European Commissioner for Climate Action
The Commissioner for Climate Action is a new post in the European Commission. It was created in 2010,[1] being split from the environmental portfolio to focus on fighting climate change.[1] The current Commissioner is Miguel Arias Cañete.
The European Union has made a number of moves in regard to climate change. Most notably it signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1998, set up its Emission Trading Scheme in 2005 and is currently agreeing to unilaterally cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020.[2]
Connie Hedegaard Koksbang, a Danish politician and public intellectual, was the first European Commissioner for Climate Action in the (second Barroso) European Commission from 10 February 2010 until 31 October 2014.
See also
References
- 1 2 Anonymous (23 November 2016). "What we do - Climate Action - European Commission". Climate Action - European Commission.
- ↑ Anonymous (23 November 2016). "Progress made in cutting emissions - Climate Action - European Commission". Climate Action - European Commission.
External links
- Current Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete's website
- Former Commissioner Connie Hedegaard's website
- DG Climate Action website
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