Today, the Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement to reform the Effort Sharing Regulation
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Europe’s 2030 climate offer threatened by massive over-delivery of 2020 target
Figures released from the European Environment Agency yesterday indicate that Europe will significantly outperform its 2020 climate target; however, Sandbag finds that the EEA continue to seriously downplay the level of emissions cuts Europe can expect. Moreover, we...
Europe’s ten biggest carbon polluters in 2013
Press briefing from 1st April 2014 New data released by the European Commission today for the EU emissions trading scheme reveals the ten largest carbon emitters in Europe for 2013[1]. Five of the ten installations – all of which are coal or lignite fired power...