Press Release: European Commissioners Piebalgs, Hedegaard and Füle announce Climate Change Windows

As the Cancun Climate Change Conference kicks off, on 29 November 2010 the Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs, the Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard and the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle announced specific climate change "windows" in all EU regional Investment Facilities. These "windows" indicate the financing and enable tracking of all climate change related projects funded by the EU, the European Investment Bank and other European Finance Institutions through these facilities. They encompass both public and private investments in strategic areas like transports, energy, environment, water, sanitation and forests.

ESO: Background information: Climate change policy: Cancun offers slim hopes of progress http://www.europeansources.info/record/climate-change-policy-cancun-offers-slim-hopes-of-progress/

European Commission: Memo/10/628: Q&A on Climate Change Windows http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/628&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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