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 […]

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 […]

Postcards from the Mediterranean in flames

BLOG POST We have been working to fight dangerous levels of climate change for many years, speaking of #OurHomeOnFire -meaning the Planet. It is still hard to believe that we […]

Temperature rising faster than expected towards catastrophic rates -Europe must step up emission reductions to avoid surpassing the 1.5°C limit

PRESS RELEASE New major IPCC report advises to take prompt climate action to save our people and planet Brussels, 9 August 2021 – Prompt climate action needs to be […]

EU-US Summit: Ambitious restart of relations needs to be guided by Paris Agreement

MEDIA ADVISORY What is happening? Following up to the upcoming G7 Summit in the UK, US President Biden will make a visit to Brussels, both for a NATO Summit as […]

Letter to EU Environment Ministers on the EU Adaptation Strategy ahead of the Council meeting

LETTER To: Environment Ministers of EU Member States CC: Finance Ministers, Development Ministers, Vice President Commissioner for the European Green Deal, Commissioner for International Partnerships Dear Environment Minister, Delivering […]

Letter to the EU ahead of the EU-US Summit

LETTER Brussels, 3 June 2021 Dear President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Dear President of the European Council, Charles Michel, The upcoming EU US Summit is […]

EU India summit in May: Kick off to a series of bilateral summits which accelerate climate cooperation?

BLOG POST On 8 May, the leaders of all EU member countries and the Indian Prime Minister met for their 2021 virtual summit. In light of the COVID-19 surge in […]

EU-Japan Summit: yet another chance to cooperate towards shifting away from fossil fuels and increasing finance for vulnerable countries

MEDIA ADVISORY What is happening? On 27 May, Heads of the EU institutions will virtually meet with the recently onboarded Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, as their first comprehensive […]

Why the EU-India leaders’ meeting must further drive ambitious climate action

MEDIA ADVISORY What is happening? On 8 May, EU27 leaders will meet with the Prime Minister Modi of India, in a leader’s meeting which due to COVID19 has been shifted […]

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