70 new MEPs become climate ambassadors
Over 70 MEPs from 25 EU countries across almost all political groups have indicated their readiness to take a leadership role in the climate debate in the European Parliament.
28/05/2014
More than 250 MEP candidates support the call for urgent climate action in the next European Parliament
With less than two weeks to go until EU citizens elect a new European Parliament, 277 MEP candidates have declared their support for urgent action on climate and energy through
14/05/2014
Addressing European Energy Security
The escalating crisis in Ukraine has propelled European energy security to the top of agenda. EU leaders have called a comprehensive plan for reducing energy dependency. CAN Europe calls for Europe’s
13/05/2014
Real energy savings require good plans and firm targets
The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) sets a 1.5% annual energy savings target for each Member State, which will be measured among final consumers until 2020. Member States can put this
28/04/2014
Press release
EU extends life of Europe’s biggest polluter while IPCC calls for coal phase out
EU extends life of Europe’s biggest polluter while IPCC calls for coal phase out The European Commission (EC)’s February decision to allow Polish state owned energy company PGE to continue
13/04/2014
IPCC: Saving the planet won’t cost the world
The take away point at today’s IPCC press conference is this: it doesn’t cost the world to save the planet. The Summary for Policy Makers (SPM) for the IPCC’s fifth
13/04/2014
Submission to Commission consultation on the retail markets Communication
Download CAN Europe response to the Commission consultation on the retail markets Communication
09/04/2014
Press release
New Analysis Ranks European MEPs and National Parties On Climate Action
Climate heroes and villains revealed Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe today launched a new set of 28 scorecards that rank national political parties and MEPs on their climate and energy
08/04/2014
MEP Scorecards: Ranking European Parliamentarians on Climate Action
How have political parties and MEPs performed on climate and energy? CAN Europe has developed a simple overview of how MEPs, from the current parliamentary term 2009-2014, have voted on ten
02/04/2014
UN body lays out stark future under extreme climate change
Solutions exist but world leaders must act now to avert the worst effects EU leaders have been handed a warning by the world’s leading climate scientists that our society is
31/03/2014