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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...

Speaking at a conference in Brussels on 27 September, Director-General Jos Delbeke outlined how forthcoming regulatory improvements in the EU...

A new study on Marginal abatement cost curves for Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs) is now available as part of the Commission's preparatory work for its...

As announced on 31 August, an update of the Union registry that includes additional functionalities for phase 3 of the EU ETS is scheduled to take...

Sunday 16 September is International Ozone Day and also marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on protecting the ozone...

The European Commission has signed a contract with EEX to appoint the latter as the transitional common auction platform to auction phase 3 allowances...

Activation of the upgraded Union registry that includes additional functionalities for phase 3 of the EU ETS is now scheduled to take place in the...

Australia and Europe are to link their emission trading systems, the two sides said today. The announcement was made by Australian Minister for...

On Tuesday 28 August, the European Commission and Australia will provide an update on the ongoing discussions on linking the EU Emission Trading...

The European Commission today concluded the review initiated in mid-April of the auction time profile of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and...

On Wednesday 25 July, the Commission is scheduled to bring forward improvements related to the EU Emissions Trading System and the auctioning of...

The European Commission has approved co-funding of more than €31.4 million for 23 projects directly tackling climate change. The funding has been...

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) rose by 3% last year to a new record of 34 billion tonnes, according to the annual report Trends in global...

Following the activation in June of the EU Emissions Trading System single registry, the preparation of additional functionalities for phase 3 of the...

The European Commission today approved Poland's request for a continued free allocation of EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) allowances to its...

The European Commission has published interim results of the selection process under the first call for proposals of the NER 300 funding programme for...