Next week, Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra, will lead the EU negotiating team during the second week (17-21 November) of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil.
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On 21 November, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, will host the final pledging event of the ‘Scaling up Renewables in Africa’ campaign.
The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 0.4% in Q2 2025 (772 million tonnes CO2-eq), while GDP grew by 1.3%. The largest reductions were in Slovenia (-8.6%), the Netherlands (-5.9%), and Finland (-4.2%).
On 13 November, Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera, responsible for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition, hosted in Brussels the implementation dialogue on public support for affordable housing.
This event forms part of the preparatory work for the 2026 omnibus on energy efficient product legislation and follows up on the high-level discussions held during the recent Implementation Dialogue with Commissioner Jørgensen in October 2025.
This publication has 4 sections – greenhouse gas emission accounts, energy accounts, greenhouse gas emission footprints, and investments in climate change mitigation.
To connect potential suppliers with buyers of hydrogen and its derivatives in the EU, the Commission is, today, launching the first call for interest under the Hydrogen Mechanism.
The call for evidence ends on 4 December 2025.
On Monday, 10 November, Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen will travel to Germany for a two-day visit focused on advancing the EU energy agenda and efforts to tackle the housing crisis.
The Commission has granted today more than €358 million to 132 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action.
