CAN Europe Post-Paris Briefing on the Emissions Trading Scheme
The briefing on the ETS was developed in spring 2016 to give a brief overview and update on the ETS and its relevance for EU
02/05/2016
CAN Europe Post-Paris Briefing on relevant EU climate and energy topics
The following briefings were developed in spring 2016 to give a brief overview and update on EU climate and energy policy topics and their relevance
02/05/2016
EU court rules companies received too many free allowances
The EU Court of Justice finds that the cap on free allowances might have been set too high by the Commission. Allowances will need to
27/04/2016
Financial Transaction Tax: a tool to fund our future
At the Paris Agreement signing ceremony last week, the French President François Hollande announced that France will use Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to increase its
26/04/2016
EU leaders must show greater ambition on climate action
To show leadership abroad, the EU must show its credentials through commitment to action. 2016 offers the perfect moment to do this, by pushing through
21/04/2016
Turkey’s woefully inefficient INDC
Turkey submitted its Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC) in September 2015, just a couple of months before hosting the G20 Summit in Antalya.
20/04/2016
Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition on Paris ratification
The following letter was sent to EU Heads of State and Government.
20/04/2016
CAN Europe Position on a revised renewable energy directive for the period after 2020
With over 60% of EU’s renewable energy coming from bioenergy (only partly subject to sustainability criteria and greenhouse gas accounting), the Renewable Energy Directive has only partially
19/04/2016
Media advisory ahead of the Paris Agreement signing ceremony
A record number of over 150 countries will sign the Paris Agreement at a ceremony at UN headquarters on 22 April, keeping up the momentum
19/04/2016
Austria’s biggest power company to quit coal by 2020
Austria’s largest electricity provider, Verbund has announced today that it will go fossil fuel free by 2020, speeding up the country’s transition beyond coal.
13/04/2016