Essen becomes the European Green Capital for 2017 The city of Essen in Germany is the European Green Capital for 2017. In a ceremony, Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, handed over the title for 2017 from Ljubljana to Essen.
European Environmental Review package adopted The Commission adopted the Environmental Implementation Review, a new tool to improve implementation of European environmental policy and commonly agreed rules