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Fact check reveals: Biofuels subsidies significantly lower than previously estimated 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
In April 2013, a study published by the Global Subsidies Initiative and the International Institute for Sustainable Development stated that biofuels in the EU had received subsidies worth € 9.3 - 10.7...
New study investigates opportunities to replace electric motors by more efficient ones 23 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
By installing efficient motors energy is saved and the emission of CO2 is reduced. Both contribute to the EU targets to increase the energy efficiency by 20% in 2020 (compared to projections made in 2...
New study identifies good practice in vertical integration of climate policy 25 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
Too often when designing and implementing climate policy, the efforts of national and sub-national actors (i.e. regions, districts or cities) are not well aligned, with a variety of barriers preventin...
New study shows opportunities for the Clean Development Mechanism 22 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
Ecofys released a study analysing opportunities how the weakened Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) can be used in future. The results support project developers and investors to find the most effectiv...
Launch of expanded users’ guide to climate planning 18 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
CDKN’s users' guide to climate compatible development planning now covers more climate planning tools and is re-launched this week on www.climateplanning.org. This interactive website, which helps pl...
EU ETS: Industry will receive fewer free emission allowances than expected 11 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
The European Commission will have to considerably reduce the number of free emission allowances to industry in the third trading period of the EU ETS as proposed by the 28 Member States, in order to s...
New roadmap highlights district heating potential for EU decarbonisation 10 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
A new study shows how district heating could contribute to reaching the EU goal of reducing CO2 emissions by at least 80% compared to 1990 level by 2050. The “Heat Roadmap Europe 2050”, published by A...
European Commission calls for stakeholder feedback on the Energy Labelling and Ecodesign Directives 1 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
The European Commission has assigned a study to prepare the review of the Energy Labelling Directive and certain aspects of the Ecodesign Directive. The activities under this evaluation started in May...
Climate Action Tracker Update: “Climate shuffle” likely to lead to increased warming 12 Jun 2013 | 03:00 am
The latest Climate Action Tracker update presented in Bonn today shows that current emissions and policies - and future emission trends - are likely to lead to higher 21st century emission levels than...
New Ecofys study supports European Commission to define a nearly zero-energy building 11 Jun 2013 | 03:00 am
A newly released study, prepared by Ecofys and project partners for the European Commission, paves the way for a common definition of nearly zero-energy buildings. As of 2021, every new building in Eu...
