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Open letter against international credits integration into the EU 2040 climate target and NDC

Open letter against international credits integration into the EU 2040 climate target and NDC

Letters

CAN Europe, Carbon Market Watch and 150 other civil society organisations, academia and businesses have written to the European Commission to express extreme concern regarding the option currently being supported by some policymakers to open the EU 2040 climate target and Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, to international credits. Introducing international credits within the EU climate targets would weaken EU’s level of domestic ambition, which already lags behind its fair share as highlighted by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), undermining EU global climate leadership and credibility. It would also open a Pandora’s box of relying on other countries and market actors for due diligence and risking serious reputational damage if the credits allowed turn out to be of poor quality, in addition to far-reaching financial implications. It is by far not the easy or cheap solution to achieve climate targets, which it appears to be in the eyes of some proponents. The EU should continue with the practice of achieving its binding climate targets domestically, as enshrined in the EU Climate Law, for the 2030 target and the climate neutrality goal. It is overdue now for the EU to adopt an ambitious 2040 target. Read the letter in full: Open letter against international credits integration into the EU 2040 climate target and NDC Sign the letter: Sign On: Open Letter Urging Against International Credits Integration into the EU 2040 Climate Target and NDC Signatories (as of 25 June 2025):
  1. AbibiNsroma Foundation
  2. ActionAid International
  3. Action Solidarité Tiers Monde (ASTM)
  4. AG Globale Verantwortung
  5. AirClim
  6. Alliance Sud
  7. Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign on Military Spending
  8. APREN
  9. Arnaud Schwartz, EESC member
  10. Austrian Alliance for Climate Justice
  11. Bellona
  12. Biofuelwatch
  13. Bronislaw Szerszynski, Emeritus Professor of Sociology
  14. Brot für die Welt
  15. Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice
  16. Canopea
  17. CANOPEE
  18. Carbon Balance Initiative
  19. Carbon Market Watch
  20. CARE International
  21. Center for Climate Change
  22. Center for International Environmental Law
  23. Centre for Transport and Energy
  24. Charlotte Wilson, Teach the Future Campaign Organiser
  25. CIDSE
  26. Citizens’ Climate Europe
  27. Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ)
  28. CLARA — Climate Land Ambition and Rights Alliance
  29. Clima de Política
  30. Clean Air Action Group
  31. Climate Action Network (CAN) Canada
  32. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe
  33. Climate Action Network (CAN) International
  34. Climate Action Network (CAN) Southeast Asia
  35. Climate Action Network (CAN) Southern Africa Region
  36. Climate Action Network (CAN) Zambia
  37. Climate Alliance
  38. Climate Analytics
  39. Climate Generation
  40. Clo Carbon Cymru
  41. Compensate Foundation
  42. CNCD-11.11.11
  43. Co-ordination Office of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference for International Development and Mission (KOO)
  44. Coalition Climat – Klimaat Coalitie
  45. Cool Heating Coalition
  46. Creatura Think & Do Tank ry
  47. Debt Observatory in Globalisation (ODG)
  48. Deutscher Naturschutzring e.V.
  49. Doreen Stabinsky, Professor
  50. ECEEE – European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
  51. Ecologistas en Accion
  52. ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards
  53. EiiF – European Industrial Insulation Foundation
  54. EKOenergy ecolabel
  55. Environmental Investigation Agency
  56. Environmental Justice Foundation
  57. Environmental Justice Network Ireland
  58. Esperanta Naturamikaro
  59. Etienne Schneider, Scientist
  60. European Environmental Bureau
  61. European Heat Pump Association (EHPA)
  62. European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF)
  63. FairFin
  64. Fastenaktion Switzerland
  65. Federazione Italiana Amici della Natura
  66. Fingo – Finnish development NGOs
  67. Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
  68. Forests of the World
  69. Francesca Riccardi, Legal Officer
  70. Friends of the Earth Europe
  71. Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND e.V.)
  72. Friends of the Earth Spain
  73. Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo (ECODES)
  74. Fundacja RTON
  75. GLOBAL 2000
  76. Green Finance Observatory
  77. Global Justice Ecology Project
  78. Green Transition Denmark/ Rådet for Grøn Omstilling
  79. Greenpeace
  80. Grootouders voor het Klimaat
  81. Hawkmoth
  82. Health Care Without Harm Europe
  83. HelpAge International
  84. Humundi
  85. Iceland Nature Conservartion Association
  86. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
  87. International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE) – Europe
  88. Islamic Relief Worldwide
  89. Jelle Bijma, Chair Reverce Science Advisory Board
  90. Jens Friis Lund, Professor
  91. Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC)
  92. Kate Dooley, Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
  93. Kirstine Lund Christiansen PhD
  94. Klimaatzaak – Affaire Climat
  95. Kohtuus ry
  96. Laudato Si’ Movement
  97. Leefmilieu
  98. LEGAMBIENTE
  99. Les Amis de la Terre – Belgique asbl
  100. Les Amis de la Terre France
  101. LIFE Education Sustainability Equality
  102. Martin Cames, Senior Researcher
  103. Milieudefensie – Friends of the Earth Netherlands
  104. Miqtë e Natyrës së Kosovës / Naturefriends Kosovo
  105. Mouvement écologique (Luxembourg)
  106. Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Youth
  107. Nature and Youth Sweden
  108. Naturefriends France
  109. Naturefriends Greece
  110. Naturefriends International
  111. Natuurvrienden-Bergstijgers
  112. NewClimate Institute
  113. NF California
  114. Nils Markusson, Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University
  115. OceanCare
  116. Oil Change International
  117. Opportunity Green
  118. Oxfam
  119. Paul Price, Adjunct Professor
  120. Peace Movement Aotearoa
  121. Protect Our Winters Austria
  122. Protect Our Winters Europe
  123. Protect Our Winters Finland
  124. Quercus – Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza
  125. Rainforest Foundation Norway
  126. Rosalie Arendt, Assistant Professor for Climate Neutrality
  127. Réseau Action Climat
  128. Sandbag Climate Campaign ASBL
  129. Stefano Verde, Associate Professor
  130. Südwind
  131. Swedwatch
  132. Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
  133. The Australian Foundation for Wilderness
  134. The Australian Rainforest Conservation Society
  135. The Climate Reality Project Europe
  136. Transport & Environment (T&E)
  137. Trócaire
  138. Umanotera
  139. University of Vienna
  140. Urgenda Foundation
  141. VedvarendeEnergi (SustainableEnergy)
  142. Vicky Temperton, Professor of Ecology at Leuphana University Luneburg
  143. Voluntary Organisation for Innovative Community-led Empowerment (Voice Uganda)
  144. WECF International
  145. Wim Carton, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science
  146. WISE Nederland
  147. World Animal Protection
  148. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
  149. Youth for Crime Awareness, Resilience & Environment (Youth CARE Initiative)
  150. ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável
  151. Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
  152. 350.org