Policy Brief: External Action in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
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06/05/2025
Legal Analysis: How Sustainable is the EU-Mercosur Agreement?
The legal analysis of the sustainability of the EU-Mercosur Agreement finds that the agreement has the potential to undermine the EU’s existing commitments to mitigate
17/04/2025
NEW REPORT: Community Engagement and Fair Benefit Sharing of Renewable Energy Projects
A fast transition to a fully renewable energy system hinges on meaningful community engagement and ensuring fair benefits from renewables for local host communities. Engaging
29/04/2025
The State of the European Steel Transition: Civil society charts clear pathway to green steel ahead of EU steel and metals action plan
The EU steel industry’s transition policies should include phasing out fossil fuel-based steel, scaling up green hydrogen and renewable-powered production, strengthening circularity measures, and ensuring a just transition encompassing social protection for the industry’s workers.
19/03/2025
Powering the future: Balancing Grid Investments and Consumer Protection in Europe’s Energy Transition
CAN Europe and Forum Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft (FÖS) present a report examining the financing and tariff structures necessary to modernize and expand Europe’s electricity grids while
17/03/2025
Joint Statement: Disastrous Omnibus proposal erodes EU’s corporate accountability commitments and slashes human rights and environmental protections
More than 360 civil society organisations and trade unions demand that in the upcoming legislative negotiations, the Omnibus proposal is revised to ensure that any
10/03/2025
Vision: A European Union that Advances a Fair and Just Transition
The European Alliance for a Just Transition brings together around 50 European stakeholders working for a sustainable future, including social, climate and environmental civil society
06/02/2025
Enabling a 2040 climate-neutral EU
Exactly one year ago, on 6 February 2024, the European Commission released its proposal for a 2040 emission reduction target, in accordance with the European
06/02/2025
Gas Factsheet: Unveiling the story of fossil gas
Often misleadingly called “natural”, fossil gas is a fossil fuel energy source driving the climate and energy crises. This factsheet unveils the story of fossil
29/01/2025
Briefing: Fossil fuel subsidies and the European Semester – Progress or regression?
Introduction Although the European Union has committed to “phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies by 2025”, in several international fora such as the G7 and
23/12/2024