SUMO policies: smart monetary policies aimed at giving a boost to green investments

21 September 2014 - Carbon Trends

By Camille Ferron and Romain Morel, I4CE

New EU Commissioner : Miguel Arias Cañete (Spain) has been appointed as the new energy and climate commissioner.

EU ETS Reform: Denmark, Latvia, Slovenia, and Sweden support Germany’s proposal for the mechanism becoming operational ahead of schedule as from 2017.

Climate and Energy package 2030: the European Commission has published a new proposal at the end of July with the goal of improving energy efficiency by 30% in 2030.

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