Letter to President Juncker on transparency in the EU’s climate and energy planning and modelling

1 February 2018 It’s time for more transparency in the EU’s climate and energy planning and modelling Dear President Juncker, cc. First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Our organisations represent a broad […]

Joint NGO statement on the Effort Sharing Regulation

EU governments must step back from irreparably weakening Europe’s biggest climate law, six of Europe’s leading environmental NGOs have said, after talks between member states and the European Parliament ended […]

Two-faced EU governments are gutting Europe’s key climate law, say 6 NGOs

Statement on behalf of Climate Action Network Europe, Carbon Market Watch, European Environmental Bureau, Sandbag, Transport & Environment, and WWF European Policy Office. EU governments must step back from irreparably […]

CAN Europe letter ahead of the Energy Council on 18 December

For Energy Council on 18 December Brussels, 13 December 2017 Dear Minister, Ahead of Energy Council on Monday 18 December, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe would like to call on […]

Room for hope at Macron’s One Planet Summit

French President Emmanuel Macron will today welcome over 50 leaders from around the world, two years after the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Leaders and international financial institutions must seize […]

One Planet Summit needs to boost EU climate action

The One Planet Summit, organized by French President Emmanuel Macron and taking place in Paris, France on 12 December will gather over 50 heads of state to celebrate the second […]

MEPs call for reducing EU emissions to net zero by 2050 the latest

Today the European Parliament’s Industry and Environment Committees adopted their position on the future Governance Regulation, which will create a framework for the zero-carbon transition in the EU. MEPs voted […]

Voting Recommendations – Governance of the Energy Union

CAN Europe together with Birdlife Europe, E3G, the European Environmental Bureau, Fern and WWF EPO prepared joint recommendations for the European Parliament’s Industry and Environment Committees votes on the future Governance Regulation […]

Letter to Deputy Ambassadors on a Governance framework compatible with the Paris Agreement

This letter was sent ahead of the COREPER meeting on 24 November 2017 Dear Deputy Ambassador, This Friday, 24 November, you will be discussing the proposed Regulation on the Governance […]

EU urged to scale up climate target by Netherlands

At the UN Climate Summit in Bonn today the Dutch Climate Minister Erik Wiebes urged the EU to up its 2030 climate target from the current ‘at least’ 40% to […]

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