The new draft directive replaces previous directives on CHP (2004/8/EC) and Energy Services (2006/32/EC) and includes three main pillars:

Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, have delivered a breakthrough on the future of the international community's response to climate change, whilst recognizing the urgent need to raise their collective level of ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep the average global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius.

In a new report analysing the critical role of HFCs in protecting the climate, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns that the increased use of high GWP HFCs will undermine the significant climate benefits achieved by the global phase-out of ozone depleting substances (ODS). It recognizes, however, that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all' refrigerant solution.

On 7 October, eurammon's "Future-proof solutions for Today" symposium was held in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. The initiative for natural refrigerants invited members of the branch and its end users to an extensive programme of lectures to actively share their experiences with applications using natural refrigerants

WWF and Ecofys launched the EU Climate Policy Tracker 2011 warning that EU climate and energy policy is failing to put the EU on a course to 2050 decarbonisation.

Germany's Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen and the Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Adnan Z. Amin inaugurated the IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) in Bonn.