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EU Sets Global Scheme Rules on Aviation Emissions

EU Sets Global Scheme Rules on Aviation Emissions

The European Commission on June 28 welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organization Council’s(ICAO) decision a day earlier to endorse the key rules of a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation that will tackle CO2 emissions in the international aviation sector.

Kazakhstan Faces Oil Production Concerns

Kazakhstan Faces Oil Production Concerns

Kazakhstan currently produces 1.8 million barrels of oil per day and does not plan to reduce its production in spite of its obligations to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Greece’s Energean to Drill Karish North Exploration Well in Israel

Greece’s Energean to Drill Karish North Exploration Well in Israel

Greece’s Energean Oil and Gas announced on June 25 that the Board has made the decision to drill an exploration well in the Karish North prospect, offshore Israel, with a planned spud date before end-March 2019, subject to necessary approvals. This will exercise the first of seven optional wells included in the Stena Drilling contract.

EU to Invest in Renewable Energy Projects in France and Germany

EU to Invest in Renewable Energy Projects in France and Germany

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Franco-German regional bank SaarLB have signed a €70 million guarantee agreement, the European Commission said on June 25, noting that this deal will enable SaarLB to grant additional loans of almost €140 million for new renewable energy projects in France and Germany.

EU, Canada and China Join Forces Against Climate Change

EU, Canada and China Join Forces Against Climate Change

“The EU, Canada, and China have joined forces to encourage global leadership and ambition in the fight against climate change by building momentum for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Following the successful first MOCA in Montreal last year, we have convened this opportunity for ministerial guidance on the successful conclusion of the Paris Agreement Work Programme and on the other key political events at COP 24,” Cañete said at the Second Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) by the EU, China and Canada on June 20.

EU Invests in Greener and More Secure Electricity in Madeira

EU Invests in Greener and More Secure Electricity in Madeira

The European Commission said on June 19 that €45 million from the Cohesion Fund is invested to upscale the production of electricity from water and wind on the Atlantic island of Madeira, an autonomous region 1,000 kilometres from mainland Portugal and one of the EU’s nine Outermost regions.

Ukraine Creating EU-Based Consortium to Stop Nord Stream-2

Ukraine Creating EU-Based Consortium to Stop Nord Stream-2

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko recently announced that he is in the process of creating a consortium of EU companies in Brussels who will help build support and ultimately stop to the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, which is set to carry natural gas from Vyborg in the Russian Federation to the German city of Greifswald via the Baltic Sea.

Russia Wants EU Assurances in Order to Build Turkish Stream

Russia Wants EU Assurances in Order to Build Turkish Stream

Russia will build a second line of the TurkStream or Turkish Stream gas pipeline stretching across the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey and further to Turkey’s border with neighboring countries, only if Moscow receives assurances from the European Commission, Russia’s ambassador to the EU told New Europe.

EU Agrees on Further Renewable Energy Development

EU Agrees on Further Renewable Energy Development

Negotiators from the European Commission, the Parliament and the Council reached a late on June 14 for an ambitious political agreement on increasing renewable energy use in Europe.

The Wait Is Over. Name Dispute Agreement Comes Together

The Wait Is Over. Name Dispute Agreement Comes Together

After a delayed set of phone calls June 11 and 12, and a late June 12 intervention by UN Mediator Matthew Nimetz, the prime ministers of Greece and Macedonia/FYROM apparently reached an agreement on Macedonia/FYROM’s new official name – “The Republic of Northern Macedonia.”

Merkel Says EU Will Act Against US Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum

Merkel Says EU Will Act Against US Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum

Coming on the heels of a highly contentious G7 summit in Canada at the weekend, the EU will implement counter-measures against US tariffs on steel and aluminium, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, while expressing her frustration that US President Donald J. Trump abruptly decided to withdraw support for a G7 communique that, amongst other things, called for law-based international set of rules for trade.