Directorate-General Climate Action (CLIMA)

This Directorate-General develops EU policies for combatting climate change and is responsible for the supervision and financing of projects that support this policy.

The main tasks of this DG are:

  • to participate in international negotiations on climate change
  • to explore and set up policies that might deal with the consequences of climate change
  • the development and implementation of the EU Emissions Trading System
  • to promote low carbon and similar clean technologies
  • to monitor and aid member states in implementing their national strategies to combat climate change
 

1.

Legislative proposals in negotiation

There are 149 proposals for legislative or other legal instruments of this Directorate-General in negotiations with the Council and the European Parliament.
Date Title
20.03.2024  .
Decision com(2024)125
 
18.03.2024  Commission report under Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 on the evolution of the real-world CO2 emissions gap for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles ...
Report com(2024)122
 
12.03.2024  Managing climate risks - protecting people and prosperity.
Communication com(2024)91
 
06.02.2024  Securing our future Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society.
Communication com(2024)63
 
24.11.2023  Implementation of the Innovation Fund in 2022.
Report com(2023)732
 

2.

Legislation currently being implemented

There are 39 laws or other legal instruments of the Council and the European Parliament, previously proposed by this Directorate-General, which are currently being implemented by the member states.
Date Title
17.04.2023  EU position in the Joint Committee EU-Switzerland on the linking of their greenhouse gas emissions trading systems.
Decision com(2023)197
 
05.04.2022  Fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Regulation com(2022)150
 
05.04.2022  Substances that deplete the ozone layer.
Regulation com(2022)151
 
18.03.2022  EU Position vis-a-vis the Swiss on the linking of their greenhouse gas emissions trading systems, as regards amending Annexes III and IV to the Agreement.
Decision com(2022)111
 
15.07.2021  Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC as regards the notification of offsetting in respect of a global market-based measure for aircraft operators based in the Union.
Decision com(2021)567