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Find out how the EU works to reduce emissions from greenhouse gases besides CO2. As the EU works hard to reduce CO2 emissions, it is also making efforts to regulate other greenhouse gases heating up planet Earth, such as methane, fluorinated gases - also known as F-gases - and ozone-depleting substances. Although they are present […]

On March 14, 2023, the European Parliament gave its final approval for member nations to implement stricter national targets relating to emissions reduction and the protection and...

The new Effort Sharing Regulation reduces the allowed maximum level of greenhouse gas emissions in member states from transport, buildings and agriculture until 2030.

EU politicians backed new policies for buildings to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions.

Government pays €2.9m for Slovakian carbon credits 2023-02-17

MEPs and EU governments have agreed to reform the Emissions Trading System to further reduce industrial emissions and invest more in climate friendly technologies, ENVI. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), which enshrines the “polluter pays” principle, is at the core of European climate policy and key to achieving the objective of EU climate-neutrality. By […]

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<div class="ep-p_text"><span class="ep_name">Emissions in the ETS sectors must be cut by 62% by 2030</span><span class="ep_icon"> </span></div>
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<div class="ep-p_text"><span class="ep_name">Free allowances to industries will be phased out from 2026 and disappear by 2034</spa...

The Council of the European Union this week agreed its positions on several legislative proposals for driving greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 55% in 2030 compared to 1990...


Implementing the ‘Fit for 55’ package depends on citizens and NGOs being able to hold governments to account.

Majorities for raising or even maintaining the ambition of the Fit for 55 package look fragile.