CAN Europe submission to consultation on EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

This document sets out our feedback to the European Commission’s draft Delegated Act on the EU Sustainable Taxonomy, for economic activities having a substantial contribution to climate mitigation and climate […]

EU Budget’s regional funding at risk of flying in the face of the European Green Deal

MEDIA ADVISORY On 8-9 December, the Commission, Parliament and Council will take a final decision on the 240 billion euro Regional Development and Cohesion Funds, and the 17.5 billion euro […]

EU funds need to catalyse the transition away from fossil fuels

The Recovery & Resilience Facility (RRF), the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund (ERDF/CF) represent an unprecedented investment in EU economic recovery, structural […]

Poland and Hungary must live up to EU’s greatest challenges: Unlock the budget and recovery and go for higher climate ambition

At a European summit dedicated to enhancing the EU’s response to the COVID outbreak, prime ministers of Poland and Hungary reiterated their opposition to the EU budget and recovery funds […]

European Green Deal needs to deliver on global challenges

Key elements of the EU’s foreign policy funding will be finalised during ‘trilogue’ talks this week. Raising the climate spending target there could make a vital difference to supporting partner […]

MEPs fail to exclude fossil gas from the EU recovery fund

The two lead-committees of the European Parliament failed to fully exclude fossil gas from the scope of the 672,5 billion euro Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), contradicting the Parliament’s multiple […]

Cross party MEP statement in support of fossil gas exclusion from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)

Ahead of the vote of the two lead-committees of the European Parliament on the EU recovery fund, MEPs call for an exclusion of fossil fuels – including gas – from […]

European Parliament: climate-proof recovery is key to enabling higher climate ambition

MEDIA ADVISORY On Monday 9 November, the two lead-committees of the European Parliament on the EU recovery fund are set to decide on the scope of the 672,5 billion euro […]

Letter to MEPs on excluding fossil fuels from the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Green 10 members are calling on the European Parliament to exclude fossil fuels from the EU recovery fund, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, ahead of a key vote in the […]

Letter to European Commission: Recovery funding needs to be transparent, transformative and inclusive

CAN Europe on behalf of member groups in France, Germany and Spain urged the European Commission to take all the necessary measures to ensure all national and EU recovery funding […]

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