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The United Nations climate change conference next week in Doha, Qatar must start the hard work of turning last year's agreement to enhance global...

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns today that the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions are still much too high to meet the...

The European Commission today presented its legislative proposal to defer by one year the requirement for airlines to surrender emission allowances...

The Commission has today written to the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to put on hold the auctions for 2012 aviation allowances. This decision, on...

The European Commission has published a study on the design options for the new market mechanism agreed under the UN climate change convention. The...

The European Commission is taking two important steps to address the growing imbalance between supply and demand in the EU emissions trading system...

The European Commission will submit a draft amendment on 'back-loading' of phase 3 auction volume to the EU Climate Change Committee at 20:00 CET...

The European Commission today proposed that the European Union defer the requirement for airlines to surrender emission allowances for flights into...

The European Commission today tabled a draft amendment to postpone the auctioning of 900 million allowances from 2013-2015 to later in phase three of...

The European Commission took an important step today towards long-term climate objectives by presenting a proposal to significantly reduce emissions...

The European Energy Exchange (EEX), the European Commission and the 24 participating Member States have determined the auction calendars for the...

Changes in consumer behaviour can lead to big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, particularly in the areas of transport...

The European Commission today published its annual report on the European Union's progress towards meeting its Kyoto Protocol target for reducing...

The European Commission today made proposals to limit the global conversion of non-agricultural land for biofuel production and increase the climate...

The EU Climate Change Committee today approved annual limits for 2013-2020 on Member States' emissions of greenhouse gas emissions from sectors not...

The European Commission's ozone layer protection team has received the 2012 Ozone Protection Award of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP...

Under the slogan A world you like. With a climate you like, the European Commission today launched a pan-European communication campaign with the...

Vice-President of the European Commission Siim Kallas and EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard today issued the following joint...

European Energy Exchange (EEX) and ICE Futures Europe (ICE) have, on a preliminary basis, determined the auction calendars for 2012 under the EU...