climate action
US chooses to step up climate action with landmark bill
09 August 2022 - The US Senate has approved a bill that allocates USD 369 billion for combating climate change
Spanish city of Seville begins to name, classify heatwaves
30 June 2022 - The time has come to start giving names to heatwaves – like hurricanes – as damage from some of the extreme weather will be historic.
Climate spending from EU’s 2014-2020 budget was far lower than reported
02 June 2022 - European Court of Auditors found that the spending was not always relevant to climate action as European Commission said
Bulgaria could warm by 4.4 °C by 2100, lose 20% of precipitation
01 February 2022 - Bulgaria is severely affected by climate change, WWF and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation said, warning the temperature rise could reach 4.4 degrees by 2100
EUKI offers funding for climate action projects – here are the conditions
25 November 2021 - Nonprofits can apply for up to EUR 1 million from the European Climate Initative (EUKI) with transformative cross-border projects
US, China – top two carbon emitters – to cooperate on cutting emissions
11 November 2021 - China and the United States are seeking to close “a gap between the current effort and the Paris agreement goals.”
Greece to ban sale of new gasoline, diesel cars in 2030
09 November 2021 - Greece's draft Climate Law envisages a ban on the sale of new cars with internal combustion in 2030, five years earlier than the EU's target
Cyprus to invest over EUR 500 million in green transition, emission cuts
04 November 2021 - President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades said over EUR 500 million would be spent on a cleaner fuels rollout and the greening of its economy
G20 urged to set more ambitious emissions cut targets ahead of COP26
15 October 2021 - The G20 governments need to come up with more ambitious national emissions reduction targets ahead of the UN climate summit COP26, which opens on October 31.
Germany to back climate action in Serbia with EUR 309 million package
13 October 2021 - With technical and expert assistance from Germany, Serbia will continue to work on strategic documents related to decarbonization, CO2 emissions, and renewable energy.
Adopted Green Agenda Action Plan for Western Balkans brings EUR 9 billion in grants, 2024 deadline to align with EU ETS
06 October 2021 - The EU prepared a EUR 30 billion investment package and the Western Balkans must implement climate action reforms from Green Agenda Action Plan
Fossil fuel firms sue countries over climate, environmental action
20 September 2021 - Fossil fuel companies are suing countries around the world, seeking more than EUR 15 billion in damages over climate, environmental action.
Albania, Serbia among 81 Paris Agreement signatories that haven’t sent new emission cut targets
04 August 2021 - By the July 30 deadline, 110 parties to the Paris Agreement or 58% submitted new or updated nationally determined contributions or NDCs.
Greece, Romania most active in Southeast Europe in tackling climate challenge
04 May 2021 - Greece and Romania are the most active among EU member states in Southeast Europe on climate change issues, while Bulgaria is trying to catch up.
Croatia and Albania rank best in region on WEF’s Energy Transition Index 2021
21 April 2021 - Croatia and Albania are the region's best ranked countries on the World Economic Forum's Energy Transition Index 2021.
EUKI calls for project ideas for transboundary climate action in Europe
30 November 2020 - The European Climate Initiative – EUKI launched a call for the civil society, authorities and educational entities to outline cross-border climate projects.