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 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 The European Commission today adopted a consultative paper that launches a public debate on how best to design a new international agreement to combat climate change. The Consultative Communication raises key questions and invites the views of stakeholders on the new agreement, which is to be completed by the end of... 26 Mar 2013 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013032601_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2013032601_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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The European Union welcomes the agreement reached at the UN climate conference in Durban as a historic breakthrough in the fight against climate change. After two weeks of negotiations, the 195 Parties to the UN climate change convention agreed on a roadmap, proposed by the EU, for drawing up a legal framework by 2015... 11 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011121101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011121101_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 The United Nations climate change conference starting on 28 November in Durban, South Africa, must agree on a roadmap and deadline for finalising an ambitious, comprehensive and legally binding global framework for climate action by all major economies. Agreement on this roadmap is one of the reassurances the European... 24 Nov 2011 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011112401_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011112401_en.htm