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The European Commission has submitted to the Climate Change Committee two draft regulations, one for monitoring and reporting and one for...

DG CLIMA has created a new web page dedicated to regulatory news and announcements on the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Director-General Jos...

Further to the announcement of 16 September, the Commission met with Member States on 20-21 October to advance preparations for the transition to the...

Today the European Commission published its annual report on the EU's progress towards meeting its Kyoto Protocol target for reducing greenhouse gas...

More than two Europeans in three see climate change as a very serious problem and almost 80% consider that taking action to combat it can boost the...

In response to the Advocate General's opinion in case C-366/10 (The Air Transport Association of America and Others), Connie Hedegaard has made the...

United Nations negotiations on international action to combat climate change resumed on 1 October in Panama City, Panama, and will run until 7 October...

The European Commission today launched a public consultation on strengthening EU measures to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases, a group of...

Today the European Commission has taken an important step for the aviation industry to join other economic sectors in the fight against climate change...

On 26 September at 12.00 CEST, the Commission will publish a decision setting the aviation benchmark values. Two separate benchmark values, one for...

The Directorate-General for Climate Action has launched a public consultation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from road transport. It aims at...

In view of the UN climate conference which will take place in Durban, South Africa, at the end of the year, José Manuel Barroso has identified "three...

Preparations for the transition to the single registry of the EU Emissions Trading System have reached their final stages. Software testing is in...

EU Member States have endorsed two draft Agreements on the practical modalities for procuring the common auction platform and single auction monitor...

The automotive industry will have a greater incentive to invest in new technologies that reduce CO2 emissions from new cars, under legislation adopted...

The European Commission has approved funding for 183 new projects under the LIFE+ programme, the EU's environment fund. The Commission will contribute...

The revised ETS Directive adopted in 2009 provides for the centralisation of the EU ETS operations into a single European Union registry. This new...

The European Commission congratulates the International Maritime Organization and its Member States on this first and major achievement on a technical...

During a speech at the European Parliament today (14 July 2011), Connie Hedegaard thanked Sandbag for its "interesting report on the environmental...