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 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 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 Vice-President of the European Commission Siim Kallas and EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard today issued the following joint statement on greenhouse gas emissions from shipping:.. 01 Oct 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012100101_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012100101_en.htm Today the European Commission launched an on-line public consultation on possible measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships. All interested stakeholders can send their contributions until 12 April 2012... 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012011901_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012011901_en.htm The European Commission congratulates the International Maritime Organization and its Member States on this first and major achievement on a technical measure to limit CO2 emissions from international maritime transport - the adoption of the Energy Efficiency Design Index. It is the first globally binding measure to... 25 Jul 2011 09:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011071801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011071801_en.htm European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas and Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard are meeting on 28 June with the shipping industry, Member States and the European Parliament to discuss how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping in the short, medium and long term. In particular, they will look... 25 Jul 2011 09:42:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011062801_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011062801_en.htm The ECCP Working Group 6 ("Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ships") aims at providing input to the Commission in its work to develop and assess options for the inclusion of international maritime transport in the EU's greenhouse gas reduction commitment. Within this context, the specific objectives of this... 15 Apr 2011 17:50:00 +0100 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011020701_en.htm http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2011020701_en.htm