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Energy Transition: yes to renewable energies, but at what price?

17 March 2015 - Carbon Trends

BY Michel Cruciani (CGEMP Université Paris Dauphine)

- EU ETS – MSR timetable: On 25th March, the COREPER meeting of EU Ambassadors approved a start date of the MSR on 1st January 2021, and a mandate for the Latvian Presidency to start trilogue negotiations with the EU Parliament and the EU Commission.

- Energy Union – On 25th February, the EU Commission released its Energy Union Strategy, focusing on a new legislation to redesign the electricity market.

- On 25th February, the Commission released the EU’s vision for the COP 21, calling for
a transparent and dynamic legally binding agreement, containing fair and ambitious commitments from all Parties.

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