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☆ EU Parliament backs overhaul of Europe's biggest climate policy
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Kate Abnett | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Europe's carbon market forces power plants and factories to buy CO2 permits when they pollute. It has slashed those sectors' emissions by 43% since 2005, but is facing a revamp to hit more ambitious EU climate change targets. Under the upgrade, factories will lose the free CO2 permits they currently receive by 2034, and shipping emissions will be added to the CO2 market from 2024. EU carbon permits were trading at around 94 euros per tonne on Tuesday, having nearly quadrupled in value since the start of 2020. Lawmakers also backed plans to launch a new EU carbon market covering emissions from fuels used in cars and buildings in 2027, plus a 86.7 billion-euro EU fund to support consumers affected by the costs.

☆ EU agrees to the world’s largest carbon border tax
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —European Union governments have reached a deal on the world’s first major carbon border tax, as part of an overhaul of the bloc’s flagship carbon market that aims to make its economy carbon-neutral by 2050. EU ministers finalized details of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism early Sunday after reaching a provisional agreement earlier on in the week. The landmark measure adds a pollution price on certain imports to the European Union. She added that certifying carbon emissions in producing countries remains a “challenge.”Climate policy overhaulThe carbon border tax is part of a wider deal agreed to Sunday that reforms the EU carbon market to cut its emissions 62% by 2030, compared to 2005. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will be phased in at the same time, in that way protecting domestic firms from being undercut by foreign competitors.

Under the deal agreed by negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament, the EU carbon market will be reformed to cut emissions by 62% from 2005 levels by 2030. If fuel prices are as high in 2027 as today, the introduction of the carbon market would be delayed to 2028. If its CO2 price hits 45 euros ($47.62), then extra CO2 permits will be released into the market to attempt to tame prices. The price of EU carbon permits has soared in recent years, boosted by the expectation that tougher EU emissions targets would curb the supply of CO2 permits in the scheme. The benchmark EU carbon price closed trading at around 84 euros per tonne of CO2 on Friday, roughly ten times its value five years ago.

☆ Europe's biggest climate policy heads for final-hour talks
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Kate Abnett | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It is the biggest environmental and climate law that Europe ever dealt with," the European Parliament's lead negotiator Peter Liese said. Officials from EU countries and the EU assembly, who must both agree the final law, said it was unclear if a deal would be struck, given the large number of unresolved issues. Negotiators are at odds over how quickly to end the free CO2 permits the EU gives industries to protect them from foreign competition. EU lawmakers want 50% of free permits phased out before 2030, with the rest gone by 2032 - far earlier than the 2036 end-date countries support. Negotiators have already agreed parts of the carbon market reform, including to expand the scheme to cover shipping and increase CO2 costs for airlines.

☆ EU strikes deal to make ships pay for their carbon emissions
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Kate Abnett | Moushumi Basu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The shipping sector has so far escaped the EU carbon market, which requires factories and power plants to buy permits when they emit carbon dioxide, providing a financial incentive to emit less. That is set to change from 2024, when shipping companies will have to buy EU carbon permits to cover 40% of their emissions, rising to 70% in 2025 and 100% in 2026. The deal, agreed late on Tuesday by lawmakers and negotiators from the 27-country bloc, would add to the carbon market all carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen dioxide emissions from maritime voyages within the EU. Negotiators also agreed to dedicate revenues from the sale of 20 million EU carbon permits to fund maritime emissions-cutting projects. EU negotiators will attempt to agree the rest of the carbon market upgrade by Dec. 17, and then formally rubber-stamp the law.

☆ UE a adoptat obiectivul de a-şi reduce emisiile de carbon cu cel puţin 55% până în anul 2030
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-21 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +4 min

„Este un moment istoric pentru UE (...) Acordul ne consolidează poziţia în lume ca lider al luptei împotriva crizei climatice”, a transmis într-un comunicat Frans Timmermans, vicepreşedinte al Comisiei responsabil cu Pactul Verde european. La rândul său, ministrul portughez al mediului, Joao Pedro Matos Fernandes, a cărui ţară deţine preşedinţia rotativă a Consiliului UE, a salut acordul, spunând că este „un semnal puternic pentru întreaga lume” şi „un obiectiv consfinţit”. De acum, „obiectivul de a obţine neutralitatea în privinţa emisiilor de carbon pentru 2050 va deveni obligatoriu juridic”, a scris pe Twitter şi eurodeputatul german Peter Liese (grupul PPE, dreapta pro-UE). Reducerea totală a emisiilor ar putea ajunge la aproape 57% comparativ cu 1990, a calculat Pascal Canfin. Nu este Pactul Verde de care avem nevoie (...) Este insuficient raportat la Acordul de la Paris”, a scris pe Twitter Michael Bloss, eurodeputat ecologist german.

Persons: Joe Biden, Frans Timmermans, Pedro Matos Fernandes, Pascal Canfin, Peter Liese, îşi, Michael Bloss Organizations: Parlamentul European, UE, Agerpres, PPE Locations: UE, Europa, Polonia, Paris, german

☆ Mai multe țări din Europa vor să achiziționeze vaccinul din Rusia, în ciuda recomandărilor UE
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +10 min

Sursa foto: today24.newsMai multe țări din Europa vor să achiziționeze vaccinul din Rusia, în ciuda recomandărilor UEPrincipalul vaccin împotriva Covid-19, Sputnik V, produs de Rusia, împarte Europa în marea criză sanitară provocată de pandemia de coronavirus. Însă acest lucru nu a împiedicat mai multe de guverne europene să se desprindă de abordarea comună a UE și de a lua atitudine. Sputnik a câștigat "cel mai mare premiu de până acum". Germania, care a respectat până acum abordarea comună a UE în ceea ce privește vaccinurile anti-Covid, a declarat că va începe discuțiile pentru a asigura aprovizionarea cu vaccinul rusesc. Un alt imbold primit de vaccinul Sputnik a fost dat de India, după ce Autoritatea de reglementare a medicamentelor de acolo a autorizat utilizarea vaccinului rusesc, respectiv producția la nivel local.

Persons: Johnson, Sebastian Kurz, Andrej Babiš, Alexei, Ea, Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev, Guvernul, Igor Matovič, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Premierul Markus Söder, Renaud Muselier, Vincenzo De Luca, Jens Spahn, ., Thierry Breton, Peter Liese Organizations: Sputnik, Europeană, UE, Agenția Europeană, Comisia Europeană, Uniunii Europene, Cehiei, Externe, Parlamentului, OMS, Sănătății, federal, Politici, Ministerului Sănătății, Europene, Partidului Popular Locations: Europa, Rusia, Moderna, UE, Germania, Germaniei, Ungaria, Slovacia, Austria, Moscova, lituanian, Ingrida, Sănătății, Moscovei, India, Cehia, Europa Centrală, SUA, Italia, Spania, Bavaria, Franța, Provence - Alpi - Coasta de Azur, Campania, Berlin

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