Climate change policy

The main problem facing enterprises is the uncertain economic environment and the lack of sufficient staff.

UK will completely stop releasing greenhouse gases by 2050, the BBC said.

The goal is set in a new government program to combat climate change and the objectives set will be tantamount to a law. Britain is the first major nation to propose this target

The new electricity and heating prices from July 1 will be discussed today by the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission.

Last week the regulator predicted an average electricity price increase of 3.5 per cent and 4.5% for heating and hot water.

The complicated situation in Iran and Venezuela and the high carbon prices that have an effect on all energy companies in our country are the reason for the appreciation of prices of the heating from July. This was explained by the Chairman of the Energy and Water Regulation Commission Ivan Ivanov. The price of electricity is consistent with annual inflation, Ivanov said.
 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for the introduction of a global tax on carbon dioxide to combat climate change.

The majority of Turkish people want foreign investment in renewable energy resources, according to a survey conducted in April by E3G - an independent climate change think tank that aims to accelerate the global transition to a low carbon economy.

The eco-minister and the mayor of Sofia signed a contract for improving the air quality, reported NOVA TV. 

The Minister of Environment and Water Neno Dimov and the Mayor of Sofia Municipality Yordanka Fandakova signed a contract for improving the quality of the atmospheric air in Sofia.

Plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from light and light commercial vehicles by 2030, unofficially approved by EU ministers, were voted by MEPs.

The European Commission has announced an investment of € 116.1 million under the LIFE program for the environment and climate action, its press service announced, quoted by bTV. 

Air pollution from heating and transport is a significant problem in Bulgaria.

The world is on course to miss its "best chance" of preventing runaway climate change by ensuring global greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2020, researchers warned Tuesday, reports AFP.