The results of the independent review of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s processes and procedures, launched on 10 March 2010, were submitted to the IPCC. The review, conducted by the InterAcademy Council, an internationally renowned umbrella group for various national academies of science from countries around the world, was requested by the United Nations and IPCC itself.
See news item dated 10 March 2010 in this section.

Under the EU Renewables Directive (2009/28/EC) (article 4), the French Environment Ministry submitted the National Renewable Energy Action Plan to the European Commission. This brings the total number of Member States having fulfilled this requirement to 19 (as of 26 August 2010). The deadline for Member States to submit their plans was 30 June 2010. The Commission published the French plan on 23 August 2010.
See CITEPA's quarterly report Synthèses Document'Air n° 172 pp.86-87.
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/transparency_platform/action_plan_en.htm

The European Commission published its 2009 Environment Policy Review. It reports on EU policy developments from last year (particularly in the areas of climate change, energy and air quality) and looks in detail at EU and Member States' environmental trends and policy performance.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/policyreview.htm

The French Ministry of Environment (Sustainable Development Commission/Statistics Department) published a study on CO₂ emissions generated by the economy in France in the period 1990-2007, including emissions from imports and exports of goods.

Directive 2010/40/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 7 July 2010 establishing a framework for the deployment of intelligent transport systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport was published in the EU Official Journal. The new directive is intended to reduce road traffic congestion and CO₂ emissions from road vehicles.

11^th session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Climate Convention (AWG-LCA 11) and 13^th session of the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 13) in Bonn ( Germany).