Sting in Kyoto for Energy Users
Recent research from independent market analyst Datamonitor reveals that meeting Europe's growing electricity demand combined with emissions-reduction commitments under Kyoto will require major investments over 2005-2010

Greenhouse Emissions Trading Begins
Nearly 12,000 plants will be involved in the scheme and they are thought to be responsible for about 50% of Europe's emissions of carbon dioxide. Each plant will be given an individual target

EU Welcomes Russian Change of Climate
With news of Russia's decision to move a step further to ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on global climate change, few were likely to welcome the decision more than Europe's environmental policy maestros in Brussels. Time to celebrate?

No Longer on the Climate Radar
A Commission consultation shows broad support for making airlines pay for their greenhouse gas emissions - but is a new US-brokered deal likely to blow Kyoto out of the sky?

A Climate in Change: Europe in 2003
The Global temperature in 2003 was the third highest on record with a scorching hot summer in Europe and other parts of the northern hemisphere to blame. At the same time the world's polar caps continued to melt at an alarming rate

Environmental Slackers
The environmental sector was the sector which in 2003 was the subject of more than a third of the cases of EU legal infringement. The number of cases pending relating to EU environmental legislation was 509

Europe's Ozone Hole
European scientists confirmed that Arctic high atmosphere is reaching the lowest ever temperatures this winter, warning that destruction of the protective ozone layer is substantially increased under very cold conditions.

EU Countries Dragging Their Feet On Emissions Trading
One month after the deadline of 30 June 2006, only five European countries - Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Ireland - had sent the EC their National Allocation Plans for the second phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme