Green 10 statement on the application of the Do No Significant Harm criteria in EU funds

The Recovery and Resilience Facility has been the first major EU funding stream to apply the “do no significant harm” (DNSH) principle, a concept initially introduced by the EU Taxonomy […]

Read more 18/11/2021

Letter Financing the transition

Take action to prevent nuclear energy and fossil gas from being labelled as green

LETTER Olaf Scholz Federal Minister of Finance and Vice Chancellor 11016 Berlin Germany Please save the Green Deal: Take action to prevent nuclear energy and fossil gas from being labelled […]

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Letter Energy transition

Letter to President Ursula von der Leyen – Hydrogen production for industry and efuels for transport need to come from truly additional renewable electricity

Brussels, November 5, 2021 To: President Ursula von der Leyen Cc: Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Commissioner Simson, Commissioner Vălean, Commissioner Breton, Mr Kurt Vandenberghe, Mr Maggi, Ms Marquez Uriarte and Ms […]

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Letter Climate action

Calls for more climate ambition and faster transition to renewables from Central Eastern Europe Civil Society

LETTER 20 October 2021   Open letter on the occasion of the European Council on 21-22 October 2021 to the Heads of State of Central Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, […]

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Letter Energy transition

China needs to stop construction of coal-fueled power plant on the endangered green turtle nesting area in Adana, Turkey

LETTER  13 October 2021, Istanbul, Turkey World leaders gathered at CBD COP15 between 11-15th of October, with the aim to halt the catastrophic  global biodiversity loss. We are asking the […]

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Letter Climate action Europe in transition

The Commission must live up to its European Green Deal promise and stop subsidies to fossil fuel companies, experts warn

PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 8 October 2021 European climate, environmental and health NGOs have sent an open letter to the European Commission urging it to ensure that bloc-wide guidelines on energy […]

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Letter Energy transition

CAN Europe recommendations on ECOFIN Council Conclusions on Climate Finance

LETTER Brussels, 1 October 2021 Dear Finance Minister, CAN Europe recommendations on ECOFIN Council Conclusions on Climate Finance   On Tuesday 5 October 2021 you will adopt Council Conclusions on […]

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Letter Financing the transition

CAN Europe recommendations to EU Environment Ministers on the PreCOP and ENVI Council Meeting

Letter   Brussels, 27 September 2021   The EU’s positions for COP26 including the Pre-COP must ensure that the EU and each of its Member States get behind a political […]

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Letter Climate action

Phasing out new fossil-fuel based boilers is vital to achieving the EU’s climate commitments

LETTER To Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, There is increased attention to the role that buildings must play in the climate transition. The EU’s 2030 climate target plan requires the building […]

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Letter Energy transition Europe in transition

Letter to the European Commission on climate and biodiversity ambition for Europe’s land under the European Green Deal

To: President Ursula von der Leyen Cc: Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans High climate and biodiversity ambition for Europe’s land  under the European Green Deal   On June 9th the European Parliament […]

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Letter Climate action