The European Parliament today failed to adopt a report on the EU's climate change policy, after the final report was rejected by a majority of MEPs. The Greens were forced to vote against an originally strong draft, after centre-right amendments aimed at fundamentally weakening the report and previous positions adopted by the European Parliament were passed by a narrow majority. After the vote, Green MEP Bas Eickhout, who had been the draftsman of the draft report, said:

Following the death of Otto von Habsburg, the Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Joseph Daul MEP, said:

Abdou Diouf, Secrétaire général de la Francophonie, participera, le 6 juillet 2011, à la cérémonie d’ouverture de la XXXVIIe session de l’Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) organisée à l’invitation du Président de l’Assemblée nationale de RDC.

Last week, the German Environment Agency UBA presented the English translation of its 2010 report on fluorinated greenhouse gases in Brussels.

• ACCA signs contract with Summit Consulting Group for provision of on demand examinations
• Technology will be used to enhance assessment of work-ready accountants
• Innovation central to ACCA’s vision for the future

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), the global body for professional accountants, announces today (16 June) that it has signed a contract with Summit Consulting Group to deliver all ACCA examinations online through an innovative eAssessment programme.