News of the European Commission Directorate General Climate Action http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/index_en.htm en Copyright 2010-2011 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/images/banners/rss_banner_en.png http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/index_en.htm 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 21 22 23 60 17 May 2013 17:01:35 +0100 Jos Delbeke, the European Commission's Director-General for Climate Action, participated in the European Steel Day conference on 16 May in Brussels. His remarks are available below... 17 May 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013051602_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013051602_en.htm The European Commission today presents a package to advance action on adaptation to climate change: firstly, the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change sets out a framework and mechanisms for taking the EU's preparedness for current and future climate impacts to a new level; in a related measure, the Commission... 16 Apr 2013 13:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013041601_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013041601_en.htm The European Commission today took the first step towards developing a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies. Its Green Paper launches a public consultation on the content of the 2030 framework. The Commission also published a Consultative Communication on the future of carbon capture and storage... 27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013032701_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013032701_en.htm Today Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, launches a low-carbon contest, calling on creative and innovative minds from across the EU to put their green initiatives to the test. The World You Like Challenge is part of the European Commission's climate action campaign: A world you like... 11 Feb 2013 13:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013021101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013021101_en.htm Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, made the following statement about today's agreement by European Union leaders on the EU budget for 2014-2020... 08 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013020801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013020801_en.htm The European Commission today adopted a proposal for a new Environment Action Programme, which will provide an overarching framework for EU environment and climate policy up to 2020. The proposal aims to enhance Europe's ecological resilience and transform the EU into an inclusive and sustainable green economy.... 29 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112901_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112901_en.htm To prepare for a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, the EU and other Parties have to submit to the UNFCCC Secretariat by 1 May 2012 information on their Quantified Emission Limitation or Reduction Objective (QELRO). The Commission has published a Staff Working Document, which provides technical input... 15 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012021501_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012021501_en.htm Today the European Commission published a Staff Working Document, which analyses the costs and the benefits at the level of Member States of moving beyond its 20% greenhouse gas emission reduction target... 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012013002_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012013002_en.htm On 22 June the European Commission made its proposal for an Energy Efficiency Directive, which brings forward measures to step up Member States efforts to use energy more efficiently at all stages of the energy chain – from the transformation of energy and its distribution to its final consumption... 04 Jul 2011 10:57:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011062301_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011062301_en.htm The European Union is ahead of schedule in its promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2012. The Commission's annual report shows that the 25 member states with reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol will meet their commitments. "The European Union not only signed the Kyoto Protocol, we not only pledged... 04 Apr 2011 11:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010101201_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010101201_en.htm The European Environment Agency published on 2 June 2010 the latest EU inventory of greenhouse gas emissions showing that emissions fell again significantly in 2008, the first year of the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period. European Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard welcomed the news. The fall marks... 04 Apr 2011 11:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010060201_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010060201_en.htm The European Commission presented on 26 May 2010 an analysis of the costs, benefits and options for moving beyond the EU's greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020 from 20% below 1990 levels to 30% once the conditions are met. At present these conditions have not been met. This communication follows the Commission's... 04 Apr 2011 11:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010052602_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010052602_en.htm What are the objectives and the key points of the Communication? Where does the EU stand today on achieving its 20% reduction target? What are the costs and the benefits of moving to a 30% emissions reduction? Where in the EU can the extra reductions needed for a 30% target be achieved, and what are the implications... 04 Apr 2011 11:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010052601_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010052601_en.htm