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Indonesia’s Deforestation Dropped 60 Percent in 2017
In the midst of the second-worst year for tropical tree cover loss in 2017, Indonesia saw an encouraging sign: a 60 percent drop in tree cover loss in primary forests compared with 2016. That’s the difference in carbon dioxide emissions…
Proposed Future EU Budget Embraces Increased Climate Action
Today the European Commission has published its proposal for the post-2020 EU budget, kicking off the political battle over the rules and priorities that will govern EU spending in the period 2021-2027. The Commission has chosen climate action to be…
Germany and California Bolster Climate Cooperation as US Backs Off G7 Statement
Germany and California have agreed to bolster their cooperation on tackling climate change, as international criticism continues to mount over the US government’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement. Just days after agreeing a climate cooperation pact with…
Study: UK Leads G7 at Cutting Emissions and Growing Economy
The idea that cutting carbon emissions damages a country’s economy needs to be consigned to history once and for all, according to a major new study that reveals how the UK has delivered the deepest carbon cuts and the strongest…
EU Agrees end to Confusing A+++ Energy Labels
After years of criticism the EU looks set to retire the much-maligned A+++ energy labelling scheme and return to a simpler A-G rating system. The EU originally used an A-G system of labels to inform consumers of the most energy…
EU Environment Ministers Approve Post-2020 ETS Reforms
EU Member States have voted in favour of a new package of measures to overhaul the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) after 2020, which has for years been dogged by low prices and a surplus of allowances. Environment ministers from…
The Cost of Climate INaction in the Agricultural Sector
This week key policymakers of the European Parliament discuss the EU’s largest climate instrument. Ahead of the debate, five organizations expose how a loophole in the law could significantly increase the costs of post-2030 climate efforts by delaying the required…