Letter from UN Secretary General urging EU leaders to ramp up climate action

In a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk leaked by the media last week, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged EU leaders to adopt a long-term vision for a carbon-neutral economy […]

Read more 17/06/2019

Letter Climate action

Briefing: the battle over the EU’s climate ambition

This briefing shows that since the beginning of 2018, 22 EU Member States in total have signed on numerous statements calling for increasing efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Only […]

Read more 11/06/2019

Press release Climate action

How the EU can act as a global standard-setter for post-2020 climate finance reporting

As the world’s largest international climate finance contributor, the EU should lead the way in clear, transparent and coherent accountability standards and reporting requirements.

Read more 31/05/2019

Report Global transition

Just Transition or Just Talk?

New report by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Sandbag reveals Member States are receiving EU energy transition support but not committing to phase-out coal. The draft National Energy and Climate […]

Read more 29/05/2019

Report Europe in transition

New report shows some EU Member States intent on burning coal for electricity beyond 2030 whilst banking on EU funding for a just energy transition

Today, a new report by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Sandbag reveals Member States are receiving EU energy transition support but not committing to phase-out coal. The draft National […]

Read more 29/05/2019

Press release Energy transition

Until debt tear us apart: Balkans beyond coal news, Spring 2019

Coal is bad business, yet public subsidies and Chinese loans keep it alive and keep the Balkans from moving #BeyondCoal.

Read more 28/05/2019

Blog Europe in transition

Fragmented Parliament needs unity to tackle climate emergency

As a result of the European elections concluded yesterday, the two traditional major parties of the social democrats and conservatives will no longer have a majority in the European Parliament. […]

Read more 27/05/2019

Press release Climate action

Climate tops the European elections debate, forcing laggards to finally take a stand

Thanks to hundreds of thousands of young people protesting across European cities over the last months against the lack of adequate action to confront the climate emergency, climate change for […]

Read more 22/05/2019

Press release Climate action

People’s Climate Case: Court acknowledges climate change is affecting everyone but dismisses the case

The European General Court dismissed the People’s Climate Case on procedural grounds stating that the families and youth impacted by climate change do not have a right to go to court to […]

Read more 21/05/2019

Press release Climate action

Size doesn’t matter. Quality should be central to EU budget

An EU budget aligned to the goals of the Paris Agreement, the fulfilment of climate neutrality and the swift decarbonisation of the European economy is a win-win situation for both […]

Read more 20/05/2019

Op-Ed Financing the transition