COP26 is just around the corner. Here’s what needs to happen
OP-ED Article by Chiara Martinelli, Director at CAN Europe, posted on Euronews COP26 is just around the corner. Although it’s tempting to see it as just another climate summit, […]
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Europe at G20 and at COP26: fair and just delivery plan of the Paris Agreement urgently needed to keep the world below 1.5°C
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, October 27th 2021 – Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe urges European countries and the European Union at the upcoming summits of the G20 and the Climate Conference […]
UN Emissions Gap Report is an unequivocal call for urgent climate action across the world
PRESS RELEASE The UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On released today reminds countries across the world the urgent need to accelerate emissions cuts to avoid heading […]
What the EU needs to do to advance climate change mitigation ambition at COP26
BLOG POST No doubt that 2021 leaves another mark in people’s commemoration that the climate crisis is no longer abstract science, it has become very real and even life threatening […]
Fair for 1.5: Amidst global climate emergency EU Ministers must commit to increase international support, domestic climate action and an ambitious COP26 outcome, says CAN Europe
Brussels, 4 October 2021 – In light of the worsening climate crisis and global inequities, CAN Europe is calling on EU ministers to take a ‘Fair for 1.5’ approach to […]
Turkey intends to ratify the Paris Agreement before COP26. Civil society asks for further concrete action
Turkey has taken an important step in the fight against the global climate crisis by announcing that it will submit to its Parliament the ratification of the Paris Agreement, before […]
Fair for 1.5°C? What can the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package do to support international climate action towards COP26
BLOG POST The European Commission released its package of proposals to align climate and energy legislation with its new nationally determined contribution of net 55% emissions reductions by 2030 back […]
Postcards from the Mediterranean in flames
BLOG POST We have been working to fight dangerous levels of climate change for many years, speaking of #OurHomeOnFire -meaning the Planet. It is still hard to believe that we […]
Temperature rising faster than expected towards catastrophic rates -Europe must step up emission reductions to avoid surpassing the 1.5°C limit
PRESS RELEASE New major IPCC report advises to take prompt climate action to save our people and planet Brussels, 9 August 2021 – Prompt climate action needs to be […]
EU-US Summit: Ambitious restart of relations needs to be guided by Paris Agreement
MEDIA ADVISORY What is happening? Following up to the upcoming G7 Summit in the UK, US President Biden will make a visit to Brussels, both for a NATO Summit as […]