Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Policy" produced 63 items.
| 1. EU 'flexible' on ETS if global deal is reached | February 8, 2012 |
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Commission's director-general for climate says ETS aviation legislation could be changed if there is an international agreement on reducing emissions. Foreign airlines could... |
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| 2. China bans airlines from EU's emissions scheme | February 6, 2012 |
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Chinese authorities say including airlines in the emissions trading scheme violates international climate negotiations. The Chinese government has banned the country's... | |
| 3. MEPs back away from 30% emissions target | January 31, 2012 |
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Centre-right MEPs block move to push for increase in emissions reduction target. The push for the EU to increase its emissions reduction target for 2020 from 20% to 30% was... | |
| 4. UK parliament report calls for ETS overhaul | January 27, 2012 |
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British parliamentarians fear businesses could relocate to other countries. The EU's emissions trading scheme (ETS) urgently needs a short-term solution to the low carbon... |
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| 5. Higher emissions target ‘could save money' | January 26, 2012 |
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Commission report to support higher carbon emission reduction targets for 2020. A report to be issued by the European Commission in the coming weeks will bolster the case of... |
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| 6. ECJ backs EU over aviation emissions | December 21, 2011 |
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Court says inclusion of non-EU airlines in emissions trading scheme is compatible with international law. The European Court of Justice today ruled that plans to include... | |
| 7. Trade war looms over aviation emissions | December 21, 2011 |
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US anger over plan to include aviation in the EU's emissions trading scheme.
ECJ backs EU over aviation emissions
The government of the United States and airlines... |
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| 8. Leading the way on climate action | December 15, 2011 |
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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... |
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| 9. Durban agrees to reach deal on CO2 emissions by 2015 | December 11, 2011 |
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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... |
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| 10. Life after Kyoto | October 27, 2011 |
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Agreement on an updated binding deal for climate change will be very tricky. The Kyoto protocol is showing its age – and has been for years. In 1990, the year used as the... |
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| 11. Emissions allowances cause an east-west split | October 27, 2011 |
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Split over how to deal with assigned amount units. National ministers for the environment agreed at their last meeting (10 October) that they were open to extending the... | |
| 12. Sailing away from emission taxes? | October 27, 2011 |
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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... |
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| 13. The fight against cyber-hackers | October 27, 2011 |
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Security measures increased in wake of €30 million theft. The credibility of the EU's emissions trading system (ETS) suffered a blow in January when it was discovered... | |
| 14. Attempts to cut back on carbon | October 27, 2011 |
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Having a successful emissions trading scheme is a difficult balancing act. The emissions trading scheme (ETS) is at the heart of the EU's efforts to cut greenhouse-gas... | |
| 15. MEP urges governments to back energy efficiency to boost growth | October 20, 2011 |
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Energy efficiency directive ‘solution' to economic crisis; energy debt could be ‘cut by €50bn each year' The EU's national governments should back legislation on... | |
| 16. EU's airline emissions scheme gets legal backing | October 6, 2011 |
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Including airlines based outside the EU in emissions trading scheme 'is compatible' with international law. The European Union is allowed to include airlines from non-EU... |
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| 17. Efficiency directive no threat to carbon prices | June 30, 2011 |
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Talk of carbon prices is 'twisted logic'. Peter Vis and the European Commission's climate action department need not worry about energy savings upsetting carbon market... | |
| 18. Switched on to potential savings? | June 30, 2011 |
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The EU faces an uphill battle to meet its energy-efficiency ambitions. For something supposedly in almost everyone's self-interest, energy efficiency has failed to inspire... |
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| 19. Split emerges in the Commission over energy-efficiency measures | June 16, 2011 |
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Climate-action department warns that energy-efficiency plans could deflate carbon prices. A senior Commission official has warned that impending energy-efficiency measures... |
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| 20. What's in a name? | March 31, 2011 |
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It's farewell to the Foreign Policy Instruments Service. The European Commission yesterday (30 March) decided to rename its recently-created Foreign Policy Instruments... | |
