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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...

The European Commission welcomes today's vote by the Climate Change Committee in support of the Commission's proposal for a Regulation governing the...

At the occasion of the Informal Environment Council that took place in Gent on 13 July 2010, Joke Schauvliege, Flemish Minister for Environment...

The European Commission adopted on 9 July 2010 a decision which determines for the first time a ceiling or 'cap' on the number of emission allowances...

The Commission adopted on 9 July 2010 a Regulation approving the use of a tool to estimate fuel consumption by small aircraft operators as part of...

What is the cap? Why has the Commission taken this decision? At what level has the cap for 2013 been determined? What will happen to the cap after...

At the closing session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment that took place in Mali, Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for...