grown and thrived because of Earth’s remarkable regenerative capacity that sustains climate stability and rich biological diversity. Now human activity has severely undermined this resilience.
Our patterns of …
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Is the EU’s Nature Restoration Law compatible with regenerative agriculture?
11 Jul 2024 15:08 GMT
… position,” said Janez Potočnik, co-chair of the UN Environment Programme’s International … Resource Panel.
How does the EU’s … of regenerative agriculture. “Encouragingly, the EU Nature Restoration Law acknowledges that …
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President reiterates dedication to create attractive environment for innovation
14 Jun 2024 12:54 GMT
… a performance above the EU average, recalling that only … in fields like the environment, energy, archaeology and … competitive funding in the EU” and that the … Former European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Janez Potočnik, spoke …
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UN report: Africa’s transition minerals key to global clean energy future
13 Oct 2025 04:00 GMT
… found.
Released by the UN Environment Programme’s International Resource Panel … respecting human rights and the environment,” said Janez Potočnik, the co-chair of … contracts. Issues relating to the environment (especially forest destruction) are being …
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On Europe Day, Minister Fajon, former MEPs and Commissioner discuss what Slovenia has gained with EU membership
10 May 2024 19:22 GMT
… as well as former EU Commissioner Janez Potočnik, first shared personal memories … accession negotiations and the EU membership and then … #39;s arduous journey, Janez Potočnik underlined: “It has often … a safe and peaceful environment, which is very important …