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The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), a treaty-based intergovernmental organisation, inaugurated its European Liaison Office in Luxembourg today. This new office is a significant milestone for the organisation, as it aims to facilitate exchanges between GGGI's Member States and European partners to support climate action and access to green and climate finance in Africa, Latin America and Asia

How are the three authorities actively involved in local climate and environmental protection? What new and exciting projects are currently in the works? And what do we learn from this? These questions will be the focus of the 3rd Environment Days ("Ëmweltdeeg"), to which the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development cordially invites all interested parties to the "natur musée".

On April 17 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Joëlle Welfring, the Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, and the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, presented the first draft for the update of the "Energie- a Klimaplang fir Lëtzebuerg".

On 30 March 2023, the Administrative Court confirmed the judgment of the Administrative Tribunal of 15 July 2022 annulling the decisions to withdraw the authorisations for placing on the market of eight plant protection products containing the active substance glyphosate.

On Thursday, 30 March, Minister of Finance, Yuriko Backes, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Joëlle Welfring, and Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Kris Peeters, presented a financing agreement between Luxembourg and the EIB to fund the ecological restoration of the Alzette river and its tributary, the Pétrusse.

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Joëlle Welfring, represented Luxembourg at the United Nations Water Conference 2023, the first since 1977, which took place from 21 to 24 March 2023 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The conference was a great success and provided decisive answers to the global water crisis.

World Water Day will be celebrated for the 30th time on 22 March under the theme "Accelerating Change". It was established by the United Nations in 1993 to raise awareness of the importance of water resources and to promote and support their sustainable management for future generations. It is clear that this goal is far from being achieved.

On Monday, 20 March 2023, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report that summarises 8 years of climate science. Luxembourg was represented at the IPCC by Dr. Andrew Ferrone, chef du service de la météorologie de l'ASTA, and his colleague, Dana Lang, chargée d'études.

On 9 February 2023, the Minister for Tourism, Lex Delles, and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Joëlle Welfring, awarded the 'EcoLabel Luxembourg' and 'bed+bike' labels.

At the request of the agricultural sector, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Minister of State, Claude Haagen, Minister of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development and Joëlle Welfring, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development invited representatives of the agricultural, viticultural and horticultural professions to the "Agrarsommet" on 26 January 2023 at the Château de Senningen.

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development, Joëlle Welfring, the Water Management Agency (AGE), the syndicate of Luxembourg's cities and municipalities (Syvicol) and the Luxembourg Association of Water utilities (Aluseau) invited to their press conference "Virstellung vum neien Drénkwaassergesetz" today.

The Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Phạm Minh Chính, and the ministerial delegation consisting of four Vietnamese ministers and a large business delegation concluded the first day of their visit to Luxembourg.