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On 28 April, the Commission announced the 100 EU cities that will participate in the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, the so-called Cities Mission.

Greenhouse gas emissions from operators covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) increased by 7.3% in 2021 compared with 2020 levels. However, compared with pre-pandemic levels emissions are still on the decline.

On 11 April, H.E. Sameh Shoukry, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs and President-designate of the Twenty-Seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, received Mr. Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission.

On 3 May 2022, the European Commission published on the EUTL website the installation-level compliance code for 2021, based on the data available on 30 April, setting out whether an operator surrendered the required amount of allowances.

On 5 April, the European Commission proposed two new Regulations to more tightly control fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) and ozone depleting substances (ODS).

On 4 April, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its latest report, setting out the action we need to take to put a brake on global warming, avoid irreversible impacts on our planet and meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

On 1 April, the Commission signed grant agreements of €1.1 billion with seven large-scale projects via the EU Innovation Fund, funded by revenues from the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). These projects aim to reduce emissions by over 76 Mt of CO2eq during the first ten years of operation.

The Malta Independent, Malta

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