EU 2030 – Briefing on 40 percent and 2°C (February 2014)
EU: 40% is not enough to keep temperature rise below 2°C Briefing on 40 and 2C.pdf
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Submission to the consultation on the review of the European state-aid environmental guidelines
As part of the consultation process, CAN Europe had already participated in the first round of consultation that took part in October 2012. CAN Europe’s response can be found on […]
Submission on the Energy Community for the Future (2014)
CAN Europe made a submissions to the European Commission’s Consultation on an Energy Community for the Future.
CAN Europe Position on the support schemes design: Input for the European state-aid environmental guidelines review
As part of a wider European modernization effort of competition rules, the European Commission is reviewing their (binding) guidelines on state-aid for environmental protection. The new guidelines will be published […]
Parliament lead Committee gives unclear support to ailing EU carbon market
European NGOs WWF and CAN Europe today cautiously welcomed the European Parliament Environment Committee’s support for the proposal to temporarily curb the oversupply of emission allowances in the EU emissions […]
European Commission ignores its own analysis on renewables, energy savings and market reform.
On January 22nd the European Commission (EC) released their White Paper on the 2030 climate and energy framework, in which they discuss amongst many other things, energy markets.
Letter to Barroso by IIGCC on 2030 framework
The following letter was sent to President Barroso by the Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) on the 2030 framework for climate and energy.
EU can push Warsaw results out from the freezing mist
The freezing mist in warsaw mirrored the dampened results of COP 19. As usual, the few outcomes that did happen came during final after-hours wrangling. Here’s a brief look at […]
Post-2020 EU climate and energy targets’ numbers (Nov 2013)
CAN Europe calls upon the European Union (EU) to recognise that its commitment to making a fair contribution to the effort to avoid dangerous climate change means that it should […]
European Development Days – what does the post-2015 framework hold for the EU’s climate ambition?
On November 26-27, the European Commission for Development Cooperation (DEVCO) held its annual European Development Days, an international forum aimed to address international affairs and development. A panel discussion on […]