About: Wendel Trio
Seven EU countries call for stronger climate action in Europe
The ecology and environment ministers of seven European countries met in Paris on 25 April and called for a more ambitious climate strategy for the EU. EURACTIV.fr reports.
COP21 deal at risk over development aid ‘greenwashing’
Development aid commitments by European Union countries are at “increasing risk” of being greenwashed to meet climate finance promises to poorer nations that could be a “deal-breaker” for an international agreement to cap global warming later this month.
Time for pollution pricing to work for the climate
The reform of the Emissions Trading Scheme is an opportunity for the EU to restore its climate action leadership, argue six climate and development NGOs.
Decarbonising Europe: Fossil fuel subsidies must go
The Commission is organising a huge conference on decarbonising European transport this week, but remains unwilling to discuss government support for fossil fuels, writes Wendel Trio. VideoPromoted content
Climate and Energy: A just transition?
The European Commission’s Energy Union strategy is very ambitious and will cut across a number of policy sectors including energy, transport, research and innovation, foreign policy, regional and neighborhood policy, trade and agriculture, according to the EU executive's plan. €119 billion will be invested in the energy transmission projects needed by 2020 and a significant effort in legislative proposals will follow. Solidarity will be the major play card in Europe.
Strong market stability reserve a step towards green growth
Let’s get the facts straight ahead of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee vote on the creation of a market stability reserve mechanism in the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), writes Wendel Trio.
Government coal subsidies must be stopped
If the EU and its member states are to achieve their climate targets, they need to make decisive efforts to completely eliminate the use of coal. A vital first step would be to immediately stop fossil fuel subsidies to the coal industry, writes Wendel Trio.![Bernadette Ségol, general secretary of the ETUC. [ETUC CES/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/09/9320662046-a9aecfbc80-k.jpeg)