As required by the Paris Agreement, the EU submitted its long-term emissions reduction strategy and its updated climate plans (nationally determined contribution, NDC) before the end of 2020. The EU ...

The European Commission has controversially proposed allowing international carbon offsets to help meet the EU’s 2040 climate ...

With the EU on board, the emissions total will cross the 55-percent mark. "It is truly an honor to be able to witness the historic moment," Ban said after the vote passed, and said he "looked ...

For several island nations, the Paris agreement’s success is an existential quest: Many may become uninhabitable if the global temperature rises by 1.5 degrees.

The European Commission is set to propose a binding law to slash emissions by 90% by 2040 as part of its overarching goal to ...

Paris Agreement framer Laurence Tubiana spoke to TIME about the tumultuous past ... The European Commission—the executive body of the EU— has said that it will make Paris-compliance a ...

Europe has found itself stuck in the middle between two diametrically opposed camps in global climate negotiations, the EU's ...

“The Paris Agreement continues to be the best hope for all humanity,” said Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, hours after Trump signed his withdrawal order.

Trump's potential Paris Agreement exit threatens global climate efforts EU to engage with U.S. on climate despite challenges EU likely to miss February deadline for new climate plans BRUSSELS, Jan ...

The EU signs the Paris Agreement. Dutch Minister for the Environment and President of the Council Sharon Dijksma and Vice-President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič sign the agreement on ...