Press Release: Emissions Trading: EU Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström welcomes Council agreement as landmark decision for combating climate change

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Series Details IP/02/1832 (10.12.02)
Publication Date 10/12/2002
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Environment ministers meeting at the Council on 9 December 2002 unanimously reached political agreement on a common position on the Commission's proposal to establish an EU emissions trading system. The European Commission believes this offers the most cost effective way of implementing the Kyoto protocol.

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