Finance ministers’ commitment to support climate action boosts momentum for the Paris agreement

…but not all that glitters is gold. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe welcomes the fact that global finance ministers attending the joint World Bank and International Monetary Fund summit in Lima […]

Read more 12/10/2015

Press release Global transition

New UN global goals for sustainable development now include climate change.

CAN Europe warns: they may fail to deliver without successful climate deal in Paris.

Read more 25/09/2015

Press release Global transition

CSO letter to Vice President Timmermans on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Ahead of the UN Summit in New York 25-27 of September 2015, European Civil Society Organisations working on both international and domestic EU policies across a variety of sectors ranging from Youth, […]

Read more 17/09/2015

Letter Global transition

The Pope puts pressure on EU Environment Ministers

Today’s meeting of Pope Francis with EU Environmental Ministers in the Vatican comes at a crucial moment, just two days before an extra Environment Council where EU Member States will […]

Read more 16/09/2015

Press release Climate action Global transition

Gigatonne gap in the EU pledge for Paris climate summit

The EU’s carbon budget for the period 2021-2030 can vary by a staggering 6 billion tonnes. This gap is the result of important policy decisions that have been postponed for […]

Read more 15/09/2015

Report Climate action Global transition

Reverse the flows: EU G20 countries should stop funding fossil fuels and increase financial support for real climate solutions

The four EU Member States that are part of the G20 have spent nearly three times as much on fossil fuel subsidies as on climate finance. The EU, also a […]

Read more 03/09/2015

Report Financing the transition Global transition

Financing for resilient development: how to deal with the rising costs of climate change

In the aftermath of a disappointing Financing for Development summit in Addis Ababa, this opinion piece from Climate Action Network outlines what needs to be done on climate finance

Read more 24/07/2015

Op-Ed Global transition

Has financing for development woken up to the mounting costs of climate change?

Climate action needs to be enshrined in the global fight against poverty and inequality. but the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa failed to build strong momentum towards fossil […]

Read more 17/07/2015

Op-Ed Global transition

The Bonn download: CAN Europe reflections on climate finance in the UNFCCC June Inter-sessional

As the UNFCCC negotiations wrapped up at the newly finished World Conference Centre in Bonn, there was a feeling of slow and fractional progress towards the climate summit in Paris.

Read more 22/06/2015

Blog Global transition

CAN Position Climate Finance Package for Paris June 2015

To secure a strong outcome in Paris that facilitates ambitious climate action on the ground, a key pillar will be a “finance package” that covers both the pre- and the […]

Read more 20/06/2015

Position paper Global transition