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7 December 2017
International agencies and farm leaders have welcomed the decision to launch a work programme on climate and agriculture, which was endorsed by governments at the annual conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) three weeks ago in Bonn, Germany. Language in the preamble...
16 November 2017
European Union negotiators clinched a deal on Thursday 9 November on the reform of its Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the post-2020 period. The agreement outlines various measures aimed at strengthening the bloc’s flagship climate policy instrument, while supporting innovation and modernisation...
26 October 2017
The weeks ahead are set to see a flurry of activity in carbon markets, as EU negotiators attempt to finalise reforms to the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the post-2020 period, while new leadership in New Zealand has promised the prompt introduction of a “zero carbon act,” with...
19 October 2017
Governments the world over face major challenges to reduce the health and environmental impacts from the transportation sector. Steering the car market to electric vehicles and ultimately zero-emission fleets will require comprehensive and sustained policy action. The pronouncements keep coming,...
15 June 2017
Differences between the US and other G7 members over how to approach international climate action returned to the fore this week, as Washington opted out of a climate pledge in a joint statement issued by the coalition’s environment ministers. At a meeting in Bologna, Italy, from 11-12 June, the...
2 March 2017
Environment ministers from the European Union’s 28 member states met on Tuesday 28 February to discuss reforming the bloc’s flagship carbon market for the post-2020 period, agreeing on a “general approach” to upcoming negotiations just a few short weeks after the European Parliament approved its...
16 February 2017
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday 15 February in favour of reforming the bloc’s flagship carbon market, paving the way for negotiations with the other EU institutions on finalising those changes for the 2021-2030 period. Lawmakers signed off on the reform package with 379 votes in favour,...