IPCC: Saving the planet won’t cost the world
The take away point at today’s IPCC press conference is this: it doesn’t cost the world to save the planet. The Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) for the IPCC’s fifth […]
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UN body lays out stark future under extreme climate change
Solutions exist but world leaders must act now to avert the worst effects EU leaders have been handed a warning by the world’s leading climate scientists that our society is […]
EU leaders risk planetary emergency by delaying climate decisions
EU must get its climate priorities in order before UN climate leaders summit in September CAN Europe [1] is shocked that EU Heads of State failed today to recognise the […]
Letter to Barroso by IIGCC on 2030 framework
The following letter was sent to President Barroso by the Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) on the 2030 framework for climate and energy.
EU can push Warsaw results out from the freezing mist
The freezing mist in warsaw mirrored the dampened results of COP 19. As usual, the few outcomes that did happen came during final after-hours wrangling. Here’s a brief look at […]
European Development Days – what does the post-2015 framework hold for the EU’s climate ambition?
On November 26-27, the European Commission for Development Cooperation (DEVCO) held its annual European Development Days, an international forum aimed to address international affairs and development. A panel discussion on […]
STOP CLIMATE MADNESS: Civil society sends a loud message to Ministers at COP19
Last night as ministers and their delegations gathered in the COP plenary, more than a hundred remaining activists at the COP – after yesterday’sprotest walkout by many of their NGO […]
Expectations for COP19 in Warsaw
The world’s governments agreed at the Durban climate meeting in 2011 two things: first that they would increase their short-term climate ambition; and, second that in 2015 they would agree […]
EU needs new pledge on the table to push international climate action forward
Environment Ministers’ call for climate pledges in 2014 rings hollow without increased EU ambition Today EU Environment Ministers set the stage for the EU to play a steering role in […]
Fund What Counts video campaign launched
FUND WHAT COUNTS – Help people live a good life in a changing climate. Let’s make sure governments deliver their climate finance promises Climate Action Network Europe has launched a […]