Today CROSSBOW project joins the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science under the theme “Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth”. This Day is a reminder that women and girls play a critical role in
Investing in Women in Science for an inclusive green growth
Data Protection aspects of CROSSBOW
Today the world is celebrating the Data Privacy Day (known in Europe as Data Protection Day) to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices. In Europe this date corresponds to the anniversary of the opening for signature of the Council of Europe’s “Convention 108” for the Protection
EU invests almost €800 million in priority energy infrastructure with major cross-border benefits
Yesterday, the EU Member States voted to invest almost €800 million in key European energy infrastructure projects with major cross-border benefits. The EU funding comes from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the European support programme for trans-European infrastructure.
Consultation on the list of electricity PCIs
In order to obtain the public’s views on the pertinence and added value of the proposed projects for the upcoming Union list of Projects of Common Interest, a consultation was launched on 22 November 2018 by the European Commission. It will be open until the 28th of February 2019.
EU plays instrumental role in making the Paris Agreement operational
The UN climate conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, concluded last 15 December with the adoption of a clear rulebook to make the Paris Agreement on climate change work in practice across the world, which was “the EU’s top objective in these negotiations”.
EU co-legislators endorsed the proposal to enhance the role of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
The Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete welcomed yesterday the provisional political agreement on a proposal to enhance the role of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in the energy market and in the area of security of supply.
(Clean) Energy: an human right
Today Human Rights Day marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that proclaimed the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being.
Energy Council adopted new rules on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Governance
Today, the revised Energy Efficiency Directive, the revised Renewable Energy Directive and the new Governance Regulation were formally adopted at today’s Transport, Telecommunications & Energy Council, following on from the strong support that all three dossiers got from MEPs at last month’s European Parliament Plenary session.