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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/g8/climate

G8 compromise acknowledges need for substantial emissions reductions for after 2012 without setting binding target, but opens way for international negotiations under aegis of UN

Brussels, 08/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, president of both the EU and the G8, has had a bit of a lucky escape: the G8 summit in Heiligendamm on 6-8 June could easily have failed to find agreement on action to be taken against climate change after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol is due to expire. However, Ms Merkel's pugnacity, acknowledged by all, won the day over the United States' initial intransigence (see EUROPE 9439). The result is that the planet's eight...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: 'Community preference' debate is launched - a Quote from Mario Monti
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CENTRAL ASIA: More coordinated European approach
(EU) EU/ESDP: EU and UN step up cooperation on international crisis management
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Lebanon calls on EU for humanitarian support
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: MEPs express concern about lack of response from UN Human Rights Council in event of urgent crises
(EU) EU/COMOROS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: At Council on 12 and 13 June, major measures such as extension of Schengen III and VIS will be confirmed but criminal law cooperation and patrols in Mediterranean pose serious problems
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Final negotiations on fruit and vegetable sector on Monday and Tuesday
(EU) EU/G8/CLIMATE: G8 compromise acknowledges need for substantial emissions reductions for after 2012 without setting binding target, but opens way for international negotiations under aegis of UN
(EU) EU/G8/AFRICA: G8 promises €44 billion to combat diseases of poverty and commits to finding a political solution in Darfur
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Broad consensus on need for ERGEG+ and ETSO+ to improve operation of internal market
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Aviation to be included in EU carbon trading system
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council sticks to its guns over third maritime safety package
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council adopts conclusions on european Energy Strategy but waters down new vehicle CO2 emission reduction targets
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Council gives go-ahead for SESAR public private partnership - first calls for tender in next few months
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Council endorses funding agreement - Commission to unveil new funding mechanisms in September 2007
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Single European Sky gradually shapes up
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: European carbon trading system helped EU 'decouple' emissions from economic growth in 2006
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Rising levels of some types of industrial pollution in EU
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission calls on member states to investigate secret CIA prisons in Europe
(EU) EP/JHA/VIS: Parliament go-ahead to creation of world's largest biometric database
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €4 million to Somalia
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission provides additional €15 million to counter malnutrition in Sahel region
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Margot Wallström announces institutional framework for EU communication policy
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: MEPs call for energy measures to prevent development on EU's poorest regions from falling behind
(EU) EP/CULTURE: European Parliament adopts own initiative report on status of European artists
(EU) EP/WORLD BANK:
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Alain Pompidou believes France could ratify London Protocol by end 2007
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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