EU countries’ emission targets fall short of Paris Agreement goals

European Commission misses opportunity to put in place a ratchet-up mechanism and to set an ambitious starting point for reductions. EU countries’ climate targets, included in the proposal for the […]

Read more 19/07/2016

Press release Climate action

Letter to Juncker on non-ETS sectors and LULUCF

CAn Europe co-signed the following letter to President Junker on LULUCF and the starting Point in the non-ETS sectors.

Read more 17/07/2016

Letter Climate action

Briefing: A trick list of how countries can avoid climate action in their non-ETS sectors

This briefing discusses the loopholes that some countries are pushing for in order to reduce the efforts they would have to make to cut emissions in the non-ETS sectors.

Read more 15/07/2016

Report Climate action

No cheating from the start

Commission’s proposal for post-2020 emission cuts likely to reward countries who will miss their 2020 target.  The European Commission’s proposal for post-2020 reductions of emissions outside the Emission Trading Scheme […]

Read more 13/07/2016

Press release Climate action

Briefing: No cheating from the start, 2030 climate targets for EU Member States

The CAN Europe briefing: No cheating from the start shows that opting for a more ambitious approach for the starting level of reducitons in the non-ETS sectors would cut greenhouse gases by […]

Read more 13/07/2016

Report Climate action

Infographics: Climate Finance & Fossil Fuel Subsidies

The following visuals were developed for our Climate Finance & Fossil Fuel Subsidies campaigns

Read more 13/07/2016

Blog Financing the transition Global transition

CAN Europe briefing on European Parliament Resolution on UNFCCC COP 22

In this briefing CAN Europe stresses the EU’s important role in maintaining the momentum created in Paris for strengthened climate action, and the European Parliament has a particular role in […]

Read more 10/07/2016

Report Global transition

Letter to Minister and Vice-President on exclusion of civil society from informal meeting

CAN Europe and ETUC sent the following letter to the Slovakian Minister Solymos and Vice-President Šefcovic ahead of the Informal Environment Council on 12-13 July 2016, where the chemical industry is the only […]

Read more 06/07/2016

Letter Climate action

EU budget review must enhance European climate action

The European Commission must listen to the European Parliament calling for an EU budget that works for people and the planet – according to CEE Bankwatch Network, Friends of the […]

Read more 06/07/2016

Press release Financing the transition

Submission on the Sector Inquiry on Capacity Mechanisms

CAN Europe’s response to the public consultations on Interim Report of the Sector Inquiry on Capacity Mechanisms. More info on the process can be found here.

Read more 05/07/2016

Submission to consultation Energy transition