~~During the Environment Council under the climate agenda points, the Slovak Presidency presented a progress report on the discussions on the revision of the EU emissions trading system (ETS). The ministers hold a debate on the most important political issues such as strengthening the EU ETS, the transparency of the financial instruments, or the available quantity of the free allocation. Many ministers regretted that the general approach has not been reached and urged further work under the Maltese Presidency. The Presidency informed the ministers about the state of play on the discussions of the non-ETS proposals (Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), and Land use, Land use change, Forestry (LULUCF)). The scope of ESR covers the greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, transport, waste  treatment and buildings. The LULUCF legislative proposal concerns the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework. In the area of Energy Union, the Commission gave a presentation about the most important elements of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package adopted on 30 November, with special regard to the legislative proposal on the national energy and climate plan. Member States have to submit the first draft of their national plans early 2018. Finally, the climate part of the Council was concluded with information from Presidency and the Commission about the main outcomes of the COP22 climate change conference held in Marrakesh on 7-18 November 2016.