Letter to Energy and Environment Ministers on strategic long-term vision for a climate neutral economy

February 2019 Clean Planet for all: Strategic long-term vision for a climate neutral economy Dear Energy and Environment Ministers, On 4 March and 5 March respectively you will […]

MEPs call for stepping up EU climate action

In today’s vote on the resolution on the EU’s long-term climate strategy, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee called for increasing the EU’s 2030 climate target to 55 percent emission cuts […]

Net zero emissions economy receives considerable support from EU Economy Ministers

EU Economy and Industry Ministers from ten EU Member States, including Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK, meeting in Brussels today to discuss […]

NGO letter on the long term climate strategy ahead of the Competitiveness Council

In this letter, NGOs Climate Action Network Europe, Carbon Market Watch, E3G – Third Generation Environmentalism, European Environmental Bureau, Sandbag and WWF European Policy Office call upon EU Economy and Industry […]

Ireland’s Climate Case hearing starts this week

On Tuesday, 22 January, Climate Case Ireland’s legal case hearing starts in the national High Court. The legal case, initiated by the Friends of Irish Environment, argues that the Government’s […]

Climate change among top risks to the global economy, business leaders say

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2019 published today shows that the world’s business leaders perceive the failure to tackle climate change as the number two risk that the […]

EU environment ministers kick-off discussions on EU climate neutrality by 2050

In reaction to today’s Environment Council where EU ministers have for the first time discussed the EU’s draft climate long-term strategy put forward by the European Commission on 28 November, […]

COP24 outcome misses urgency of climate breakdown

As the COP24 climate summit comes to an end, it is clear that governments have failed to adequately respond to the catastrophic impacts of climate change that were highlighted in […]

COP24: strong agreement on increasing climate targets still missing

As the COP24 climate summit draws to a close, negotiators are still struggling to agree on a significant commitment to strengthen all countries’ climate pledges by 2020.

EU joins a call for greater ambition at COP24

Today at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland a coalition of countries, including the EU, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, committed to […]

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