It is time to embrace new narratives
BLOG POST Disclaimer: this blog post has been written by Youth and Environmental Europe (YEE), a CAN Europe member, on the occasion of the Global Youth Climate Strike on September […]
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The impossible path to Energy Charter Treaty reform, while new study finds that withdrawal is the only way forward
MEDIA ADVISORY *Corrections made on 24/09/21 at 14pm CEST: 1) it is not 40 but 61 coal-fired power plants that currently benefit from the ECT’s extensive investment protection provisions, according […]
MEPs set to go down a gassy road
MEDIA ADVISORY Next Monday, September 27th, the European Parliament’s Industry and Energy Committee (ITRE) will adopt its position on future energy infrastructure rules, known as TEN-E regulation. The deal that […]
Phasing out new fossil-fuel based boilers is vital to achieving the EU’s climate commitments
LETTER To Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, There is increased attention to the role that buildings must play in the climate transition. The EU’s 2030 climate target plan requires the building […]
High electricity prices, the links to fossil gas and the need to shift to 100% renewables and reduce energy demand
BLOG POST Pursuing efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C leaves no room for fossil fuels, including fossil gas in the near future. But the ongoing developments related to […]
Turkey intends to ratify the Paris Agreement before COP26. Civil society asks for further concrete action
Turkey has taken an important step in the fight against the global climate crisis by announcing that it will submit to its Parliament the ratification of the Paris Agreement, before […]
Energy ministers to discuss renewables and energy efficiency and why is that important
BLOG Energy ministers will be discussing the revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Renewable Energy Directive as part of the “Fit for 55 package” of legislative proposals prepared […]
Fair for 1.5°C? What can the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package do to support international climate action towards COP26
BLOG POST The European Commission released its package of proposals to align climate and energy legislation with its new nationally determined contribution of net 55% emissions reductions by 2030 back […]
The European Parliament at risk of losing sight of climate crisis by getting ready to support new fossil gas projects
PRESS RELEASE 10 September 2021, Brussels – A majority in the European Parliament, including the Socialist and Democrats (S&D), look set to vote to lock in upwards of 213 million tonnes of carbon from fossil gas, as part of the revision of […]
Report: A wake up call from the coal impacted community of Lazarevac, Serbia
REPORT: A WAKE UP CALL FOR US ALL! Just Transition attitudes and perceptions in the coal-impacted Community of Lazarevac, Serbia This study constitutes a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative report on […]