CLIMATE

EU Climate Advisory Board: focus on immediate implementation and continued action to achieve EU climate goals +++ AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS: EU-Rechnungshof: Sind unsere Autos wirklich umweltfreundlicher geworden? +++ EU COUNCIL: Draft REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on substances that deplete the ozone layer, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 (first reading) – Adoption of the legislative act

IPCC agrees on the set of scientific reports for the seventh assessment cycle +++ EU Commission: A common carbon emissions calculator for the European audiovisual sector: Towards an environmentally conscious future +++ Financing Building Decarbonization: The Roles of Government and Private Sector Investors – Belfer Center +++ GERMANY: Die Antrags- und Bewilligungspause für KTF-Förderprogramme des BMWK ist aufgehoben

F-GASES: Fluorierte Treibhausgase auf dem Rückzug – BMUB +++ EFRAG BRIEFS: OIC and EFRAG joint event “Reporting di sostenibilità Standard e linee guida lo stato dell’arte’ in Italian , Monday 22 January 2024

EU Council on Heavy-duty vehicles: EU lawmakers reach a deal to lower CO2 emissions from trucks, buses and trailers +++ Deal on new rules to reduce CO2 emissions from trucks and buses – EU Parliament +++ EU Commission welcomes agreement on strong EU targets to reduce CO2 emissions from new trucks and urban buses +++ ACEA on trucks and buses: EU agrees on most ambitious CO2-reduction targets globally +++ EU

CLIMATE RISKS: Covid-19, climate change, armed conflicts: world’s crises can lead to interconnected polycrisis +++ Resonant planetary waves contributed to Pacific Northwest Heat Dome event of 2021 +++ GERMANY: Bruch des Klimageld-Versprechens gefährdet Unterstützung für Klimaschutz – Germanwatch +++ EU Commission Answer to a written question – Climate change and education

Welcome remarks from the IPCC Chair at the Sixtieth Session of the IPCC +++ Greens/EFA demands EU Post-2030 Climate Targets in a letter to the European Commission +++ EU Parliament: Reducing emissions from fluorinated gases and ozone-depleting substances +++ In focus: Methane emissions – EU Directorate-General for Energy +++ U.S. NIST Upgrades Tech for Monitoring Methane Emissions +++ Carbon markets or climate targets? We need both – Florence School of

Green funds: find out more about the Amazon Fund – G20 Presidency +++ F GASES: S&D Group drives EU’s efforts to cut harmful emissions by 500 million tons of CO2 by 2050 +++ Elektromobilität am Himmel – Europa-SPD zur EU-Initiative für nachhaltigen Flugverkehr +++ Detaillierte Treibhausgas-Emissionsbilanz 2022: Emissionen sanken um 40 Prozent gegenüber 1990 – EU-Klimaschutzvorgaben werden eingehalten +++ Bundestag: Agrardiesel: Ökonomen stützen Ampel-Kurs

EU ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Informal meeting of environment ministers: Overview by the Belgian EU Presidency +++ WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’ +++ OZONE: COP28 Reflections – Cooling for Climate Action: Ministers’ Cool Soundbites +++ Abstimmung im Europäischen Parlament zu F-Gasen +++ ECR: EU Industrial Emissions 22% Lower Since 2008 +++ CAN Europe: New report reveals potential €1 trillion savings for EU +++ G20: World

G20: Efforts from the world’s largest economies are urgent to mitigate climate change +++ CLIMATE IMPACT:PIK: More rain, fewer droughts – rainfall effects from targeted forestation can reduce climate change

UNFCCC: How Climate Technology Is Being Ramped Up +++ Dubai Youth Climate Dialogue during COP28 highlights young peoples’ priorities for climate action +++ CLIMATE ACTION: Ten issues to watch in 2024 – EP Research Service +++ EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Technical Expert Group Meeting 15 January 2024

CLIMATE STATE AID: The EU Commission has approved a €2.9 billion French State aid scheme for supporting investment in green industries to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy +++ Statement by Executive Vice-President Vestager on the approval of two State aid measures +++ CLIMATE FINANCE: IDB and Germany Launch New Facility to Support Climate Action in Public Development Banks in Latin America and the Caribbean

CARBON EMISSIONS: Germany’s CO₂ emissions drop to record low but reveal gaps in country’s climate policies – Agora Energiewende +++ Robert Habeck zu ersten Schätzungen der Agora Energiewende zum CO2-Ausstoß Deutschlands im Jahr 2023 +++ EU ETS: Neue Rekordeinnahmen im Emissionshandel: Über 18 Milliarden Euro für den Klimaschutz – UBA

Climate Action Highlights of 2023 +++ UNFCCC: Earth Information Day: Showcasing Climate Science +++ COP28: Now it is the EU’s responsibility to deliver on justice, align with science and phase out fossil fuels +++ Climate Bonds Blog: Public Consultation on New Climate Bonds Criteria for Deforestation and Conversion-Free Sourcing by Agri-Food Entities +++ ANTARCTICA
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EU ETS: Climate action highlights of 2023 +++ CLIMATE FINANCE: EU supports just climate transition in Bulgaria with a budget of €1.2 billion +++ NECPS: Governance Regulation: Commission calls on BULGARIA, AUSTRIA and POLAND to submit draft updated National Energy and Climate Plans for the period 2021-2030 +++ COP28: 9 highlights for Climate Bonds at COP28 – Climate Bonds +++ WMO issues new guidelines on evaluation of weather and climate

CLIMATE FINANCE: EU invests an additional €2 billion of emissions trading revenues in clean energy infrastructure projects in Member States via the Modernisation Fund +++ COP28: Empowering Nations with Tools for Robust Transparency Reporting +++ Examining the Outcomes of COP 28: A Conversation with Amy Harder – Belfer Center.