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
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
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
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
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
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
At the doorstep of the year which was supposed to mark the halfway progress to the 2030 climate and energy targets, the Western Balkan countries
“Milei’s climate denialism and ‘chainsaw policies’ combined with the outdated EU-Mercosur trade deal is a recipe for disaster. The EU-Mercosur deal is based on a text from 25 years ago and totally out of sync with the reality of the climate crises we face today. ‘Mileinomics’ coupled with the EU-Mercosur deal could cause critical ecological spillovers globally, as it will further threaten South America’s second-largest forest, the Chaco forest, also one of the planet’s largest carbon sinks”, said Audrey Changoe, Trade and Investment Policy Coordinator at CAN Europe.
Milei’s so-called “libertarian experiment”, or ‘Mileinomics’, for radical free-market reforms combined with the outdated EU-Mercosur deal are a recipe for economic disaster. It is rooted in a neo-colonial economic model that created the social-ecological crisis in the first place.
Energy poverty is a growing phenomenon increasingly affecting households in the European Union. The newly adopted Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), if implemented correctly,