Comments on Commission Communication on MDG Action Plan
On April 21st 2010 the European Commission released a communication entitled “A twelve-point EU action plan in support of the Millennium Development Goals.”
News & Publications
Submission on Carbon Leakage
Loss of competitiveness and so called “carbon leakage” have often been used as arguments to avoid stronger and more adequate climate action by the European Union, such as the […]
Robin Hood tax stunt in Brussels, March 2010
Recently Robin Hood and his Merry Band left the forests of Sherwood to descend upon Brussels to send a message to European leaders as they gathered to discuss jobs, growth […]
Submission on the role of agriculture and forestry to EU climate targets
CAN Europe made a submission on the European Commission’s Consultation on the role of EU agriculture and forestry in achieving the EU’s climate change commitments
CAN Europe Position on ETS benchmarking and allocation rules
European NGOs have always endorsed an emission trading system based on 100% auctioning of allowances as the best way to generate a visible carbon price through the production and consumption […]
CAN Europe Position on Benchmarking and allocation rules in phase III of the EU Emissions Trading System
CAN Europe Position paper on Benchmarking and allocation rules in phase III of the EU Emissions Trading System
Position paper on Benchmarking and allocation rules in phase III of EU ET
Position paper on Benchmarking and allocation rules in phase IIIof the EU Emissions Trading System February 2010 CAN-E benchmarking pp final.pdf
NGO Briefing: Europe’s -20% emissions target is far too weak
The European Union likes to present its climate policies as models of aggressive action. However, at the centre there is a gaping hole: the -20% below 1990 by 2020 emissions […]
CAN_EU_post_2012_consultation_(Oct. 2008)
Input to the EU Commision’s stakeholder consultation: Towards a comprehensive and ambitious post-2012 climate change agreement Submission of the Climate Action Network Europe 9 October, 2008 CAN_EU_post_2012_consultation_FINAL.pdf
CAN Europe Position on Carbon Capture and Storage
CAN Europe’s position on carbon capture and storage.