Climate Action Regulation update: Parliament vote fails Paris pledge
This is the first in a series of two blog posts on key discussions in the Parliament and the Council on the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR). You can get an update […]
News & Publications
Infographic: No cheating from the start
This infographic shows that a misguided starting point for the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) would increase EU emissions by 500M+ tonnes compared to starting from real emission levels.
Civil society across Europe urge EU Ministers to adopt more stringent climate policy for transport, agriculture, buildings and waste
Today, civil society organisations in 13 countries have sent open letters to their Ministers, urging them to boost ambition of their proposal for the EU’s largest climate tool, the Effort […]
International Climate
It looks like the US is leaving the Paris Agreement! When writing this President Trump has just confirmed that he will announce his decision weather or not to stay in […]
News from the Balkans: Serbia ratifies Paris Agreement but keeps planning new coal
On 29 May 2017 Serbia ratified the Paris Agreement. Unfortunately, in the same time, the Government put out a draft of the national Energy Strategy Implementation Plan, prioritising new coal […]
Winning a losing game: Turkey’s electricity utility gets a fossil fuel subsidy award for its role in coal expansion
What’s the situation? Turkey’s electricity utility, EÜAŞ, “won” the second place in the Sneaky Special Treatment category of the Fossil Fuels Subsidy Awards due to its significant and increasing public […]
‘Governance’, ‘Effort Sharing’ and ‘Juncker Investment Plan’: European Parliament starts introducing “the shift of financial flows” as required by the Paris Climate Agreement
In 3 legislative files currently negotiated in Brussels the European Parliament progressed on financing matters: reporting on Fossil Fuel Subsidies phase-out; the linking the EU budget comes to national climate […]
The European External Investment Plan: The EU’s flagship initiative for external funding
What’s the situation? Just short of one year since it was first launched, the European External Investment Plan is in full flow among the usual suspects of the EU machine. […]
MEPs improve the proposal for the Effort Sharing Regulation – the Council rather not
What’s the situation? The European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted on its position on the Effort Sharing Regulation 30 May, and proposed quite substantial improvements to the original draft by the […]