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The European Commission today adopted a decision confirming individual car manufacturers' performance in reducing CO2 emissions in 2010. This decision...

The Commission today published the results of a study assessing the merits and shortcomings of the current Clean Development Mechanism, which allows...

Today the Climate Change Committee, representing EU Member States, approved two draft Regulations on monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas...

The Commission proposes to allocate EUR 3.2 billion over 2014-2020 to a new Programme for the Environment and Climate Action - LIFE. The proposed new...

The European Union welcomes the agreement reached at the UN climate conference in Durban as a historic breakthrough in the fight against climate...

Today, the European Commission adopted a decision on the revised National Allocation Plan (NAP) for the period 2008-2012 of the EU Emissions Trading...

The European Commission today delivered 300 million phase 3 allowances to the European Investment Bank (EIB). 200 million allowances need to be...

Following consultations with Member States the Commission has decided to activate the single registry in two steps. In a first step and as of 30...

The EU is delivering on its fast start finance commitment to support developing countries to strengthen their resilience to climate change and to...

On 24 November 2011, the amendment to the Auctioning Regulation that is to determine, inter alia, the volume of auctions in 2012waspublished in the...

The United Nations climate change conference starting on 28 November in Durban, South Africa, must agree on a roadmap and deadline for finalising an...

Timely and accurate data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is vital for knowing whether the EU and its Member States are on track to meet their...

The European Commission confirms that the new registry rules were adopted end of last week. The amended regulation will be published in the course of...

On 18 November the European Commission expects formally to adopt the new registry rules. These rules enable the roll-out of substantially improved...

With phase 3 of the EU ETS approaching, the Commission has received several questions from stakeholders on the eligibility of international credits...

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...