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EC Announces New Climate Initiatives
December 14, 2017
In conjunction with the One Planet Summit in Paris, the European Commission (EC) has announced 10 initiatives it will take to promote the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, which include efforts to direct public and private investment towards “green” objectives.
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EC Unveils Project to Help Coal Regions Transition
December 14, 2017
The European Commission (EC) has rolled out the EU Coal Regions in Transition Platform, a multi-stakeholder project designed to help European regions that rely on coal production transition economically as the bloc moves toward renewable energy sources.
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EU Promises Significant “Green” Investment in Neighboring Regions
December 14, 2017
EU Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete has announced the bloc’s plan to mobilize billions of euros in private and public investment toward climate-friendly objectives in Africa and EU Neighborhood countries as part of the EU External Investment Plan.
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EC Files ECJ Complaints over Refugee Settlement
December 13, 2017
AP reports that the European Commission (EC) has targeted Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic with a complaint before the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) over their failure to participate in a 2015 EU plan to redistribute 160,000 asylum seekers across the bloc that resulted in the relocation of 32,000 refugees.
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EC Proposes New Car Emissions Standards
December 08, 2017
In November, the European Commission (EC) proposed a fresh set of targets for carbon dioxide emissions from new passenger vehicles that will begin to apply in the year 2025 to help achieve EU pledges under the UN's Paris agreement on climate change.