Brussels, 21 February, 2025 – Over 50 Civil Society Organizations Raise Concerns Over EU’s Potential Investment in Foreign LNG and Fossil Gas Export Infrastructure.
Today, over 50 civil society organisations sent an urgent letter to Commissioner Jørgensen, raising deep concerns about the EU’s potential commitment to invest in foreign LNG and fossil gas export infrastructure, in exchange for long-term contracts and lower gas prices, as revealed by the first draft of the Affordable Energy Action Plan.
The letter highlights how such a move would be risky from both a geopolitical and economic point of view, running counter to the EU’s strategic interests on energy security and its climate commitments.
The letter was co-signed by:
EU level network organisations:
Beyond Fossil Fuels, CEE Bankwatch Network, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory, European Environmental Bureau, Food & Water Action Europe, Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, 350.org
EU National and local level organisations:
Advocates for the Future, Andy Gheorghiu Consulting, Attac Austria, A Sud ecologia e Cooperazione, Bond Beter Leefmilieu, BUND Kreisgruppe Cuxhaven, Campagna Nazionale Per il Clima Fuori dal Fossile, Comitato Liberi Cittadini No GNL Brindisi, Conexiones Climáticas, Coordinamento Ravennate Fuori dal Fossile , Deutsche Umwelthilfe (Environmental Action Germany), Ecologistas en Acción , EKOenergy ecolabel, Emergenzacliamtica.it, Forum Ambientalista, Friends of the Earth Ireland, Global Witness, Innovation pour le Développement et la Protection de l’Environnement, Institute for Sustainable Development Foundation (Poland), Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO), Linha Vermelha / Red Line – Portugal, Movimento No TAP/SNAM Brindisi, Netzwerk Energiedrehscheibe Wilhelmshaven, New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance, Polish Ecological Club in Gliwice, Polish Green Network, PowerShift e.V., Reclaim Finance, ReCommon, Shale Must Fall, Ireland, Stowarzyszenie Ekologiczne EKO-UNIA, The Green Tank, Urgewald, Workshop for All Beings (Poland), Za Zemiata – Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Zukunftswerkstatt Wilhelmshaven
US, Canadian, Mexican and African organisations:
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment,Chispa Texa ,Coastal Watch Association For a Better Bayou
Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub, Habitat Recovery Project South Durban Community Environmental Alliance,
South Texas Environmental Justice Network, Texas Campaign for the Environment
Further resources: CAN Europe’s key asks on Affordable Energy Action Plan
