Europeans demand: stop burning our money with coal!

Despite their unprofitability and their harmful impacts on our climate, environment and health, coal power plants still receive massive public subsidies. This is why more than 115,000 Europeans have signed […]

Read more 11/10/2018

Press release Energy transition Financing the transition

1.5°C requires an EU budget that enables the zero emission transition

Ahead of the General Affairs Council meeting on 16 October, business associations, think tanks and civil society urge EU ministers to align the next future EU budget with the Paris […]

Read more 10/10/2018

Press release Financing the transition

Open letter to ministers on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework

This open letter, signed by 101 organisations and sent today to EU ministers of European and Foreign Affairs ahead of the General Affairs Council meeting of 16 October, demands a […]

Read more 10/10/2018

Letter Financing the transition

Submission to public consultation on the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument

On June 14th 2018, the European Commission (DG DEVCO and ECHO) and the European External Action Services (EEAS) launched their proposed Regulation for external action funding in the next EU […]

Read more 08/10/2018

Submission to consultation Financing the transition

Analysis and recommendations on the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument

On June 14th 2018, the European Commission (DG DEVCO and ECHO) and the European External Action Services (EEAS) launched their proposed Regulation for external action funding in the next EU […]

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Report Financing the transition

Capacity mechanisms must not become a lifeline to unprofitable coal

Polish utility Enea gave today the green light to build the new coal power plant ‘Ostrołęka C’, despite the unprofitability of the project and protests of environmental groups. Poland plans […]

Read more 24/09/2018

Press release Energy transition Financing the transition

EU leaders’ budget talks need to shift focus from quantity to climate compatibility

During a General Affairs Council meeting today, EU ministers exchanged their views on the long term EU budget for the period 2021-2027. While they focussed on the size of future […]

Read more 18/09/2018

Press release Financing the transition

Assessment and recommendations on the integration of climate action in the EU budget

This policy paper identifies the main shortcomings of the current proposals regarding the next long term EU budget for the period 2021-2027 (Multiannual Financial Framework) and makes recommendations to ensure […]

Read more 10/09/2018

Report Financing the transition

Some Member States disturbingly back Poland in its struggle to keep coal alive

Ahead of the next trilogue on the Electricity Market Design on 11 September, France, UK, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and Poland have just issued joint comments on the new rules […]

Read more 07/09/2018

Press release Europe in transition Financing the transition

Recommendations on market design

In November 2016, the European Commission, as part of the ‘Clean Energy for all Europeans’ package, published a set of four legislative documents that were meant to set out the […]

Read more 05/07/2018

Report Energy transition Financing the transition