Sentences with phrase «european union efforts»

Access to U.S. LNG is a key aspect of renewed European Union efforts to improve energy security for European nations that «are still far too vulnerable» to supply disruptions, according to EU officials.
-- A look at how Poland, the country hosting the next round of climate - treaty talks, is fighting European Union efforts to reform restrictions on greenhouse - gas emissions.
Poland could halve its demand for coal by 2030 with a shift to renewable energies that would end its image as a laggard in European Union efforts to slow climate change, a study showed on Friday.

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But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.
But operations were strictly Canadian until 2005, when new executives with connections to Noranda agreed to a joint venture with the former Canadian mining giant in Turkey — which was liberalizing its mining industry as part of ongoing efforts to join the European Union.
This January, Tallinn, Estonia, took a radical step in its efforts to reduce traffic jams, and became the first capital in the European Union to offer its residents free public transport.
China and the European Union are set to issues a statement at a high - level meeting in Brussels committing to implement the climate deal, in a effort to bolster the pact as Trump appears set to abandon it.
Speaking at Fortune «s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London, Gavet, whose company owns travel sites such as Priceline.com, Kayak.com and booking.com, said the European Union's effort to create its much - touted «single digital market» is «the biggest question for tech startups here in Europe.»
The European Union has made efforts to bring a more uniform approach to technology in its member states.
Following the Paris attacks last year, the European Union (EU) regulators planned a crackdown on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in an effort to tackle the financing of terror.
The draft law aims to open up the audit services market in the European Union in an effort to improve audit quality and transparency.
Apo - The European Union on Thursday launched a plan for thousands of 18 - year - old Europeans to travel in the bloc for free this summer as part of efforts to promote the EU.
LONDON (AP)-- British Prime Minister Theresa May has firmly rejected the notion of a second referendum on the country's membership in the European Union, insisting Wednesday that the U.K. wouldn't attempt a back - handed effort to remain in the bloc.
Despite the EP's efforts, the cryptocurrency market is not commonly regulated throughout the European Union, as different regulatory approaches are present.
His other challenge came out of my major moral claim, that any serious effort to reduce emissions by any significant amount, let alone the 60 - 80 % called for by the European Union and some of our presidential candidates, would destroy economies all over the world and condemn the poor to perpetual poverty - which is why China and India will have nothing to do with emissions caps.
The United Kingdom's own Brexit negotiation with the European Union seems fraught with suspicion and acrimony, despite best efforts to dress it up — and there are many voices within the EU which are similarly divided and hostile — not just towards the UK but also towards each other.
Food laws in countries under the European Union are constantly under scrutiny, in an effort to offer good, safe nutrition to the people whom they govern.
Safer Internet Day is part of a wider and long established effort by the European Union to raise awareness of illegal and harmful content for children.
Even if such efforts have no chance of succeeding, it may complicate on - going negotiations over entry into the European Union.
In many ways, Merkel's visit is a test both of Putin's commitment to create the Eurasian Union, of which Moldova, just as Ukraine, would be inevitable members, and how it will react from now on to EU integration initiatives in countries, such as Ukraine and Moldova, which have made initial efforts to join the European Union.
As the expected end of the UK's membership to the European Union is planned for 29 March 2019, after that day the UK government could argue that a ruling from the European Court of Justice is no longer applicable, and it may keep the content of the IPAct unaltered, setting back efforts to protect privacy.
Professor Stefan Bouzarovski, Chair of EPOV said: «The Observatory's web portal offers a unique focal point for understanding and tracking the extent of energy poverty across the European Union, as well as efforts to address the problem.
IAS is member of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), an alliance that strongly supports a continuation of the efforts of the Union to address alcohol - related harm.
Alan Johnson has accused Jeremy Corbyn of «undermining» Labour's efforts to keep Britain in the European Union.
The European Union has lifted a ban on UK exports of animal products after efforts to contain foot and mouth disease appeared to have been successful.
Mr Johnson led Labour's fight to remain in the European Union but clashed with Jeremy Corbyn, claiming that the leader's office had been «working against» the party's efforts.
The fall in the Ukip share may reflect the recent comparative decline in publicity for the party's leader, Nigel Farage, and Downing Street's persistent efforts to neutralise Ukip's appeal by countering with a series of strong messages on immigration, welfare and a referendum on UK membership of the European Union.
Ghanaian vegetable farmers have asked government to step up its efforts at getting the European Union to lift the ban...
A former Tory cabinet minister is backing efforts to force through tough green laws after Brexit, amid anger over plans that would weaken environmental protections once Britain leaves the European Union.
The European Union is indeed investing efforts within its strategy to promote the efficient use of resources.
Two of the largest efforts are the Human Microbiome Project, funded by the National Institutes of Health (See «Your Microbial Menagerie,» page 4), and the European Union's Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract.
China could both benefit from the lessons of earlier efforts, such as Europe's flagship carbon market — the world's largest, known as the European Union Emissions Trading System, or ETS.
The largest single assistance programme in nuclear safety, the Prime Minister said, is that of the European Union, through which much of Britain's contribution to the international effort is now directed.
IMO is leading a European Union — funded effort called FUTUREVOLC to build a comprehensive database of local volcanic data and develop new tools — including new seismic stations, water chemistry samplers, and ground - and airplane - based ash detectors.
German river levels lowest in a century Some three - quarters of oilseed rape goes into the country's biodiesel industry — the biggest in the 27 - nation bloc — leaving it critically short of feedstock and either forcing imports or cutting production, with a consequent knock - on effect on the country's and the European Union's efforts to cut climate - changing carbon emissions.
The largest multi-stakeholder effort, the European Union's Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) began in 2008 and has established more than 40 consortia with financial and in - kind investments totaling $ 2 billion.
Despite efforts to come into line with the European Union (EU) in the area of education, Slovakia still has the so - called» «small doctorate» (Ph.Dr.
Their efforts seemed to pay off under the European Union's 1998 - 2002 research and technology budget, known as the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), which identified aging as a scientific priority for the first time.
Efforts to ban its use in Africa are under way, and SAVE is pushing the European Union to ban the drug across the continent.
With funding from the National Institutes of Health at LBL, and from the the European Union's BioStruct - X and the Wellcome Trust in the UK, Sauter and colleagues began a four - year effort to develop DIALS.
They work together with Cruelty Free International and their collective efforts helped lead to a European Union ban of non-cruelty free make - up in 2013.
Another ambitious virtual library project is Europeana, an ongoing effort to digitize the archive, library, museum, and audiovisual collections of all the European Union's 27 nations through a single portal by 2010.
According to a Guardian report, the three unions are set to explore campaign strategies including efforts to draw links between Amazon's European tax arrangements and the group's approach to low - wage workers.
One of the European Union's most polluted members, Italy, in spite of various efforts to reduce emissions, is expected to exceed greenhouse gas emission targets.
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Efforts to build that grid are under way, but they'll be expensive: between $ 100 billion and $ 400 billion ($ 112 billion to $ 448 billion), according to a November 2015 report from e-Highway2050, which was formed by the European Union to plan for a pan-European power grid.
The European Union, which is attempting to coordinate anti-discrimination efforts across member states, is lagging behind on the issue.
On Wednesday, a coalition of European energy companies announced that there would be no new coal plants built throughout the European Union after 2020, in an effort to meet goals set forth by the Paris climate agreement.
To remedy the situation, ongoing efforts to increase transparency should go beyond revenue flows — which are set to face new transparency requirements in the United States and the European Union — to include contracts.
The European Union has been highly critical of Trump's effort to undo the Obama administration's climate initiatives and pledged to fill the gap in leadership Trump's actions have created.
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