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Mayors and city representatives from the five continents gathered today at the UN climate conference (COP23) in Bonn to demonstrate how they are...
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The European Parliament and Council have today reached a provisional agreement to revise the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for the period after...
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The European Commission has allocated the EU's 2018 quotasfor the import and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), limiting the sale of the...
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The Commission proposes new targets for the EU fleet wide average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans to help accelerate the transition to...
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Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union were reduced by 23% between 1990 and 2016, while the economy grew by 53% over the same period...
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Building on concrete efforts by both California and the EU to implement carbon markets and zero-carbon transportation policies, and in light of the...
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The EU expects this year's UN climate conference (COP23) to reaffirm once again the international community's commitment to stepping up the global...
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The total number of international credits exchanged now amounts to 423.53 million since the exchange function became operational in March 2014. This...
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A wind farm in the mountains of southern Austria is the latest innovative renewable energy project supported by the EU's NER 300 programme to enter...
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The European Commission today proposed safeguard measures to protect the environmental integrity of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) when...
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Ahead of the next UN climate conference (COP23), Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete and Estonian Environment Minister Siim...
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EU Member States today adopted a common negotiating position on two key legislative proposals for the EU's 2030 climate and energy policy framework –...
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The EU and India have adopted a historic Leaders' Joint Statement on clean energy and climate change. The statement was endorsed by leaders at the EU...
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The European Commission has approved an investment package of €222 million from the EU budget to support Europe's transition to more sustainable and...
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Carbon market experts from around the globe gathered yesterday for a workshop in Florence, Italy, to exchange experiences from emissions trading...
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Europeans have become increasingly concerned about climate change and a large majority believe that taking action will boost the EU economy and jobs...
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The European Union, Canada and China are joining forces to strengthen globalaction in the fight against climate change by co-convening a ministerial...
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On 26 July 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a judgment in which it confirmed the methodology applied by the Commission when...
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The EU is set to link its emissions trading system with Switzerland's system, after the European Commission adopted two proposals to finalise an...
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EEX and ICE have today published their 2017 calendars for the auctions of aviation allowances.