IPCC: Saving the planet won’t cost the world
The take away point at today’s IPCC press conference is this: it doesn’t cost the world to save the planet. The Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) for the IPCC’s fifth […]
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Submission to Commission consultation on the retail markets Communication
Download CAN Europe response to the Commission consultation on the retail markets Communication
New Analysis Ranks European MEPs and National Parties On Climate Action
Climate heroes and villains revealed Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe today launched a new set of 28 scorecards that rank national political parties and MEPs on their climate and energy […]
MEP Scorecards: Ranking European Parliamentarians on Climate Action
How have political parties and MEPs performed on climate and energy? CAN Europe has developed a simple overview of how MEPs, from the current parliamentary term 2009-2014, have voted on ten […]
UN body lays out stark future under extreme climate change
Solutions exist but world leaders must act now to avert the worst effects EU leaders have been handed a warning by the world’s leading climate scientists that our society is […]
EU leaders risk planetary emergency by delaying climate decisions
EU must get its climate priorities in order before UN climate leaders summit in September CAN Europe [1] is shocked that EU Heads of State failed today to recognise the […]
The lack of evidence for carbon leakage
This briefing aims to provide clarity to the ongoing debate on Europe’s industrial competitiveness and the effect of climate polices. There is very little factual evidence substantiating that the risk of […]
The role of energy savings in the EU’s 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework
This briefing aims to provide initial views on the approach regarding energy savings, proposed by the European Commission (EC) in its 2030 framework communication and accompanying documents. More specifically, it […]
The role of Renewables in the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework
This briefing aims to provide guidance on the European Commission’s 2030 framework communication (White Paper) and accompanying documents. More specifically, it identifies the benefits of moving to an energy system […]
EU energy prices and costs
This document analyses the European Commission’s Communication Energy Prices and Costs in Europe, and it identifies the main conclusions.