Secrecy surrounding €672 billion in EU recovery funding jeopardises building back better, say campaigners

Little is known about how Member States intend to use funds from the EU’s EUR 672 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility, raising concerns about the bloc’s ability to rebound from […]

Read more 09/02/2021

Press release Financing the transition

Letter to European Commission: Public partnership and respect for the Aarhus Convention are preconditions for green recovery

Member States are going to invest an unprecedented amount of EU public funds and resources through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which amounts to EUR 672 billion. This is […]

Read more 08/02/2021

Letter Financing the transition

Carbon border tax: EU industry cannot have its cake and eat it

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament took its position on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a financial instrument meant to put a price on carbon-intensive imports from outside […]

Read more 05/02/2021

Press release Climate action

German energy giant RWE uses the Energy Charter Treaty to attack Dutch climate action

RWE has filed an arbitration claim against the Netherlands, seeking compensation for the Dutch decision to phase-out electricity production from coal by 2030. The firm invokes the Energy Charter Treaty […]

Read more 04/02/2021

Press release Energy transition

France is yet another Member State ordered by the Court to step up its climate action

In the historic climate case, l’Affaire du Siècle, launched by French NGOs in 2018, the Paris Administrative Court has found that the French State is not taking sufficient climate action […]

Read more 03/02/2021

Press release Climate action

EU industrial pollution law revision essential to cut greenhouse gases and pollutants

The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) currently excludes limits on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), making it unfit to support the EU’s moves to address climate change, according […]

Read more 01/02/2021

Press release Climate action

Making the “EU climate bank” a reality

Civil society organisations welcome the progress made by the European Investment Bank to fight climate change since 2019, especially its commitments to both align all its operations with the Paris […]

Read more 28/01/2021

Letter Global transition

Czech government to decide on coal exit as EU foreign ministers call for global coal phase out

The Czech government is expected to agree a date for the closure of all of its coal plants on Monday 1 February, with none of the options currently on the […]

Read more 26/01/2021

Press release Energy transition

EU’s climate and energy diplomacy needs to help implement the Paris Agreement

EU Foreign Affairs ministers agreed today that climate action should be much more central in the EU’s foreign policy, calling for renewed attention to high ambition alliances while increasing the […]

Read more 26/01/2021

Press release Global transition

Open letter to Timmermans on decarbonising the EU building stock with available solutions and no direct use of hydrogen

Europe must prioritise the most efficient, sustainable and cost-effective pathways to decarbonise the economy and create jobs. In this respect, all future EU policies and legislations concerning the EU gas […]

Read more 21/01/2021

Letter Energy transition