Brussels, 13 December 2023 -- Flavia Sollazzo, Senior Director, EU Energy Transition, Environmental Defense Fund Europe, comments on the COP28 agreed global stocktake text.

Brussels, 5 December 2023 -- The commitments made at COP28 this weekend could lead to far-reaching climate impacts: 118 countries, including the EU bloc, pledged to triple renewable energy capacity and double the rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.

Brussels, 15 November 2023 -- In a momentous climate decision, the European Union has today agreed on a first-of-its-kind legislation to rein in dangerous methane emissions within and far beyond its borders.

Brussels, 20 September 2023 -- New data from a scientific study coordinated by UNEP's International Methane Emissions Observatory, Utrecht University and the Environmental Defense Fund reveals that oil production in Romania likely emitted approximately 120 kilotonnes of methane in 2019. Romania is the EU's second-largest oil and gas producer and ranks among the highest in reported annual methane emissions from the energy sector according to the 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data.

Brussels, 1 August 2023 -- President von der Leyen’s final State of the Union address in September is an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of the Methane Regulation and much-needed progress towards achieving the Global Methane Pledge.

Brussels, 10 July 2023 -- MethaneSAT spectrometers are now tracking methane emissions across North America as part of MethaneAIR, providing the first comprehensive picture of total emissions. The new technology will go global aboard a satellite launching in early 2024, allowing EU and other fossil fuel importers to see and compare emissions from suppliers

Brussels, 13 June 2023 -- The signatories of this letter call on the European Union energy ministers to be decisive on a matter that will define EU climate ambition on methane mitigation.

Brussels, 9 May 2023 -- Today the European Parliament adopted its position on the European Commission’s proposal on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector. 

Tomorrow, the European Parliament will have the opportunity to support a landmark position on the Methane Regulation. This is a critical piece of legislation poised to both slow global warming and increase energy security by reducing methane emissions in the energy sector.