Submission on reassessing ETS carbon leakage rules

CAN Europe made a submission on the European Commission’s Consultation on reassessing carbon leakage rules under the EU-ETS. Loss of competitiveness and so called “carbon leakage” have often been used […]

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.

National Allocation Plans

Article 9 of the Emissions Trading Directive establishes that each Member State periodically has to develop a National Allocation Plan (NAP).

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Inception impact assessment – Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive

Submission to consultation Energy transition

Environment committee puts the European Parliament one step closer to the Paris Agreement goal

Press release Climate action

Science shows 65% emission reduction by 2030 is feasible and pays off

Factsheet Global transition

Tackling energy poverty through National Energy and Climate Plans: Priority or empty promise?

Just Transition or Just Talk? 2020

Building a Paris Agreement Compatible (PAC) energy scenario

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