COP24: first deadline for the Paris Agreement
Success requires EU leadership On 2 December, government leaders will gather in Katowice, Poland, for the COP24 climate summit, where all countries of the world, including all EU Member States, […]
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People’s Climate Case: The EU must honor the call of its citizens and stand with them, instead of hiding behind Court procedures and formalities
As part of the proceeding of the People’s Climate Case – the case challenging the EU’s 2030 climate target for its insufficiency to protect the citizens and their fundamental rights-, […]
European Commission takes a step forward on climate change
The proposal to upgrade the EU’s long-term target to net zero emissions by 2050 included in the draft Long-Term EU Climate Strategy released by the European Commission today is an […]
Judging the EU climate strategy: Will it be enough to prevent the worst climate breakdown?
The European Commission is expected to publish its proposal for a long-term EU climate strategy on Wednesday, 28 November. This proposal will set the stage for negotiations among European governments […]
16 European leaders call for raising climate targets by 2020
Just ahead of the world’s foremost summit on climate change, COP24, 16 European leaders have called upon all countries of the world to commit to review the levels of ambition […]
Polish short-sighted 2040 energy plan must be fixed
The Polish Ministry of Energy presented today its draft national energy policy 2040, whose orientation obviously stands in the way of the Paris Agreement as well as EU’s energy targets […]
Incompatible with Paris Agreement: Vote on Connecting Europe Facility leaves door open to gas subsidies
The transport and industry committees of the European Parliament voted today on the future Connecting Europe Facility after 2020. While this EU fund should enable infrastructure that connects Europe’s citizens […]
The EU must show leadership on climate action to protect the most vulnerable in Europe and across the world
Today, the Climate Vulnerable Forum – a forum of countries who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change – are holding the first Virtual Climate Summit of Heads […]
Awards rally cry for climate-friendly EU budget
Shifting financial flows is crucial to global efforts to combat climate change. The European Commission claims that its proposals for the post-2020 EU budget are in line with the Paris […]
First auction of Polish capacity mechanisms sinks billions of euros into subsidising the country’s addiction to coal
The Polish electricity grid operator has just published the official preliminary results of the first capacity market auction in Poland to award contracts to power plants from 2021 onwards. Capacity […]