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During the UN Climate Conference in Cancún (29 November-10 December), the EU has given a full and transparent report on its delivery of 'fast start'...

Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, together with his Excellency Jorge Valdez, Ambassador of Peru to the European Union, will...

The United Nations climate change conference (29 November-10 December) must take a significant step towards establishing a comprehensive and legally...

As the Cancún Climate Change Conference kicks off, the Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, the Commissioner for Development Andris...

Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, has announced today the submission of a proposal to introduce further quality restrictions...

Within the framework of the preparations for the Cancún Climate Conference (29 November-10 December 2010), Commissioner Hedegaard told members of the...

The European Commission is asking Cyprus, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia to speed up the adoption of legislative and...

The European Commission adopted formally on 12 November 2010 the Auctioning Regulation. According to Director-General of DG Climate Action Jos Delbeke...

Average CO2 emissions from new cars sold in the EU dropped by 5% last year, the biggest annual fall ever recorded, a report published today by the...

The European Commission launched on 9 November 2010 the first call for proposals for the world’s largest programme of investment in low carbon and...

The European Commission proposed today opening negotiations on linking the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) with Switzerland's domestic trading...

The European Commission launched on 27 October 2010 a public consultation on a Roadmap for a low carbon economy by 2050, running until 8 December 2010...

A draft Commission decision was sent to the Member States today determining transitional EU-wide rules, including benchmarks, for the harmonised free...

The European Commission has adopted today a second decision which determines a ceiling or 'cap' on the number of emission allowances that will be...

During the Environment Council of 14 October 2010, Connie Hedegaard, Commissioner for Climate Action, and Joke Schauvliege, Flemish Minister for the...

The European Union is ahead of schedule in its promise to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2012. The Commission's annual report shows that the 25...

"The Tianjin meeting has brought a welcome convergence of views that the United Nations climate conference in Cancún next month must result in a...

On 21 September, the European Parliament had a debate on aviation activities in the EU ETS to discuss an oral question tabled by the rapporteurs on...

Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, gave on 20 September 2010 a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School. In her address to...