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The European Commission is organising a meeting to consult with relevant stakeholders and the public on the objectives, scope and first steps for establishing a monitoring, reporting and verification system for non-CO2 effects in aviation.

The latest report highlights the EU’s progress in achieving is climate goals, and is part of the wider State of the Energy Union package, covering the EU's response to the unprecedented challenges the energy sector has faced in the last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Are you an organisation with expertise in aviation and climate change policy? Can you help us prepare the implementation of the changes to the ETS for aviation? Apply to join our expert group on aviation by 7 November.

One month from now, on 23 November 2023, the Commission will open two calls for proposals to accelerate the deployment of innovative technologies in Europe. Together, the calls will make up to €4.8 billion available for industry and clean tech players in Europe.

Today the Commission has adopted a delegated regulation establishing a new Auctioning Regulation following the revision of the Directive 2003/87/EC in the context of the Fit for 55 and REPowerEU.

The Commission welcomes today's adoption of two final pillars of its ‘Fit for 55' legislative package for delivering the EU's 2030 climate targets.

Cleantech proposals were submitted in all eligible categories: renewable energy, energy-intensive industries (including carbon capture, use and storage), and energy storage.

In the corn fields in Brouchy, a small village near the Somme in the North of France, a new remarkable canopy can be spotted in the agricultural landscape. The canopy is a shade house suitable for large field crops, standing five meters high and equipped with rotating solar panels fixed on cables.

The Waga 4 World (W4W) project is already producing cost competitive and grid-compliant biomethane from landfill gas using the WAGABOX® technology at the Can Mata site located at Els Hostalets de Pierola.

Electron Beam and Ultra-Violet curing of paint on steel substrates without gas

Today, the Commission published the Terms and Conditions for its first auction dedicated to European renewable hydrogen production. It is an important step towards scaling up production of renewable hydrogen in the EU.

The EU Emissions Trading System Directive has been revised to align it with the new EU target set in the European Climate Law to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2030. Several regulatory acts for the implementation of the ETS now need to be updated.

Climate change isn’t only about temperature rise. The warming of the planet also has repercussions on rainfall with both droughts and extreme rainfall becoming more common in different parts of the world.  

We already know that the climate crisis is making heatwaves longer, more frequent and more intense. We all experienced that first hand last summer. In fact July 2023 is on course to have been the hottest month on record.

The Commission has adopted a Decision on the Union-wide quantity of allowances to be issued under the EU Emissions Trading System for 2024 in respect of stationary installations and maritime transport activities (the ‘cap’).

The European Commission has today adopted a new set of guidelines to assist Member States in updating and implementing comprehensive national adaptation strategies, plans and policies.

Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans and Vice Premier of China Ding Xuexiang held the fourth EU-China High Level Dialogue on Environment and Climate in Beijing on 4 July 2023.

Eurobarometer: Majority of Europeans consider that the green transition should go faster

The Federal Republic of Germany has notified the European Commission that it will re-appoint the European Energy Exchange AG (‘EEX’) as its opt-out platform.