Decarbonising Europe: Fossil fuel subsidies must go
The Commission is organising a huge conference on decarbonising European transport this week, but remains unwilling to discuss government support for fossil fuels, writes Wendel Trio.
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Missing Pieces – Phasing Out EU Fossil Fuel Subsidies
EU countries spending billions of public funds on dirty fossil fuels. Top ten EU Member States have poured at least €78 billion euro into fossil fuel production since 1999, according to […]
NGO Briefing Paper on Climate Finance in the MFF (September 2012)
NGO Briefing Paper on Climate Finance in the MFF (September 2012)
Response to the EIB consultation on their energy lending policy (Dec 2012)
CAN Europe’s Response to the EIB consultation on their energy lending policy. December 2012 121220- CAN respose to EIB consultation.docx
MFF Update: Time and money
As time has ticked on, CAN-Europe has kept a close watch over the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) – more commonly known as the EU budget – which […]
The Financial Transaction Tax: Strong words need strong actions
In 2012 Nine countries put their weight strongly behind the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) calling for the Danish Presidency to accelerate with analysis and the negotiation process even if there […]
Robin Hood tax stunt in Brussels, March 2010
Recently Robin Hood and his Merry Band left the forests of Sherwood to descend upon Brussels to send a message to European leaders as they gathered to discuss jobs, growth […]