Brussels, International — Greenpeace welcomed this evening’s statements by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen on the Copenhagen climate negotiations. Speaking ahead of...

In an address to a joint session of the United States (US) congress today that preceded an EU-US summit in Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the US to tear down the walls of the 21st century, to commit to the goal of staying...

After months of delay, the European Commission today presented a bitterly disappointing proposal to reduce CO2 emissions from light commercial vehicles. Greenpeace accused the Commission of blatantly ignoring its own decarbonisation strategy.

European environment ministers meeting today in Luxembourg agreed on the EU’s position going into December’s global climate summit in Copenhagen. But the failure to bring commitments on emission cuts in line with scientific requirements means...

Talks broke down today at a crucial meeting of EU finance ministers in Luxembourg, with ministers failing to reach any agreement on climate funding for developing countries, in preparation of the global meeting in Copenhagen in December. This...

The European Commission has proposed increased and coordinated funding to develop a greener energy sector, but has failed to deliver a consistent strategy to achieve this objective, said Greenpeace today following the release of an EU proposal...