Briefing: A fresh start for the ETS
This paper looks at the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) starting point in 2021 and how it affects the ETS phase 4 emissions budget.
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European Parliament’s Environment Committee urges the EU to ratify Paris Agreement and raise its climate ambition
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has today voted on a resolution on the upcoming COP22, urging the EU to ratify the Paris Agreement before the end of this year and […]
CAN Europe evaluation of the Commission’s proposal on non-ETS emissions for 2021-2030
CAN Europe has done a first analyisis of the Commission’s proposal on non-ETS emissions for 2021-2030.
EU countries’ emission targets fall short of Paris Agreement goals
European Commission misses opportunity to put in place a ratchet-up mechanism and to set an ambitious starting point for reductions. EU countries’ climate targets, included in the proposal for the […]
Letter to Juncker on non-ETS sectors and LULUCF
CAn Europe co-signed the following letter to President Junker on LULUCF and the starting Point in the non-ETS sectors.
Briefing: A trick list of how countries can avoid climate action in their non-ETS sectors
This briefing discusses the loopholes that some countries are pushing for in order to reduce the efforts they would have to make to cut emissions in the non-ETS sectors.
No cheating from the start
Commission’s proposal for post-2020 emission cuts likely to reward countries who will miss their 2020 target. The European Commission’s proposal for post-2020 reductions of emissions outside the Emission Trading Scheme […]
Briefing: No cheating from the start, 2030 climate targets for EU Member States
The CAN Europe briefing: No cheating from the start shows that opting for a more ambitious approach for the starting level of reducitons in the non-ETS sectors would cut greenhouse gases by […]
Letter to Minister and Vice-President on exclusion of civil society from informal meeting
CAN Europe and ETUC sent the following letter to the Slovakian Minister Solymos and Vice-President Šefcovic ahead of the Informal Environment Council on 12-13 July 2016, where the chemical industry is the only […]
Letter to Environment Ministers: International Climate Negotiations, ETS funds, governance
CAN Europe sent the following letter to Energy Ministers ahead of the Informal Environment Council on 12-13 July 2016