Zero poverty, zero emissions: EU must step up action for climate-just development, say civil society groups

With the opening of the European Development Days (EDD) in Brussels today, European development and environmental groups are urging the EU to take more ambitious actions in the fight against […]

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Press release Global transition

Historic breakthrough as EU and China unite on climate

Clarification added on 02/06/2017, 8:00PM CET: The EU and China agreed to step up cooperation on climate change today, but the statement is to be published at a later moment. […]

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International Climate

It looks like the US is leaving the Paris Agreement! When writing this President Trump has just confirmed that he will announce his decision weather or not to stay in […]

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News from the Balkans: Serbia ratifies Paris Agreement but keeps planning new coal

On 29 May 2017 Serbia ratified the Paris Agreement. Unfortunately, in the same time, the Government put out a draft of the national Energy Strategy Implementation Plan, prioritising new coal […]

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Winning a losing game: Turkey’s electricity utility gets a fossil fuel subsidy award for its role in coal expansion

What’s the situation? Turkey’s electricity utility, EÜAŞ, “won” the second place in the Sneaky Special Treatment category of the Fossil Fuels Subsidy Awards due to its significant and increasing public […]

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‘Governance’, ‘Effort Sharing’ and ‘Juncker Investment Plan’: European Parliament starts introducing “the shift of financial flows” as required by the Paris Climate Agreement

In 3 legislative files currently negotiated in Brussels the European Parliament progressed on financing matters: reporting on Fossil Fuel Subsidies phase-out; the linking the EU budget comes to national climate […]

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The European External Investment Plan: The EU’s flagship initiative for external funding

What’s the situation? Just short of one year since it was first launched, the European External Investment Plan is in full flow among the usual suspects of the EU machine. […]

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Draft Governance report calls for radical improvement of climate and energy policies

What’s the situation?

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MEPs improve the proposal for the Effort Sharing Regulation – the Council rather not

What’s the situation? The European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted on its position on the Effort Sharing Regulation 30 May, and proposed quite substantial improvements to the original draft by the […]

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ETS: Waiting for the Trilogues

What’s the situation? On Tuesday, May 30, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission postponed their second trilogue meeting on the reform of the EU Emission Trading System […]

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