Commission publishes information on CO2 emissions from maritime transport

On 30 June 2019, the European Commission published for the first time information on the CO2 emitted by ships over 5000 gross tonnage when...

EU on track to implement Paris commitments, Member States preparing 2030 energy and climate...

The European Union reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 22% between 1990 and 2017, while the economy grew by 58% over the same period....

European Commission joins Climate and Clean Air Coalition

Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, said: "The European Commission is very pleased to join this Coalition. This initiative should complement the efforts...

Europe is ready for climate impacts: Commission evaluates its strategy

Adapting the EU regions and economic sectors to the impacts of climate change is now more urgent than forecast in the EU’s 2013 adaptation...

Commission proposes to improve greenhouse gas accounting rules for forestry and agriculture

The European Commission today proposed establishing common EU accounting rules for greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the forest and agriculture sectors, the last...

Impacts of the move to 30% EU greenhouse gas emissions cut

The measures taken to support energy-intensive industries against the risk of carbon leakage are also examined as required under the ETS (Emissions Trading System)...

2030 climate and energy goals for a competitive, secure and low-carbon EU economy

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso said: "Climate action is central for the future of our planet, while a truly European energy policy is...

Announcement: server inaccessibility – European Commission

The EUROPA server is temporarily unavailable We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.   Serveris EUROPA šobrīd nav pieejams Mēs atvainojamies par sagādātajām neērtībām.   Поради технически причини...

EU Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete: “The science is clear. The...

One of the key priorities of the Juncker Commission is to reform and reorganise Europe's energy policy into a new resilient European Energy Union...

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