On 27 January 2010, the Spanish Minister for Environment and Agriculture spoke in front of the European Parliament Environment Committee in Brussels. The EP is voting on the resolution of the results on COP15 in February's plenary. The next UN summit on climate change takes place in Mexico 29 Nov.-10 Dec. 2010. The end of 2012 is the deadline for the ratification of a new global climate deal.

Günther Oettinger, Germany to become the EU Energy Commissioner, Michel Barnier, France, responsible for Internal Market, Connie Hedegaard from Denmark takes up the newly created hat of Climate Commissioner, Antonio Tajani Italian Commissioner-designate for Industry and Entrepreneurship.

On 12 January 2010 the “APEC Toys Safety Dialogue 2010” in Hong Kong brought together decision-makers from all over the world to discuss global challenges and solutions for toy safety.

After the prolonged shipbuilding boom from 2002 to 2008, the sector has to hold out against declining orders from cautious ship-owners.

Spain took on 1st January the European Union's six-month rotating presidency at a defining moment, marked by the first steps of the Union's first-ever permanent president and foreign affairs chief and efforts to lift Europe out of its worst recession in decades.

On 1st of January 2010, Ms Elena Santiago Cid took over the position of joint common Director General for both CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization).

The shutting down the Soviet-era reactor in Lithuania, considered similar to the one involved in the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, was one of the conditions for Lithuania’s access to the EU in 2004. Construction of new nuclear plant in partnership with Latvia, Estonia and Poland planned.

In the countdown to Christmas, consumers are confronted with a wide variety of goods and also with a wide set of warnings. CEOC members help to identify "safe" products.