Activists Take Bucharest City Hall to Court for Poor Air Quality
- Environment
Centre for Sustainable Policies "Ecopolis" with the support of 2Celsius and backed by the international legal NGO ClientEarth has started a legal challenge against the...
Forest biomass – madness. Sustainable forestry – remunerated. Labels for deforestation – odd.
- Forests
On the way to a fancy pants conference on forests and climate at the European Commission, a bunch of activists get soaked in the Brussels...
Biomass and consequent biodiversity loss are the tricky issues for the Green Deal
- Environment
In a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels with representatives of Climate Action Network Europe and 2Celsius, vice-president designate of the European Commission Frans...
People’s Climate Case: EU insists to prevent access to justice for families hit by the climate crisis
- Climate justice
On 3 December, the European Parliament and the Council have submitted their responses on the appeal of the legal action challenging the EU’s 2030 climate target. Despite...
First step towards a Carpathian Macroregion
Voting on the Carpathian Macroregion report in the Committee of the Regions plenary at the European Parliament in Brussels. Photo: 2C The governor of Podkarpackie...

Commission raises climate ambition and proposes 55% cut in emissions by 2030 September 16, 2020
The European Commission today presented its plan to reduce net EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. This level of ambition for the next decade will put the EU on a balanced pathway to reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
Temporary suspension of the Union Registry for technical maintenance and software upgrade from 18 to 21 September 2020 September 10, 2020
From 16:00 CET of Friday 18 September 2020 until 09:00 CET of Monday 21 September, access to the Union Registry will be suspended to undertake a technical maintenance and a software upgrade.
The 2020 ETS aviation auction calendars revised in view of the Swiss linking September 8, 2020
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and ICE Futures Europe (ICE) published today the revised 2020 aviation auction calendars to take into account the change in scope of EU ETS for aviation after the linking with the Swiss ETS.
Frans Timmermans on the European Green Deal as a growth strategy at the Bruegel Annual Meetings September 1, 2020
EU ETS Union Registry fully operational August 31, 2020
Irregularities in the Union Registry as a consequence of the recent outage were all removed. All functionalities are back to normal.
EU ETS Union Registry August 27, 2020
Irregularities in the Union Registry, which were a consequence of the outage last week, were gradually removed. All ETS functionalities are back to normal. Kyoto transactions, however, are still impacted. We expect resuming this functionality soon.
EU ETS Union Registry August 23, 2020
As a consequence of the outage last week, some irregularities persist in the Union Registry that affect, among others, the processing of UK auctions and Kyoto transactions. These problems are being repaired, while the Union Registry remains operational. We expect returning to full functionality soon.
EU ETS outage is being repaired August 20, 2020
The further repairs to the Union Registry of the EU Emissions Trading System announced yesterday continue this morning. We expect to resume business early afternoon.
EU ETS Union Registry reopens until 6 PM August 20, 2020
The technical work on the Union Registry of the EU Emissions Trading System has been terminated, and the Union Registry is again open for business. Exceptionally, business hours will be extended until 18h today.
EU ETS outage is being repaired August 19, 2020
Yesterday on 19 August 2020, the Union Registry of the EU Emissions Trading System faced a technical issue with the processing of some transactions and an emergency maintenance was opened. The issue has now been identified and fixed. We can rule out the event of a security incident.

Posts published in “Climate justice”

People’s Climate Case: EU insists to prevent access to justice for families hit by the climate crisis

By Raul Cazan on December 6, 2019

On 3 December, the European Parliament and the Council have submitted their responses on the appeal of the legal action challenging the EU’s 2030 climate target. Despite…