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More than €100 million are set to flow into a new Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF), which the Commission hopes will generate up to €1 billion in risk capital for ’green’ energy projects in developing states. Parliament approved the fund during a 13 March plenary session in Strasbourg.
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Climate change topped the agenda of the Tripartite Social Summit with social partners insisting that incentives must be offered to prevent potentially polluting industries from relocating and withdrawing jobs from the EU.
Background:
The Tripartite Social Summit, which meets once or twice a year, brings together European social partners (trade unions and employers’ federations) with the Commission and [...]
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Shortly before the opening of an EU summit dominated by climate change policies, the European Commission has re-affirmed it is not willing to change its calculations on how each member state should contribute to the union’s ambitious green goals, despite complaints by some rich countries over the targets set for them by Brussels.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will press EU leaders meeting in Brussels to back urgent measures to prevent heavy industries such as cement and steel from fleeing the continent, as the bloc debates tighter limits on CO2 emissions after 2012.
Background:
EU heads of state and government are meeting in Brussels on 13-14 March for their traditional Spring Summit, which [...]
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Europeans are increasingly concerned about climate change and think EU agricultural policies are failing to address rising food costs, according to two new Eurobarometer surveys published yesterday (13 March). Three quarters of Europeans also say they are ready to pay more for greener goods, but few have actually done so, the surveys found.
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