Ahead of the Environment Council on 21 October 2025, in which Council conclusions on preparations for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC will be adopted, CAN Europe has written to EU Environment ministers with a number of key demands.
As COP30 approaches, marking ten years since the Paris Agreement, the EU has a critical opportunity to protect the legacy of Paris and its own hard-won achievements, and lay a credible foundation for the next Global Stocktake. With climate impacts intensifying, widening inequities, and a grave ambition, finance, and implementation gap, we as CAN Europe want to take the opportunity to remind the EU that ambitious climate action is one of the strongest stabilising forces we have – essential to unlocking affordable energy, reliable food systems, as well as creating the conditions for peaceful societies, and healthy natural environments for generations to come.
