Post-2020 ETS reform
Europe is currently discussing how it should reform its ETS for the post 2020 period. In July 2015, the European Commission released its proposal on the reform.
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Positivity without pace: UN climate meeting finishes in good spirit and with plenty of work to do
The gavel went down two hours earlier than the scheduled finishing time of the first UNFCCC meeting of 2015. It is difficult to tell whether this is good or bad, […]
Latvia to set the stage for the Energy Union
Today the EU decision makers are meeting in Latvia, the holder of the EU presidency, to kick off the debate on how to create the Energy Union. The strengths and […]
Europe must stop investing in coal mining
The coal mining industry did not have a good start into the New Year. Europe’s largest coal producer, the Polish company Kompania Weglowa, has been pushed to the brink of […]
Climate finance: forgotten clause in the latest climate contract
Climate finance has been bumped down the pecking order of climate ambition during UN Climate Summit in Lima.
Last days of COP20 in Lima: what the EU still has to get done
Emissions reduction and climate finance, both before and after 2020 – these two hot topics in the international climate negotiations will absorb the EU high level representatives, who arrived to the […]
Outcome – Berlin Green Climate Fund Pledging Conference
Yesterday in Berlin, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) “Pledging Conference” concluded with USD 9.3 billion being pledged in support of climate action in developing countries. The table below shows the […]
Green Climate Fund – Berlin Pledging Conference
The November 2014 climate finance pledging conference is the time to fill the finance gap
Europe can avoid the worst climate impacts if governments act
The latest summary report from the IPCC launched by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last weekend tells some familiar stories. Dangerous climate change is already happening, here and now, and […]
Who wants a recess when we can have energy efficiency policies that work?
On the 28th of October, the European Environmental Agency (EEA) published its new ‘Trends and Projections’ report for 2014. This report is meant to track Europe’s progress towards achieving its […]