Tagged as: Paris Agreement
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”.
(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.
A complete transformation of our global energy economy is needed
In this way, António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, justified yesterday at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 24) in Katowice the importance of a cleaner and greener energy system to successfully combat climate change.
Discussing clean energy transition at the SET Plan conference
The 11th annual conference of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) took place this week (20-21 November) in Vienna, with the aim to examine and discuss different views for a successful energy transition. This year, it was co-organised by the Austrian Presidency and the AIT Austrian Institute of
EUSEW 2019: Shaping Europe’s Energy Future
“Shaping Europe’s Energy Future: moving towards carbon free electricity by 2050” will be the theme of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2019 (EUSEW19), which will take place 17-21 June in Brussels, as announced yesterday the European Commission. This theme aims at meeting the targets of Paris Agreement and EU’s long-term
European Parliament approved key files of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package
Today European Parliament completed the parliamentary approval of half of the eight legislative proposals in the 2016 Clean Energy for All Europeans package, which means new rules on renewables, energy efficiency and the governance of the Energy Union. An important step in enabling the European Union and its Member States