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 […]

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 […]

Carbon border tax: EU industry cannot have its cake and eat it

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament took its position on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a financial instrument meant to put a price on carbon-intensive imports from outside […]

France is yet another Member State ordered by the Court to step up its climate action

In the historic climate case, l’Affaire du Siècle, launched by French NGOs in 2018, the Paris Administrative Court has found that the French State is not taking sufficient climate action […]

EU industrial pollution law revision essential to cut greenhouse gases and pollutants

The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) currently excludes limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), making it unfit to support the EU’s moves to address climate change, according […]

Next year EU legislation needs to look beyond the new 2030 climate target

EU Environment ministers today endorsed the earlier leaders’ agreement to up the bloc’s climate target to at least 55% net emission cuts by 2030. Next year will be crunch time […]

EU leaders reach a deal on the enhancement of the EU 2030 climate target

EU leaders meeting in Brussels today agreed on the European Commission proposal of a 2030 climate target of 55%, up from the outdated 40% target. This agreement comes timely before […]

UN calls for all nations to substantially ramp up their climate goals to stick to the Paris Agreement

The UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2020 published today shows that all countries must urgently increase their 2030 climate targets and sharply accelerate emission cuts, as with current policies we […]

Central and Eastern Europe’s civil society calls on their Governments to back a Paris-proof EU 2030 climate target

At a press conference organised by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe together with members from Central and Eastern Europe today, climate and environment NGOs have urged the prime ministers from […]

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