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Monday, February 6, 2006
Climate change: Green Week is first Commission event to go ‘climate neutral’
The European Commission has taken action to ensure that its major annual environmental conference, Green Week, does not contribute to climate change.According to estimates, Green Week 2005 generated emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases equivalent to 139 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2). The main source of emissions was the travel activities of conference participants. The Commission has now offset these by buying emission allowances for the same amount of CO2 under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The allowances will be cancelled so they cannot be used in the future. This makes Green Week 2005, held in Brussels last June with climate change as its key theme, the first ‘climate neutral’ event organised by the Commission. The Commission intends to do the same for Green Week 2006, which will be held from 30 May-2 June and will focus on protecting biological diversity.
By making Green Week climate-neutral the Commission is showing that it practices what it preaches when it comes to leading the fight against climate change. The Commission encourages the other EU institutions as well as event organisers in the public and private sectors around Europe to adopt this practice systematically. It welcomes that the organisers of this summer’s World Cup soccer tournament in Germany also intend to make this event climate-neutral.
Source European Commission
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EUROPEAN CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAMME - ECCP II :
Recommendations to develop a strategy to implement the Kyoto protocol in the EU
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ENPI - Support for partnership, reforms and inclusive growth (SPRING) :
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