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

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

The hydrogen and gas decarbonisation package under publication needs to improve

LETTER Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Dear Commissioner Simson, We, the below-signed NGOs, are writing to you regarding the EU’s upcoming “hydrogen and gas decarbonisation package”. Based on the information that […]

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Letter Energy transition

Open letter to the European Commission on sustainable carbon cycles

To: European Commission – Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Subject: Sustainable carbon cycles Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans,   We are writing to you in the context of the anticipated Sustainable Carbon Cycles […]

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Letter Climate action

Open letter for an ambitious revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Dear Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Dear Commissioner Kadri Simson, The alarming effects of climate change are before our eyes every day and science has warned us that the impacts will become […]

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Letter

Green 10 statement on the application of the Do No Significant Harm criteria in EU funds

The Recovery and Resilience Facility has been the first major EU funding stream to apply the “do no significant harm” (DNSH) principle, a concept initially introduced by the EU Taxonomy […]

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Letter Financing the transition

Take action to prevent nuclear energy and fossil gas from being labelled as green

LETTER Olaf Scholz Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor 11016 Berlin Germany Please save the Green Deal: Take action to prevent nuclear energy and fossil gas from being labelled […]

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Letter Energy transition

Letter to President Ursula von der Leyen – Hydrogen production for industry and efuels for transport need to come from truly additional renewable electricity

Brussels, November 5, 2021 To: President Ursula von der Leyen Cc: Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Vălean, Commissioner Breton, Mr Kurt Vandenberghe, Mr Maggi, Ms Marquez Uriarte and Ms […]

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Letter Climate action

Calls for more climate ambition and faster transition to renewables from Central Eastern Europe Civil Society

LETTER 20 October 2021   Open letter on the occasion of the European Council on 21-22 October 2021 to the Heads of State of Central Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, […]

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Letter Energy transition