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Capturing carbon emissions from industry and storing or using them will contribute to our goal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

The European Commission welcomes today's adoption of strengthened rules on the use of fluorinated gases (F-gases) and ozone-depleting substances (ODS), which currently represent over 3 percent of the EU's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The European Commission welcomes today's agreement between the European Parliament and Council on a provisional political agreement strengthening CO2 emissions standards for new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) entering the EU market from 2030.

A rundown of the 2023 climate action highlights from the European Commission

Today, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) published the 2024 EU ETS auction calendars for general and aviation allowances.  

On Thursday, 11 January 2024, from 09:00 CET until 13:00 CET, access to the Union Registry and EUTL Public will be suspended to undertake a technical maintenance and a software upgrade.

Under the Modernisation Fund, €2.17 billion has been disbursed today to help modernise the energy systems in nine Member States through 19 selected projects.

The Commission has today selected 17 small-scale innovative clean tech projects to receive over €65 million in project support under the EU Innovation Fund.

On 18 December, the European Commission published two regulations on the verification by national authorities of CO2 emissions from cars and vans in service.

The first progress report on the climate and environmental objectives of the 8th Environment Action Programme (8EAP) published by the European Environment Agency today highlights what needs to be done to achieve the EU’s 2030 environmental targets.

The Commission has today published its assessment of EU Member States' draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and issued recommendations to assist Member States in raising their ambitions in line with EU targets for 2030. The final Plans must be submitted by 30 June 2024.

The newest batch of highly innovative clean technology projects will receive funding from the EU’s Innovation Fund, one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies.

At the end of the COP28 UN Climate Conference in Dubai, EU negotiators succeeded, with partners from around the world, to keep alive the possibility of delivering on the commitment in the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, on behalf of the EU, endorsed two new flagship initiatives to address the human impact of the climate crisis, emphasising the interconnectedness of climate change, conflicts, and growing humanitarian needs.

Today at COP28, Executive Vice President Maroš Šefčovič and representative of the President of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a Forest Partnership with Honduras to contribute to the external dimension of the European Green Deal.

President von der Leyen presented the first-ever EU law to curb methane emissions in the energy sector, with the EU and its Member States pledging €175 million in support of the Methane Finance Sprint to accelerate methane reduction.

Commission President von der Leyen presented new global targets to triple the installed capacity of renewable energy to at least 11 terawatts and to double the rate of global energy efficiency improvements from roughly 2% to an annual figure of 4%, by 2030.

President von der Leyen hosted an event at COP28 to promote the development of carbon pricing & carbon markets as powerful instruments to reach Paris Agreement objectives. This builds on the Call to Action for Paris-aligned Carbon Markets launched by the Commission, Spain and France in June 2023.

The Resource Mobilisation Plan is part of the Just Energy Transition Partnership, which was agreed between Viet Nam and the International Partners Group in December 2022 and will help the country deliver on its climate targets.