Austria’s preference for coal rather than climate finance shamed at COP24 Fossil of the Day Award

Today Austria won the shameful Fossil of the Day Award from Climate Action Network (CAN) International. Austria was given this dubious award because it is failing as the president of […]

Read more 10/12/2018

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US delegation at COP24 swimming against the tide on coal

Commenting on the US delegation side event promoting coal at COP24 today, Joanna Flisowska from CAN Europe said:

Read more 10/12/2018

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CCPI: European countries fail to take adequate climate action

The Climate Change Performance Index 2019 (CCPI), published today at the climate summit COP24 by Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network (CAN) shows that three years after the […]

Read more 09/12/2018

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Unique ‘Coalition for Higher Ambition’ calls upon the EU to step up at COP24

As the first week of this year’s climate summit COP24 draws to a close, a unique gathering of businesses, investors, local authorities, trade unions and NGOs are calling upon EU […]

Read more 08/12/2018

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CAN Europe employee denied entry to Poland to participate in COP24

Updated on 8 December 2018, 1.30am: Just before Zanna was put on the train back to Vienna, the Polish government recognised its mistake and allowed her to enter Poland. At the […]

Read more 07/12/2018

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Germany tops Fossil of the Day Award at COP24 for its climate goals failure

Germany won the shameful Fossil of the Day Award from Climate Action Network (CAN) International today. Germany received this dubious award because it gave up on its national 2020 climate […]

Read more 07/12/2018

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Poland wins Fossil of the Day Award at COP24

The host of this year’s UN climate summit COP24, Poland won the shameful Fossil of the Day Award from Climate Action Network International today. The dubious award was handed down […]

Read more 04/12/2018

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COP24 starts with bold statements on the need to increase climate action

EU leaders of Austria, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain attending the climate summit COP24 have recognized that further climate action is necessary to reach the 1.5°C temperature goal set out in […]

Read more 03/12/2018

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Letter to Ministers of Finance for the achievement of the Financial Transactions Tax

Through this letter sent to Ministers of Finance we demand that the 10 countries negotiating the world’s first regional Financial Transactions Tax do not abandon the talks at a European […]

Read more 30/11/2018

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COP24: first deadline for the Paris Agreement

Success requires EU leadership On 2 December, government leaders will gather in Katowice, Poland, for the COP24 climate summit, where all countries of the world, including all EU Member States, […]

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