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Climate negotiators could take a leaf out of the global postal sector's book. The two weeks of tortuous negotiations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

When the EU moves, others follow, writes the European Commissioner for climate action on the breakthrough deal struck at the Durban summit on climate change. At the Durban...

Climate change deal includes all major emitters. The world's largest economies have agreed on a roadmap towards a legally-binding deal by 2015 to to cut greenhouse-gas...

EU's environmental funding scheme to be changed. The EU's environmental funding scheme Life is to be split into two separate sub-programmes. 

There are only two paths to choose between at Durban. Your recent report on climate change highlighted the debate in the EU about an extension of the Kyoto Protocol at the UN...

Hedegaard says EU must continue to push others 'in our direction'. Expectations have been lowered for the United Nations climate summit, which begins in Durban, South Africa...

Commissioner for climate action says she still believes that the EU should not sign up to a second Kyoto deal on its own. Connie Hedegaard, the European commissioner for...

When it comes to making the transport sector pay for its emissions, there are significant differences between aviation and shipping. There is a key difference between ships...

The European commissioner for climate action on what she expects from the climate talks in Durban. Connie Hedegaard, the European commissioner for climate action, says that...

Rich countries have pledged vast sums to help the world's poor deal with the effects of climate change, but the talk is often not backed up with action. The world's poorest...

At the UN's talks in Durban, the EU needs to show that it remains committed to leading on climate action. Ten years ago, the EU stood firm in the face of a US pull-out and...

EU wants legally binding deal to succeed Kyoto; presidency wants agreed stance ahead of Durban. The EU's environment ministers are to discuss when they meet in Luxembourg...

Report was amended to remove call for the EU to increase its CO2 reduction target to 30% by 2020. MEPs today (5 July) rejected a report calling for the EU to set out an...

Šemeta to outline plans for carbon and fuel taxes, while businesses are concerned about impact on trade. The European Commission will renew its bid for EU-wide carbon taxes...

From next year, all flights taking off and landing in the EU to be included in the emissions trading scheme. Bringing aviation into the European Union's emissions trading...

Arguments for a 30% target gain momentum, but calls for greater ambition are resisted by steel firms. MEPs will next week debate whether the European Union should set...

Commissioners to discuss differences over environmental rules. The European commissioner for climate action, Connie Hedegaard, will meet her counterpart for trade,...

A new and realistic approach to climate talks is required. It is fair to say that, because of the lack of progress made at Copenhagen last year and a continuing lack of US...

The fragility of Africa's environment is becoming a more pressing problem for Europe. The impoverished, landlocked state of Niger has been hit by a double disaster this...

OPEC will not be able to meet the world's energy needs. The three major organisations that forecast long-term oil demand and supply – the International Energy Agency...