Miguel Arias Cañete
Paris Agreement to Enter into Force as EU Agrees Ratification
The European Parliament has approved the ratification of the Paris Agreement by the European Union yesterday. With today’s European Parliament approval of the Paris Agreement ratification – in the presence of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the United Nation’s Secretary…
Paris Agreement signing ceremony in New York – the EU calls for swift ratification
The signing ceremony, convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, follows the adoption of the world’s first universal climate change agreement by 195 countries in Paris on 12 December 2015. The European Union was the first major economy to table its…
EU invests €217 million in energy infrastructure
Member States agreed on a Commission proposal to invest €217 million in key trans-European energy infrastructure projects, mainly in Central and South Eastern Europe. In total, 15 projects were selected following a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility…