First of all, I should like to welcome you to our EPP-ED Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety website. The purpose of this site is to present our aims and day-to-day work in the EU for a better environment, improved food safety and an efficient health policy for all citizens and for future generations.
We believe that politics is about making choices, defining clear political messages to the electorate and taking often tough decisions to tackle the challenges of the day...

PRESS RELEASES

18/12/2008	Goodbye to inefficient stand-by for electrical appliances. Peter Liese MEP
17/12/2008	Adoption of the climate package an historic victory for the European Parliament and the EPP-ED Group. Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group
17/12/2008	Carbon Emissions Trading System agreed by Parliament. Avril Doyle MEP, European Parliament Rapporteur
17/12/2008	Climat: le Parlement européen met le "Paquet"!/ Climate change: Parliament adopts ambitious targets. Françoise Grossetête MEP
13/12/2008	Carbon Emissions Trading Report Agreed. Avril Doyle MEP, Rapporteur for the European Parliament

EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME

At the EU Summit in early December, EU Heads of State and Government agreed on an ambitious package to reduce CO2 emissions and to increase the use of renewable energies. The agreement approved by the European Parliament will enter into force now.

Parliament finally adopted the EU Climate Change and Energy Package during December's plenary session. The measures will implement the greenhouse gas reduction goals set at the EU Summit in spring 2007. EU Heads of State and Government had agreed on a binding 20% reduction target by the year 2020 compared to 1990 levels. The implementing legislation includes a reform of the current EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and a Directive on renewable energies.

POLICY

Environmental problems are increasingly taking on a world-wide dimension and will continue to worsen if they are not dealt with decisively. In the European Union it is now recognised that environmental and economic problems are inextricably linked. Therefore, one of the European Union's fundamental tasks is to promote sustained, environmentally-friendly growth...