European Parliament calls for urgent climate action
Debate held as major new report on the climate economy is launched and one week before the UN New York Climate Summit begins Today Members of the European Parliament engaged […]
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European Commission to announce energy savings proposal
Will the European Commission slow progress on EU energy savings? Today the European Commission is expected to publish a proposal for a 2030 energy savings target, completing the initial climate […]
Climate efforts undermined by EU’s coal addiction, new report reveals
CO2 emissions from coal power plants in the EU are undermining climate efforts, reveals the Europe’s Dirty 30 report, released today by CAN Europe, WWF, the European Environmental Bureau, the Health […]
70 new MEPs become climate ambassadors
Over 70 MEPs from 25 EU countries across almost all political groups have indicated their readiness to take a leadership role in the climate debate in the European Parliament.
More than 250 MEP candidates support the call for urgent climate action in the next European Parliament
With less than two weeks to go until EU citizens elect a new European Parliament, 277 MEP candidates have declared their support for urgent action on climate and energy through […]
EU extends life of Europe’s biggest polluter while IPCC calls for coal phase out
EU extends life of Europe’s biggest polluter while IPCC calls for coal phase out The European Commission (EC)’s February decision to allow Polish state owned energy company PGE to continue […]
IPCC: Saving the planet won’t cost the world
The take away point at today’s IPCC press conference is this: it doesn’t cost the world to save the planet. The Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) for the IPCC’s fifth […]
New Analysis Ranks European MEPs and National Parties On Climate Action
Climate heroes and villains revealed Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe today launched a new set of 28 scorecards that rank national political parties and MEPs on their climate and energy […]
EU leaders risk planetary emergency by delaying climate decisions
EU must get its climate priorities in order before UN climate leaders summit in September CAN Europe [1] is shocked that EU Heads of State failed today to recognise the […]
Parliament lead Committee gives unclear support to ailing EU carbon market
European NGOs WWF and CAN Europe today cautiously welcomed the European Parliament Environment Committee’s support for the proposal to temporarily curb the oversupply of emission allowances in the EU emissions […]