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European Union diplomats were edging closer to a deal on the bloc's ambitious climate change and energy 'package' of legislation on the eve of a two-day EU summit starting today (11 December), according to a draft version of the summit conclusions obtained by EurActiv.
Background:
On 23 January 2008, the European Commission presented a series of proposals designed to transform into law the political commitments made by EU member states in March 2007 to reduce the EU's emissions of CO2 and related greenhouse gases (GHGs) by 20% by 2020, while boosting the bloc's share of renewable energy use to 20% over the same period.
A proposal to revise and strengthen the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS; see EurActiv LinksDossier), the 'flagship' EU policy to tackle climate change, as well as a proposal that outlines how member states should divide the 'effort' of sharing CO2 reductions in sectors not affected by the ETS between themselves, is the mainstay ...