EU ministers call for discussions on the EU 2030 climate target to start as soon as possible

EU ministers called on the European Commission to accelerate the proposal of a new EU target to cut emissions by 2030, at an environment council taking place today. Achieving net-zero […]

Read more 05/03/2020

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Leaked EU Climate Law fails to set the required pace of urgent climate action

Today’s leak of the European Climate Law shows the Commission’s intention to set higher climate targets and subject them to a five-year review mechanism, but fails to commit to speed […]

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Greta Thunberg joins the indigenous Saami youth to demand climate justice

Greta Thunberg and activists from Fridays for Future are joining the climate strike organised by the indigenous Saami youth who are taking the EU to court over its weak 2030 […]

Read more 07/02/2020

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Good timing of the EU 2030 climate target revision needed for the bloc to raise climate ambition worldwide

In a joint statement published yesterday, European affairs ministers of France, Germany, and Poland recalled the EU’s commitment to updating its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) – the bloc’s 2030 climate […]

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EU aims for net zero emissions by 2050, now it needs to work on raising the 2030 target

EU leaders meeting in Brussels yesterday agreed to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050, thereby opening the way to start a discussion on raising the EU’s 2030 climate target […]

Read more 13/12/2019

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Climate Litigation: more and more citizens are taking big emitters to court over human rights allegation

COP 25 Press Conference can be followed here: https://unfccc-cop25.streamworld.de/webcast/can-europe-climate-litigation-taking-governments-a In 2019, climate litigation continued to expand across world jurisdictions. Increasing number of citizens and NGOs started to use legal frameworks to hold […]

Read more 12/12/2019

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EU countries under pressure to fast-track agreement on Green Deal hallmark ahead of COP 26

Today, the European Commission has presented an outline of its European Green Deal. According to the proposed timeline, the EU’s increased 2030 climate target – the flagship initiative of the […]

Read more 11/12/2019

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Climate Change Performance Index 2020: EU drops back in climate leadership

According to the Climate Change Performance Index 2020 (CCPI), published today at the climate summit COP25, the EU lost six ranks due to its failure to increase its 2030 climate […]

Read more 10/12/2019

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Time is ripe to align EU policies with Paris Climate Agreement

It’s the new Commission’s first weeks in office and climate is in the spotlight, with a European Green Deal expected to be tabled on 11 December. To succeed, the deal […]

Read more 09/12/2019

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CAN Europe position paper on the Energy Charter Treaty

The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is an investment treaty from the 1990s. It contains an arbitration mechanism known as Investor-State-Dispute-Settlement (ISDS) that allows a private investor to sue a state […]

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