Summary: 4 December 2009, Brussels – The European Commission has adopted the European Community's 5th National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Communication is a comprehensive report on all climate change-related activities undertaken at the level of the European Community over the four years since the 4th Communication was completed at the start of 2006.
The European Communication and all other developed country Parties to the UNFCCC are required to submit their 5th Communications to the UNFCCC secretariat by 1 January 2010.
The EC’s Communication does not cover the activities of EU Member States, who as Parties in their own right are required to provide their own National Communications to the UNFCCC. The core elements of National Communications are information on the activities a Party has undertaken to implement the Convention, on its emissions and removals of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and on projected future emissions. The report comprises eight chapters covering a wide range of aspects of the EC’s climate-related activities, including the policies and measures taken to limit emissions, financial resources dedicated to the fight against climate change, technology transfer, research and scientific cooperation with developing countries and education and awareness-raising activities. As required from developed country Parties that have also ratified the Kyoto Protocol, the report includes supplementary information to demonstrate the EC’s compliance with its commitments under the Protocol.
EC's 5th National Communication under UNFCCC: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/gge_unfccc.htm
DG Environment climate change homepage: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/home_en.htm
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