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 The European Union provided €7.34 billion in 'fast start' climate finance to developing countries in 2010-2012, slightly more than the €7.2 billion it had pledged. The final figure is given in a report adopted by the Economic and Financial Affairs (Ecofin) Council today... 14 May 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013051402_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013051402_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 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 Union welcomes today's outcome of the Doha climate change conference which lays the basis for more ambitious international action against climate change in the short term, paves the way for a new global climate agreement to be finalised in 2015 and enables a second period of the Kyoto Protocol to start on... 08 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012120801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012120801_en.htm The European Union is on track to deliver €7.2 billion in fast start funding to developing countries to strengthen their resilience to climate change. The Union has presented a report [2.83 MB] on its progress at a side event at the Doha climate change conference... 28 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112801_en.htm The United Nations climate change conference next week in Doha, Qatar must start the hard work of turning last year's agreement to enhance global climate action into reality... 23 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112301_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112301_en.htm The European Commission has approved co-funding of more than €31.4 million for 23 projects directly tackling climate change. The funding has been granted under the LIFE+ programme, the European Union's environment fund... 20 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012072001_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012072001_en.htm The Commission proposes to allocate EUR 3.2 billion over 2014-2020 to a new Programme for the Environment and Climate Action - LIFE. The proposed new programme will build on the success of the existing LIFE+ Programme but will be reformed to have a greater impact, be simpler and more flexible and have a significantly... 12 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011121201_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011121201_en.htm The EU is delivering on its fast start finance commitment to support developing countries to strengthen their resilience to climate change and to mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions. The European Commission and the 27 EU Member States today presented their 2011 fast start finance report at the international... 29 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011112901_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011112901_en.htm On 29 June, the Commission presented its proposal for the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework. The proposal affects all policies: agriculture, cohesion policy, research and development, etc. The Commission's aim is to adapt EU spending to today's and tomorrow's big issues like: growth, education and research,... 25 Jul 2011 09:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011070101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011070101_en.htm A Commission staff working document on "Scaling up international climate finance after 2012" confirms that raising USD 100 billion per year by 2020 will be challenging but it can be done, if the right balance is struck between public funding, funding raised from international carbon markets, as well as private funds,... 18 May 2011 12:38:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011041201_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011041201_en.htm Following the EU's presentation of its fast start funding at the Cancún climate conference yesterday, some media have reported that "EU says aid must be loans, not grants". This is misleading and inaccurate. The European Union has never said that aid to developing countries must take the form of loans... 04 Apr 2011 11:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010120201_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010120201_en.htm During the UN Climate Conference in Cancún (29 November-10 December), the EU has given a full and transparent report on its delivery of 'fast start' funding to support developing countries... 04 Apr 2011 11:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010120101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2010120101_en.htm