The EU can’t afford labelling fossil gas and nuclear as green

BLOG POST The EU Taxonomy complementary Delegated Act tabled by the European Commission is incompatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C and with the EU’s 2030 climate targets The EU […]

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Busting the myth: the chronology of coal use in Serbia

OP-ED By Mirjana Jovanović (Belgrade Open School), Mirko Popović (Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute) and Viktor Berishaj (CAN Europe) Busting the myth: the chronology of coal use in Serbia 28 […]

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Op-Ed Energy transition Europe in transition

Buildings key to achieving Europe’s climate goals

Op-Ed By Edoardo Concari Coppola, Buildings Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe, first published in Social Europe on 15th December 2021 There are fears the revised directive on energy performance due from […]

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Where is the transparency in the EU €2 trillion recovery?

OP-ED By Olivier Vardakoulias, Climate Action Network Europe, and Christophe Jost, CEE Bankwatch Network,  first published in the EU Observer on 22 December 2021 Where is the transparency in the EU €2 trillion […]

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Op-Ed Financing the transition

The Ministerial Council of the Energy Community Treaty paved a long road for energy transition and climate action

POLICY CONCLUSIONS Reflections and way forward into 2022  The Ministerial Council of the Energy Community Treaty paved a long road for energy transition and climate action The negotiations to amend […]

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Position paper Energy transition Europe in transition

Letter to the Commission on the EU’s commitment to increase its 2030 pledge under the Glasgow Climate Pact

To: Ursula von der Leyen, President European Commission Cc: Frans Timmermans, First Vice President European Commission 17 December 2021 Dear Commission President, Despite additional commitments made at the recent UN […]

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Letter Climate action

Fossil gas dressed up like a Christmas tree: 2nd part of the EU’s ‘Fit For 55’ not in line with 1.5°C

PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 15th December 2021 – The 2nd part of the ‘Fit for 55’ climate and energy package unveiled today by the European Commission doesn’t deliver on the pathway […]

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Press release Climate action Energy transition

Letter to Environment Ministers calling for greater climate ambition at December ENVI Council

Dear Minister of Environment,  We are writing to you ahead of your next meeting on the 20 December 2021, where you will discuss the  progress on the Fit for 55 […]

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Letter Climate action

Letter to Commissioner Timmermans requesting a public consultation for the taxonomy complementary Delegated Act

Brussels 14 December 2021 To: Vice President Frans Timmermans With the news of the passing of the first climate taxonomy Delegated Act, and while awaiting the complementary climate taxonomy Delegated […]

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Letter Energy transition

Joint NGO statement on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Societies and businesses face increasing uncertainty due to more frequent and intense extreme weather events, instability in global energy and commodity markets, and unclear climate commitments by key international partners. […]

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