Tuesday night, negotiators from the EU Commission, Parliament and Council closed another chapter of the Fit for 55 package. The trilogue agreement on the inclusion of air traffic in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) stipulates that from 2026, initially only intra-European flights will be charged a CO2 fee. From 2028, flights with destinations outside […]
A step in the right direction, but not yet what is needed, says Markus Pieper (CDU), rapporteur of the EU Parliament for the Renewable Energy Directive, about the Commission’s proposal to define green hydrogen. Even with this, he says, “the targets for the shares of green hydrogen in industry and transport will not be achieved […]
Ahead of the meeting of EU transport ministers on Monday, German Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) called for faster progress on decarbonizing air transport. He said he was concerned that “kerosene taxation is still being discussed”. This makes it more difficult to get started on decarbonization through synthetic fuels and global competition, Wissing said, calling […]
The EU Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) on Thursday adopted its position on the so-called Waste Shipment Regulation. The members were in favor of completely phasing out the export of plastic waste to OECD countries within four years of the law coming into force.Exports of so-called “non-hazardous waste” – […]
120 million tons of CO2 are supposed to be saved by including maritime shipping in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) by 2030, predicts Peter Liese, EU Parliament rapporteur and environmental policy spokesman for the EPP. In the trilogue on Wednesday night, negotiators from the EU Parliament, Commission and Council agreed that emissions from ocean […]
Of the 88.5 billion euros collected by EU member states from the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) between 2013 and 2021, around 51 billion euros went to climate protection measures (57.8 percent). According to official figures, nearly 64 billion euros (72 percent) were reinvested in climate action, but a WWF study published Tuesday casts doubt […]
120 million tons of CO2 are supposed to be saved by including maritime shipping in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) by 2030, predicts Peter Liese, EU Parliament rapporteur and environmental policy spokesman for the EPP. In the trilogue on Wednesday night, negotiators from the EU Parliament, Commission and Council agreed that emissions from ocean and inland waterway […]
Of the €88.5 billion collected by EU member states from the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) between 2013 and 2021, around €51 billion went to climate protection measures (57.8 percent). According to official figures, nearly €64 billion (72 percent) were reinvested in climate action, but a WWF study published Tuesday casts doubt on those figures.It […]
Just a week ago – at the halfway point of COP27 – it was considered almost impossible that a fund for loss & damage would come to be. Now it has been decided and is to come next year. It is a historic decision, as developing countries have been calling for a financial instrument to […]
With the traditional hammer blow, Sameh Shoukry ended the second-longest climate conference on Sunday morning at 9:30 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Europe was unable to get its good proposals into the final documents. The demands of the EU did not really stick in the negotiations of the last days and hours. Especially not with those who, […]