Key documents

• 10/11/10 - Communication "Energy 2020 - A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy"

• 14/10/10 - Conclusions of the Environment Council meeting

• 14/10/10 - Preparation for the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change - Cancún, 29 November to 10 December 2010 - Council conclusions

• 17/06/10 - Presidency Conclusions of the European Council

• 11/06/10 - Conclusions of the Environment Council meeting

• 26/05/10 - Communication from the Commission: Analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage

• 26/03/10 - Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council

• 15/03/10 - Council conclusions on Climate change - Follow-up to the Copenhagen Conference

• 09/03/10 - Communication from the Commission - International climate policy post-Copenhagen: Acting now to reinvigorate global action on climate change

• 21/12/09 - Copenhagen Accord

• 11/12/09 - Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council

• 17/11/09 - Council conclusions on Climate change and development

• 30/10/09 - Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council

• 21/10/09 - Council conclusions on EU position for the Copenhagen Climate Conference

• 06/04/09 - Council adopts climate-energy legislative package - press release

• 01/04/09 - White Paper on adapting to climate change

• 19/02/09 - Second Strategic Energy Review - An EU energy security and solidarity action plan

• 17/12/08 - Climate and energy package: texts adopted by the European Parliament at the sitting of 17 December 2008

• 12/12/08 - Energy and climate change – Elements of the final compromise

• 12/12/08 - Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council

• 20/11/08 - Energy and environment report 2008

• 16/10/08 - Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council

• 29/09/08 - Impacts of Europe's changing climate - 2008 indicator-based assessment

• 01/04/08 - Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection

• 14/03/08 - Paper from the high representative and the European Commission to the European Council on climate change and international security

• 14/03/08 - Presidency conclusions of the Brussels European Council

• 23/01/08 - Communication from the Commission: 20 20 by 2020: Europe's climate change opportunity

• 23/01/08 - Joint impact assessment on the package of implementation measures for the EU's objectives on climate change and renewable energy for 2020 (working document)

• 23/01/08 - Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020

• 23/01/08 - Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide

• 23/01/08 - Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the improvement and extension of the emissions trading system of the Community

• 23/01/08 - Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources

• 23/01/08 - Communication from the Commission: Supporting early demonstration of sustainable power generation from fossil fuels

• 23/01/08 - Communication from the Commission on a first assessment of national energy efficiency action plans: Moving forward together on energy efficiency

• 23/01/08 - The support of electricity from renewable energy sources (working document)

• 08/10/07 - Communication from the Commission: Small, clean and competitive - A programme to help small and medium-sized enterprises comply with environmental legislation

• 29/06/07 - Green paper - Adapting to climate change in Europe – options for EU action

• 09/03/07 - Presidency conclusions of the Brussels European Council

• 10/01/07 - Communication from the Commission: An energy policy for Europe

• 19/10/06 - Communication from the Commission: Energy efficiency action plan

• 08/03/06 - Green paper on energy

Publications

• Publications on Environment

• Publications on Energy

• SOER 2010: The European environment – state and outlook 2010

Legislation

• Summaries of legislation on climate change and energy

• Legislation in force on climate change

• Legislation in force on the environment

• Legislation in force on energy

Opinion polls

• Europeans' attitudes towards climate change

• Europeans’ attitudes to the EU energy policy

• Europeans’ attitudes to the environment