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  • EF BRIEFS: Paris Agreement, Canada, Indianapolis, S&P DJI/Trucost

    04 October 2016

    The European Parliament has voted to ratify the Paris Agreement, edging the landmark treaty closer to implementation.

  • EF BRIEFS: Cambridge University, Climate Bonds Initiative, LSE, European Parliament

    23 November 2015

    Sandrine Dixson-Declève, director of the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, has called on European leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies and invest in renewables or face become increasingly uncompetitive.

  • European parliament approves reform of carbon market

    08 July 2015

    The European parliament has voted decisively to approve a reform of the EU's pioneering emissions trading system (ETS) that is designed to make the market more resilient to external shocks.

  • Getting real about carbon capture

    22 June 2015

    Carbon capture and storage has a vital role to play in European efforts to combat climate change, says Chris Davies MEP. But the technology needs urgent political and financial support.

  • EU bioethanol sector optimistic despite 'damaging' 2014

    17 June 2015

    Optimism has returned to the EU's bioethanol sector after a "damaging" year blighted by policy uncertainty and falling prices.

  • ETS reform could see carbon price treble by 2020, say analysts

    06 May 2015

    The price of EU emission allowances (EUAs) could rise to more than €20 ($22.5) by 2020 from their current level of about €7.5, as a result of an agreement to curb the excess supply of allowances, analysts said.