Virginijus Sinkevičius @VSinkevicius@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ @EU_Commission Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries
Joined Apr 2022
Get ready for tomorrow!
We will be tabling new #EUGreenDeal proposals.
And we will focus on textiles waste.
This is the story @TEDxBrussels of a wasted opportunity & how we can turn this around.
https://youtu.be/ztXJ6U7K4E8
Warm up & stay tuned! ♻️ https://t.co/BqcBLPs6Pt
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1676164402360340481
We are proud to be part of the new Working Group on Environmental Consequences of the War in Ukraine 🇺🇦
We fully support this initiative by the President’s Office @APUkraine
Together we will build back better #Ukraine & those responsible for damages will have to pay the cost. https://t.co/3GWfZrnIr9
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1674430239441842183
Our new 🇪🇺 law to fight global deforestation enters into force today!
We take responsibility by ensuring key goods exported or placed on the EU market will be deforestation-free.
A solid step to support the 🌍 lungs & the livelihoods of millions of people that depend on them. https://t.co/qKOHexfR35
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1674339745134944257
Restoring Nature & fighting climate change is an investment in peace & security.
We launched an essential new outlook on the climate & security nexus.
It will ensure that the impacts of the planetary crisis are a concrete part of external policymaking.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3492 https://t.co/yL8mLbWEtE
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1674100468794916886
At #AGRIFISH @EUCouncil we talk about the state & management of EU fisheries.
We see progress in recovering fish stocks:
This is good news because it means better catches & increasing profitability for the sector.
We owe it to the huge efforts done by our fishers! https://t.co/GbfyEQCP9G
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1673258240069578752
We can do more for our seas!
The Baltic is the most polluted sea in Europe.
This September, it’s time for:
“𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝟮.𝟬” 🌊
We will bring together all EU Ministers of the region to boost efforts to fight pollution & secure its future!
Stay tuned! https://t.co/eLVGGCGnaT
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1673263854057410560
RT Lithuania MFA | #StandWithUkraine
Over 1 million people of 🇱🇹, 🇱🇻, 🇪🇪 became victims of the USSR's mass deportations.
In a single operation in June 1941, the soviet criminals deported 17,500 innocent people from #Lithuania to Siberia – most of them women and children.
Many died in trains, most never returned. https://t.co/ibmdcitFo6
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LithuaniaMFA/status/1668619020185276418
Wonderful to be in Malta 🇲🇹 with PM @RobertAbela_MT!
We have to keep working together for all Europeans & the next generations!
Pleased for the progress on waste management, marine protection & fisheries. https://t.co/PdVJGPNTTF
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1669051137897422863
Malta 🇲🇹 takes a huge step forward turning waste into opportunity!
Proud to launch its brand new Multi-Material Recovery Facility, that’s co-funded by the EU 🇪🇺, earlier today with Minister @DrMiriamDalli
Together we step up our circular economy ♻️ game - more is yet to come! https://t.co/QcZUWust0G
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1669423374538362881
Nature restoration works!
In Malta 🇲🇹 & all over our Union 🇪🇺
Here’s the proof:
The Wied Fulija site is now home to one of the most diverse ecosystems after being a landfill for 42 years.
A polluted place turned into a great spot for people living in the area!
#EUGreenDeal https://t.co/som94mpKHk
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1669431822315409410
Today we launch our 🇪🇺 Energy Transition Partnership for Fisheries & Aquaculture.
A collaboration of all key stakeholders across the EU with one goal:
A resilient, prosperous & thriving fisheries sector that will only become stronger!
Looking forward to our work! https://t.co/DpveuJYCD6
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1669627755309277186
Our @EU_Commission 🇪🇺 & @UNEP 🇺🇳teams came together to discuss our upcoming priorities & 🌍 developments.
With @andersen_inger we talked about our collaboration strategies to address the environmental damages in #Ukraine so we can build it back greener & better! https://t.co/G6VgbOG4SN
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1670761011916292096
18 Member States at risk of missing their 2025 waste targets on reuse & recycling.
To help reverse this, the @EU_Commission presents today tailored recommendations, & will continue providing technical assistance & 🇪🇺 funds.
Each country’s performance:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3105
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1666799256085094400
On the #WorldOceanDay, we ratify the WTO agreement on subsidies for fisheries.
This transformative step secures global sustainability, safeguards precious fish stocks, empowers coastal communities & ensures food security.
@wto can rely on 🇪🇺steadfast leadership at MC13!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1666749875306876930
“Destroy nature and you destroy the economy”
@ecb is right!
72% of 4.2 mn companies in the EUR area rely on at least one “nature-related service” such as pollination, clean water, healthy soil, timber.
The economic stakes are too high to ignore.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1666737271825920000
RT @vonderleyen: Nous sommes solidaires avec le Canada face aux terribles feux de forêt.
Canada has requested support from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism - and we are responding promptly.
🇫🇷🇵🇹🇪🇸 are offering the help of more than 280 firefighters.
More will come.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1666722685085270016
This is not a future dystopia.
It’s exactly what we should expect even more often if we don’t act profoundly #ForNature.
Our lives & futures are intertwined, be it in Canada, the US or in Europe.
Clean air & a livable planet must not become our era’s luxuries!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1666712987460067328
1 in 6 Europeans face mental health problems.
Our new Mental Health Strategy makes it very clear:
Nature can help healing.
Reducing pollution & toxic chemicals is a must to prevent mental health problems.
Our #EUGreenDeal is our natural defence!
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3050
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1666419399933194242
Day 468.
The invaders blew up the dam of #Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in #Ukraine.
600-800 tons of turbine oil have leaked in #Dnipro river.
An ecocide we face together.
I am at #EUGreenWeek with 🇺🇦 Minister @RuslanStrilets & @OlegBondEcology discussing next actions.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1666020357562679298
RT @euronews: “There is not going to be a peace treaty as regards the climate change or biodiversity loss”, says @VSinkevicius, European Commissioner for the Environment.
Watch the full interview on #GlobalConversation: https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/05/eus-green-transition-is-a-marathon-says-environment-commissioner
#GreenWeek https://t.co/JCfVa3DRqf
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1665987481857146880
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