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Joint NGO letter to European Commission on European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

To: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy Cc: Ditte-Juul Joergensen, Kerstin Jorna, Director Generals DG Energy and DG Grow Brussels, 9 March 2021 European Commission to

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Legality of the Energy Charter Treaty questioned

The Energy Charter Treaty is controversial and an obstacle for the clean energy transition. Questioning its legality under EU law is getting stronger. Beyond its detrimental impact on climate action, the question of whether EU law even allows the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) to be used in disputes between Member

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Open letter to Czech Ministers on coal phase out date

In an open letter Europe Beyond Coal (EBC) together with other organisations call on the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Czech Ministers to commit to a 2030 coal phase out date. 24 February 2021 The undersigned organisations call on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Czech Ministers to commit to

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European Commission ups its game on adaptation, but the strategy lacks teeth to protect societies against worsening climate change

The European Commission presented its updated climate change adaptation strategy today. Besides much-needed mitigation efforts, the EU must step up its game on adaptation, as impacts of climate change are already hitting communities and the most vulnerable hardest. “2020 was Europe’s warmest year on record at 1.6°C above the pre-industrial

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Stop the anti-climate agreement!

The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is a huge obstacle for the clean energy transition. We therefore demand from European governments, parliaments and EU institutions: “Pull out of the Energy Charter Treaty and stop its expansion to other countries! The treaty allows coal, oil and gas corporations to obstruct the transition to

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Key priorities for a greener EU Industrial Strategy

The forthcoming update of the EU Industrial Strategy provides a welcome opportunity to re-frame and prioritise actions from the 2020 strategy. With Member States drafting national recovery and resilience plans, the European Commission has a chance to clearly articulate what it means to “build back better” –setting out a plan

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Joint Letter: Reshaping the European Fiscal Framework

In this joint letter, NGOs, trade union representatives as well as academics and researchers call on the EU to rethink and realign the EU’s fiscal framework with the challenges ahead: Tackling all the current crises – heath, social, economic as well as climate – requires a profound shift in focus

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CAN Europe’s Position Paper on Hydrogen

The role of hydrogen in Europe’s energy transition has become a significant topic of debate in recent months. This paper aims to set out Climate Action Network Europe’s position on hydrogen, including production, appropriate end uses and infrastructure considerations. To be in line with science and the 1.5°C objective of

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Carbon border tax: EU industry cannot have its cake and eat it

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament took its position on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a financial instrument meant to put a price on carbon-intensive imports from outside the European Union. The EU’s co-legislator insisted that such a mechanism should replace existing free allocations in the EU Emissions

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Making the “EU climate bank” a reality

Civil society organisations welcome the progress made by the European Investment Bank to fight climate change since 2019, especially its commitments to both align all its operations with the Paris Agreement and to step up its climate and sustainable lending in order to become the ‘EU Climate Bank’. CSO letter

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Renewables boost has significantly reduced emissions, EEA study shows

Renewable electricity generation has doubled since 2005, having a positive impact on both air and water pollution, with an overall mitigation effect on climate change, Europe Environment Agency study shows. But even meeting the EU’s not ambitious enough 55% climate target requires its power sector to switch to renewables faster.

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China’s stillborn coal investment in Turkey

The report “Feasibility of Coal in the Age of Renewable Energy: Hunutlu Thermal Power Plant Case” by WWF Turkey and SEFiA (Sustainable Economy and Financial Research Association) in collaboration with Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe reveals why coal investments no longer bring profits, through the example of the Hunutlu coal-fired

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CAN Europe submission to consultation on EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy

This document sets out our feedback to the European Commission’s draft Delegated Act on the EU Sustainable Taxonomy, for economic activities having a substantial contribution to climate mitigation and climate adaptation while doing no significant harm (DNSH) to climate and environmental objectives. Given the EU Taxonomy’s applicability in EU regulation

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Coal regions to become renewables hubs through a just transition

BLOG POST Coal regions can become champions of the renewable energy sector. They have the energy infrastructure, the land, the people. Authors: Elif Gündüzyeli and Jörg Mühlenhoff Published in energypost.eu Coal mining regions have exploitable energy infrastructure as well as land available to implement renewable energy projects. Coal extraction is

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EU funds need to catalyse the transition away from fossil fuels

The Recovery & Resilience Facility (RRF), the Just Transition Fund (JTF) and the European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund (ERDF/CF) represent an unprecedented investment in EU economic recovery, structural reforms and regional development. How these funds are designed and spent depends on member states’ priorities and will send a

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Enerji̇ Şarti Anlaşmasi Üzeri̇ne Can Europe Poli̇ti̇ka Notu

Enerji Şartı Anlaşması enerji sektöründe faaliyet gösteren yabancı yatırımcıları koruyan ve yatırımcıların devlet önlemlerini Yatırımcı-Devlet Uyuşmazlık Çözümü mekanizmasına (YDUÇ) götürmelerine olanak veren uluslararası bir anlaşmadır. Bu anlaşma, Avrupa Birliği’nin (AB) iklim taahhütleri ile uyumsuzdur ve gerekli reformlar tartışılmadığı ya da diğer imzacılar tarafından reformlara itiraz edildiği için halihazırdaki modernleşme süreci

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Western Balkan’s countries peeking into the right direction, but still lagging behind in transforming the energy system, report shows

The Energy Community Secretariat’s 2020 Implementation Report highlights some of the key obstacles in transforming the energy system of the involved countries, including the Western Balkans, in the foreseen timeline. The Energy Community still does not have a 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, as well as targets for renewable

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MEPs fail to exclude fossil gas from the EU recovery fund

The two lead-committees of the European Parliament failed to fully exclude fossil gas from the scope of the 672,5 billion euro Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), contradicting the Parliament’s multiple earlier commitments to end fossil fuel subsidies or the recent call for 60% greenhouse gas emission cuts in the EU

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Policy briefing on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)

The Energy Charter Treaty is an international agreement that protects foreign investors in the energy sector and allows them to challenge state measures in Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). The treaty is incompatible with the EU’s climate commitments and the current modernisation process will not fix this, as the necessary reforms

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New fossil gas infrastructure is superfluous for Europe

Funding fossil gas infrastructure with the EU’s finite financial resources is unlikely to be a fruitful investment for helping the European economy bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic induced shock. The 2021-27 EU budget and the economic recovery package, together some 1.82 trillion euros, risk missing their purpose if the

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EU environment ministers back bolder climate action by 2030

Environment ministers of the European Union met today to discuss their position on the EU Climate Law. Following the recent position of the Parliament which called for an increase of the EU’s 2030 climate target to 60% emission cuts, several ministers advocated for upgrading the proposed goal to 60-65% to

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BRIEFING: Fossil gas should not receive public funds

BRIEFING Existing fossil gas supply infrastructure can satisfy EU demand under any scenario, including under a rapid coal phase-out. Making this infrastructure eligible for EU funds would be an ineffective use of taxpayer money and run counter to agreed and proposed climate targets. Additional EU funding would only add to

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OP-ED: Next CAP must support enhanced 2030 climate target

‘The agriculture sector can contribute to the enhanced 2030 climate target, but only if the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) is transformed into a strong, nature-friendly and climate-resilient European agriculture policy’, writes a group of environmental NGOs that represent citizens across European countries.

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CAN Europe’s Position Paper on trade and climate policy

For decades, European trade policy has aimed to liberalise international trade, allowing European companies to access foreign markets, raw materials and labour, leading to deregulation often against the public interest and contributing to negative social and environmental impacts both here and abroad. This form of unfettered economic globalisation has deepened

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Countries kick off cooperation on offshore wind potential in the Baltic Sea

Eight countries(1) located around the Baltic Sea signed today, together with the European Commission, the Baltic Sea Offshore Wind Joint Declaration of Intent. This looks into intensifying the cooperation in offshore wind development as “cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable deployment of offshore wind, through voluntary cooperation will be crucial to ensure

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