CAN Europe Position on the Reform of the Energy Community Treaty

This document represents the agreed position on the Reform of the Energy Community. We call for the Energy Community to include a functioning enforcement mechanism. We demand that the EU’s […]

Energy saving and Renewable energy: The silver bullet solutions for Europe’s biggest Threats: Climate Change and Energy dependency

On June 26-27, European Political leaders are meeting in Belgium to agree on a concrete Action Plan to tackle Energy Security, an issue of increased concern since the crisis in […]

Need for sustainable energy in Southeast Europe

In a report released this week [1] at a high level meeting of the Energy Community [2], CAN Europe and other NGOs [3] called for more transparency, a level playing […]

Energy Efficiency Directive Progress Review

CAN Europe, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth Europe, E3G and WWF jointly published a briefing on the Energy Efficiency Directive Progress Review.

Implementing the Energy Efficiency Directive

While the G7 leaders met in Brussels last week, another quietly significant deadline came to pass. It was a significant moment for both European energy security discussions and the process […]

70 new MEPs become climate ambassadors

Over 70 MEPs from 25 EU countries across almost all political groups have indicated their readiness to take a leadership role in the climate debate in the European Parliament.

More than 250 MEP candidates support the call for urgent climate action in the next European Parliament

With less than two weeks to go until EU citizens elect a new European Parliament, 277 MEP candidates have declared their support for urgent action on climate and energy through […]

Addressing European Energy Security

The escalating crisis in Ukraine has propelled European energy security to the top of agenda. EU leaders have called a comprehensive plan for reducing energy dependency. CAN Europe calls for Europe’s […]

Real energy savings require good plans and firm targets

The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) sets a 1.5% annual energy savings target for each Member State, which will be measured among final consumers until 2020. Member States can put this […]

EU extends life of Europe’s biggest polluter while IPCC calls for coal phase out

EU extends life of Europe’s biggest polluter while IPCC calls for coal phase out The European Commission (EC)’s February decision to allow Polish state owned energy company PGE to continue […]

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