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Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will participate in high level discussions on the requirements for implementing the new...

The European Commission is to step up its collaboration with China on emissions trading, with a new 10 million EUR (more than 70 million yuan)...

Following the judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union on 28 April 2016, the Commission will modify the value of the cross-sectoral...

The contract with the European Energy Exchange (EEX) as the transitional common auction platform for 25 Member States expires on 22 August 2016.

Two major global initiatives to fight climate change at city level are merging to create an alliance of more than 7,100 cities across the world called...

The European Commission today presented a proposal for the European Union to ratify the Paris Agreement, the world's first universal, legally binding...

Innovation will play a key role in delivering the low-carbon transition agreed by world leaders in Paris last December. With this in mind the European...

The first formal negotiating session in Bonn since the adoption of the historic Paris Agreement last December made good progress in developing the...

The European Commission's ozone layer protection team has won the Ozone Protection Award 2016 of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Regional...

Emissions of greenhouse gases from installations participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) are estimated to have decreased by just...

The European Commission has launched the 2016 call for proposals for climate action projects under LIFE, the EU's funding programme for environment...

The EU is seeking swift preparation for the effective and comprehensive implementation of the Paris Agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference from...

A total of 410.30 million international credits were exchanged between March 2014, when the exchange function became operational, and 30 April 2016...

On 28 April 2016 the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in which it finds that the calculation of the cross sectoral...

Residents in Italy's Apulia region are benefiting from more reliable electricity supply and real-time information on their energy use thanks to the...

The European Union will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change on Friday 22 April in New York. The signing ceremony, convened by UN Secretary...

New cars sold in the EU in 2015 emitted on average 3% less carbon dioxide (CO2) than those sold in 2014 and 10 grams of CO2/km below the 2015 target...

From 4-8 April, in Geneva, Switzerland, the European Commission on behalf of the European Union will participate in ongoing negotiations for an...

The EU and India have adopted a Joint Declaration on a clean energy and climate partnership. The Declaration was endorsed by leaders at the EU-India...