Open letter to Czech Ministers on coal phase out date
In an open letter Europe Beyond Coal (EBC) together with other organisations call on the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Czech Ministers to commit to a 2030 coal phase […]
Date: 2021
Energy Charter Treaty: Entering yet another round of dead-end reform negotiations while 800,000 people demand the EU to withdraw
The fourth round of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) modernisation process kicks off today, March 2. But the ECT cannot be reformed. First of all, changes have to be made […]
United Nations report calls for unprecedented, urgent global action against climate change
The United Nations have launched a Synthesis Report analysing the impact of the level of ambition from all climate plans submitted by December 2020. This is yet another stark warning […]
European Commission ups its game on adaptation, but the strategy lacks teeth to protect societies against worsening climate change
The European Commission presented its updated climate change adaptation strategy today. Besides much-needed mitigation efforts, the EU must step up its game on adaptation, as impacts of climate change are […]
Stop the anti-climate agreement!
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is a huge obstacle for the clean energy transition. We therefore demand from European governments, parliaments and EU institutions: “Pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty […]
NGOs stand in support of the Portuguese youth in their landmark case against 33 European countries
Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, Germanwatch, Notre Affaire à Tous and 2Celsius applied to the European Court of Human Rights to intervene in the Portuguese youth’s climate case to support […]
Trade policy review fails to propose the reforms needed to align EU trade and climate policies
The European Commission has put forward its new trade policy for the years to come. It states that EU trade policy “should unequivocally support the Green Deal in all its […]
CAN Europe letter to Timmermans on international action on adaptation
To live up to the Paris Agreement, the EU needs to rapidly step up international action on adaptation and address the adaptation finance gap. As the impacts of climate change […]
Joint Letter: Reshaping the European Fiscal Framework
In this joint letter, NGOs, trade union representatives as well as academics and researchers call on the EU to rethink and realign the EU’s fiscal framework with the challenges ahead: […]
CAN Europe’s Position Paper on Hydrogen
The role of hydrogen in Europe’s energy transition has become a significant topic of debate in recent months. This paper aims to set out Climate Action Network Europe’s position on […]