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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...
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns today that the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions are still much too high to meet the...
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The European Commission today presented its legislative proposal to defer by one year the requirement for airlines to surrender emission allowances...
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The Commission has today written to the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to put on hold the auctions for 2012 aviation allowances. This decision, on...
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The European Commission has published a study on the design options for the new market mechanism agreed under the UN climate change convention. The...
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The European Commission is taking two important steps to address the growing imbalance between supply and demand in the EU emissions trading system...
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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...
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The European Commission today proposed that the European Union defer the requirement for airlines to surrender emission allowances for flights into...
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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...
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The European Commission took an important step today towards long-term climate objectives by presenting a proposal to significantly reduce emissions...
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX), the European Commission and the 24 participating Member States have determined the auction calendars for the...
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Changes in consumer behaviour can lead to big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, particularly in the areas of transport...
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The European Commission today published its annual report on the European Union's progress towards meeting its Kyoto Protocol target for reducing...
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The European Commission today made proposals to limit the global conversion of non-agricultural land for biofuel production and increase the climate...
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The EU Climate Change Committee today approved annual limits for 2013-2020 on Member States' emissions of greenhouse gas emissions from sectors not...
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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...
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Under the slogan A world you like. With a climate you like, the European Commission today launched a pan-European communication campaign with the...
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Vice-President of the European Commission Siim Kallas and EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard today issued the following joint...
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European Energy Exchange (EEX) and ICE Futures Europe (ICE) have, on a preliminary basis, determined the auction calendars for 2012 under the EU...
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Speaking at a conference in Brussels on 27 September, Director-General Jos Delbeke outlined how forthcoming regulatory improvements in the EU...