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As the majority shifts to the right, can the Commission still align the EU's 2030-target with the 1.5°C objective?

The European Commission published its regular package of infringement decisions in January 2023. With regards to air quality, the Commission ...

The European Commission has proposed to include the shipping industry in the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (ETS).

There is an overestimation of the carbon-allowances needed and the current proposal will even be inadequate to meet the 2030 target, according to new research.

As the world recovers from the pandemic, energy prices in the European Union have surged to record-high levels and the only way forward is renewables.

Although costs for monitoring, reporting and verification are high for many result-based schemes, the European Commission favours a wider implementation.

In 2017, the national emission ceilings for ammonia were still violated by five member states and total emissions have now increased by more than three per cent over the last four years, preliminary data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows.

EU Staff 4 Climate is a bottom-up initiative led by EU staff in their individual/private capacity. It brings together colleagues from across the EU institutions who are deeply concerned ...

On 13 June 2019, the Council adopted the EU’s first-ever carbon dioxide emission standards for trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles. Under the new rules, which entered into force on 14 August, manufacturers will be required to cut CO₂ emissions ...

National governments were supposed to detail how they plan to reduce emissions of harmful air pollution in “National Air Pollution Control Programmes” (NAPCP), which should have been sent to the European Commission by 1 April.

The European Commission announced in early May an open public consultation as part of its evaluation of the EU’s 7th Environment Action Programme (EAP).

The resolution, which is based on a report by a Croatian social democrat, suggests over 300 changes and the EU environment committee chose to back up a lot of important suggestions, even if they rejected several of them.

The improvement of car fuel efficiency must be speeded up in order to meet the EU target for 2021, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). Provisional figures released by the EEA put average CO2 emissions ..

National emission reduction commitments for 2030 should ensure achievement of the World Health Organization’s recommended air quality levels.