CAN Europe Position on finalisation of the EFSD Regulation
Along with a coalition of CSOs CAN Europe has set out recommendations to ensure that lessons are learnt from other investment initiatives at the multilateral and European level; both the […]
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CAN Europe Position on the EU budget post-2020
The forthcoming EU budget post-2020 must serve higher climate ambition both in Europe and worldwide, catalyzing the zero-carbon transition of our societies, including the phasing out of fossil fuels towards 100% renewables […]
CAN Europe Position on Capacity Mechanisms
The European Commission’s legislative proposals included in the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package published on 30 November 2016 are as a whole not consistent with the objectives of the […]
CAN Europe Position on the revised Renewable Energy Directive and Electricity Market Design
The revision of the Renewable Energy Directive and of the electricity market design represents a great opportunity to foster the further development of renewable energy in the European Union for […]
CAN Europe Position on the Energy Efficiency Directive review
The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) review represents a great opportunity to strengthen the Directive, building on lessons learnt from the implementation so far. The Directive provides a real added value […]
CAN Europe position on the regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union
The Commission proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union contains some positive elements. But in the absence of binding national targets for energy efficiency and renewable […]
CAN Europe’s recommendations on EU proposals for SDG implementation
The European Commission’s vision for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) should set an ambitious benchmark for the EU’s actions to eradicate poverty and inequality, support people and […]
CAN Europe Position on the LULUCF Regulation (in English and French)
The proposed Regulation is unambitious and must be strengthened in several ways to ensure that the LULUCF sectors sufficiently contribute to achieving the European Union’s international commitments under the Paris […]
CAN Europe Position on the Effort Sharing Regulation (2021-30)
In order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and to align the EU’s targets with the Paris Agreement, ambition in the ESR sectors must be raised considerably. CAN Europe […]
CAN Europe Position on a revised renewable energy directive for the period after 2020
With over 60% of EU’s renewable energy coming from bioenergy (only partly subject to sustainability criteria and greenhouse gas accounting), the Renewable Energy Directive has only partially helped achieving the EU’s energy […]