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A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, entitled 'A European Eco-efficient Economy', will provide a basis for discussions during an informal meeting of energy and environment ministers in Ĺre on 23–25 July.
LinksDossier: Energy efficiency: the EU's action plan
More open trade could lead to growing greenhouse gas emissions if nothing is done to shift "business as usual" trade practices and encourage the exchange of new low-carbon technologies, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a joint report.
LinksDossier: Global options for tackling climate change
Information and communication technologies can help curb global warming, but the sector is also coming under growing pressure from the EU to lead by example by cutting its own emissions, which are now comparable to that of the aviation sector. (read more)
Governments from 192 countries will attempt to thrash out a successor to the Kyoto Protocol next December in Copenhagen amid growing signals from scientists that global warming is occurring more quickly than expected. (read more)
Home to 80% of EU citizens and 70% of greenhouse gas emissions, urban areas play a key role in fighting climate change; but cities' access to funding for green policies is proving a major stumbling block. (read more)
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