Today, the European Commission unveiled the EU Agenda for Cities, reinforcing urban development policy and fortifying the role of cities in Europe’s future growth and development.
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This year’s Carbon Market Report demonstrates how the EU ETS continued to drive emissions reductions in the power sector and industry in 2024, incentivising decarbonisation and raising revenues to boost investment in the clean transition.
Today, the Reflection Group on Mobilising Climate Resilience Financing presented its final report to Commissioner Hoekstra, stressing the need for collective action to strengthen the European Union’s resilience to climate-related risks.
The European Commission is inviting citizens, businesses, regional authorities, and all stakeholders to take part in a new public consultation on climate resilience. This is a unique chance to influence the EU’s future policies and determine how Europe prepares for and responds to climate change.
The European Commission has adopted rules to implement the EU-wide voluntary certification framework for carbon removals and carbon farming. This will be boosted further by three initiatives announced in the new EU Bioeconomy Strategy.
A mitigation marathon, a mutirão of ideas and a maze of multilateralism. But as the sun set over Belém, and the final gavel fell after two weeks of negotiations on the climate crisis, the world asked: did COP30 move us any closer to a safer, fairer, future?
Today, the Commission adopted a proposal to amend the Market Stability Reserve Decision as regards the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) for the new emissions trading system for road transport and buildings (ETS2).
The Joint Committee under the EU and Swiss Linking Agreement agreed on the 2026 arrangements for the transfers of emission allowances between the registries of the EU Emissions Trading System and the Swiss Emissions Trading System.
In December 2025, the European Commission will launch an Horizon Europe call worth approximately €600 million to fund research and innovation projects supporting the Clean Industrial Deal.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change are joining forces to accelerate breakthrough climate resilience solutions across Europe
