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EU ENERGY AGENDA.
July 8, 2009... Council of Ministers 23-24 July 2009, Are, Sweden Informal Meeting of Energy Ministers EU energy ministers meet informaly in Are on 23-24 July. Held back-to-back with the informal environment ministers' meeting, the focus is on coordinating policy agendas on climate change,...

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL/CLIMATE CHANGE : ADAPTATION A "NECESSARY COMPLEMENT" TO MITIGATION.
July 8, 2009... The EU target of limiting global warming to no more than 2[degrees]C compared with the pre-industrial era means that all countries need to adopt attenuation measures on an urgent basis, but it is equally urgent to adapt to climate change in advance, particularly for the most vulnerable...

A TREE FOR THE CLIMATE.
July 8, 2009... Making a gesture for the climate is as easy as a click. Anyone can do it, says the European Commission, which launched, on 29 June, its Click @ Tree' initiative. The campaign is meant to draw public attention, especially among young people, to the fact that fighting climate change is...

BARROSO: COPENHAGEN DEAL "IMPERATIVE".
July 8, 2009... A global deal with clear international and domestic targets aiming to reduce planetary greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050 would be the desired result of December's climate change summit in Copenhagen, declared European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso at the closing...

BRITISH AID FOR INTERMODAL TRANSPORT CLEARED.
July 8, 2009... The European Commission decided, on 2 July, not to raise any objections to a British aid scheme that will encourage a modal shift of freight from road to rail and inland waterway. Under the scheme, the government will grant financial support for intermodal transport services. The scheme will...