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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

European stakeholders call upon the new Commission to make 2030 climate target a priority

Today, the Coalition for Higher Ambition, a unique gathering of businesses, investor groups, trade unions, local and regional authorities, and NGOs published a statement to urge the Commission to come […]

People’s Climate Case: EU insists to prevent access to justice for families hit by the climate crisis

On 3 December, the European Parliament and the Council have submitted their responses on the appeal of the legal action challenging the EU’s 2030 climate target. Despite the political momentum […]

Media Briefing: European Green Deal must deliver on the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement

Under the Paris Agreement, all countries are required to update their 2030 climate pledges next year, latest by the UN Climate Conference, COP26 which is taking place in Glasgow in […]

Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia win “Fossils of the day” award at COP25 for developing and financing new coal plant in Tuzla

Plans by Bosnia and Herzegovina to push forward with ill-conceived Tuzla 7 coal-fired thermal power plant project received a surprising boost this week with the announcement of financing for the […]

EU energy ministers must phase out fossil gas and improve their 2030 plans

Today, EU energy ministers have discussed sector integration as well as the state of play of the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). Continued reliance on fossil gas and the […]

New EEA report sets off alarm bells: Time for EU leaders to walk the talk on “Climate Emergency”

A new report by the European Environment Agency launched today shows that the EU needs to translate commitments into urgent action to slash greenhouse gas emissions at the scale needed […]

COP 25: EU leaders are missing the Paris Agreement deadline

The UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid started with a big push from the least developed countries and the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to increase countries’ 2030 climate […]

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