This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s adoption of two final pillars of its ‘Fit for 55′ legislative package for delivering the EU’s 2030 climate targets. Ahead of the crucial COP28 UN Climate Conference, and next year’s European elections, this complete package of legislation shows that Europe […]Commission welcomes completion of key ‘Fit for 55′ legislation, putting EU on track to exceed 2030 targets
October 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s adoption of two final pillars of its ‘Fit for 55′ legislative package for delivering the EU’s 2030 climate targets. Ahead of the crucial COP28 UN Climate Conference, and next year’s European elections, this complete package of legislation shows that Europe […]Fit for 55: MEPs boost methane emission reductions from the energy sector
May 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament today adopted its position on a new law to reduce methane emissions from the energy sector to reach the EU’s climate goals and improve air quality. The new law is the first piece of EU legislation aimed at cutting methane emissions and covers […]Fit for 55: Parliament adopts key laws to reach 2030 climate target
April 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs adopted the reform of the EU’s Emissions Trading System including for aviation and maritime, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and a new Social Climate fund. On Tuesday, Parliament approved the deals reached with EU countries in late 2022 on several key pieces of […]Fit for 55: deal on charging and fuelling stations for alternative fuels
March 28, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs and the Swedish Presidency of the Council agreed on mandatory national targets for the deployment of infrastructure for alternative fuels for cars and trucks. A provisional agreement was reached on Tuesday between Parliament and Council negotiators that updates EU rules on infrastructure for […]Fit for 55: deal on new EU rules for cleaner maritime fuels
March 23, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament and Council reached a deal on cleaner maritime fuels, asking to cut ship emissions by 2% as of 2025 and by 80% as of 2050, to help the EU become climate neutral. A provisional agreement reached on early Thursday morning between the European […]Fit for 55: Deal on carbon sinks goal will increase EU 2030 climate target
November 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs and EU countries agreed to increase the EU carbon sinks target for the land use and forestry sector, which increases the EU’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target to 57%. On Thursday night, Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the third […]Zero emission vehicles: first ‘Fit for 55′ deal will end the sale of new CO2 emitting cars in Europe by 2035
October 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the agreement reached last night by the European Parliament and Council ensuring all new cars and vans registered in Europe will be zero-emission by 2035. As an intermediary step towards zero emissions, the new CO2 standards will also require average […]Fit for 55: Parliament agrees to higher EU carbon sink ambitions by 2030
June 9, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs support increasing the target for carbon sinks in land use, land use change and the forestry sector, de facto raising the EU’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction target to 57 %. On Wednesday, Parliament adopted its position on a proposed law to reduce greenhouse […]
