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Tag: Connie Hedegaard

EU threatens China, India over airline emissions - 15 May 2012 - News

The European Commission today (15 May) gave defiant Chinese and Indian airlines one month to report their carbon emissions after they failed to meet their deadline, expanding a transcontinental feud over the EU’s Emissions Trading System.

Hedegaard: 'Rethinking our growth model' - 02 February 2012 - Interview

EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard says global development challenges cannot be met if the world's economic powers do not rethink their growth model. In an exclusive interview with EurActiv, she also addresses controversial policies on emission charges for airlines and rejects calls for a price floor to sustain Europe's depressed carbon market.

EU climate chief calls for ‘much care’ on biofuels - 02 February 2012 - News

The European Union's climate commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, has warned about expanding the use of biofuels as the EU executive finalises an assessment of the potentially damaging effects they may have over the earth's climate. She spoke to EurActiv as part of a wide-ranging exclusive interview on sustainability issues.

A roadmap to a global legal regime for climate action - 13 December 2011 - Analysis

The Durban summit marked a breakthrough in introducing a new phase of international climate policy and it was the EU that paved the way for the others to follow its ambitious climate strategy, writes Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action.

EU hails 'outstanding' British climate pledge - 18 May 2011 - News

EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has warmly praised a British government decision to halve its 1990 greenhouse gas emission level within 14 years – if the EU takes similar action. 

Britain, Germany to lead push for deeper CO2 cuts - 14 March 2011 - News

The European Union should deepen cuts to greenhouse gases beyond the current 20% target by the end of this decade, according to environment ministers from seven EU countries, including Britain and Germany.

'2050 strategy' builds on energy savings - 09 March 2011 - News

Europe must invest heavily in efficiency to limit spiralling energy costs and beat its own target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the European Commission said yesterday (8 March), unveiling plans to move to a competitive low-carbon economy by 2050.

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