Climate Action News News of the European Commission Directorate General Climate Action http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/index_en.htm en Copyright 2010-2011 Climate Action News 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 27 Mar 2013 - Commission moves forward on climate and energy towards 2030 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 12 Mar 2013 - Commission welcomes approval of improved EU rules for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions The European Commission welcomes the European Parliament's approval today of two new laws to improve EU rules on monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, including those from forestry and agriculture. The laws now go to the Council for adoption, after which they will be published in the Official Journal... 12 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013031201_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013031201_en.htm 11 Feb 2013 - The European Commission in search of the best climate solutions in Europe 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 23 Nov 2012 - Doha conference must lay the foundations for the 2015 global climate deal 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 21 Nov 2012 - UNEP report highlights growing gap between global emissions and 2°C warming limit The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns today that the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions are still much too high to meet the agreed international goal of holding global warming below 2°C... 21 Nov 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012112101_en.htm 24 Oct 2012 - Report shows EU remains on track towards Kyoto emissions target The European Commission today published its annual report on the European Union's progress towards meeting its Kyoto Protocol target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published its latest analysis of greenhouse gas trends in the EU... 24 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012102401_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012102401_en.htm 20 Jul 2012 - Commission approves over €31 million co-funding for climate projects 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 18 Jul 2012 - Global CO2 emissions reach new all-time high in 2011 Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose by 3% last year to a new record of 34 billion tonnes, according to the annual report Trends in global CO2 emissions by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)... 18 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012071801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012071801_en.htm 11 Jul 2012 - More CO2 emission cuts from cars and vans: a win for the climate, consumers, innovation and jobs The European Commission today put forward proposals to implement targets that will further considerably reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020... 11 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012071101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012071101_en.htm 21 Jun 2012 - Commission adopts two ETS regulations on monitoring, reporting, verification and accreditation Today the European Commission completed the adoption procedure under comitology process for two Regulations on monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and on verification and accreditation of verifiers under the EU Emissions Trading System. As previously notified[1], these Regulations form part of the set... 21 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012062101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012062101_en.htm 20 Jun 2012 - CO2 emissions from new cars down by 3% in 2011 Europeans are buying more efficient cars. Average carbon dioxide emissions from cars continue to fall in Europe, according to preliminary figures released today... 20 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012062002_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012062002_en.htm 06 Jun 2012 - ETS & aviation discussed in U.S. Senate hearing The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the United States Senate is holding a hearing on the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS), focusing on the inclusion of aviation into the ETS... 06 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012060601_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012060601_en.htm 25 Apr 2012 - European Commission joins Climate and Clean Air Coalition The European Commission has joined the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a new international initiative to accelerate the reduction of emissions of short-lived climate pollutants such as methane, black carbon (soot) and hydrofluorocarbon gases (HFCs). The announcement was made at a meeting of the Coalition in Stockholm... 25 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012042502_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012042502_en.htm 24 Apr 2012 - Results of the public consultation on reducing fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions – further action at EU level The results of the Commission's online consultation on policy options to reduce emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases are now available... 24 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012042401_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012042401_en.htm 23 Apr 2012 - Results of the public consultation on reducing CO2 emissions from road vehicles The results of the Commission's online consultation on strategy and options to reduce road vehicle greenhouse gas emissions are now available... 23 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012042301_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012042301_en.htm 12 Mar 2012 - Commission proposes to improve greenhouse gas accounting rules for forestry and agriculture The European Commission today proposed establishing common EU accounting rules for greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the forest and agriculture sectors, the last major sectors without common EU-wide rules. The proposal represents a first step towards incorporating emissions and removals resulting from... 12 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012031201_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012031201_en.htm