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Joint Letter to the European Council: Protect the integrity and predictability of the EU Emissions Trading System
Ahead of the 19-20 March European Council, a group of 35 civil society organisations is calling on EU leaders to protect the integrity and predictability of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The EU ETS remains the EU’s central tool for reducing industrial emissions while supporting the transition to a competitive low-carbon economy. Stable... -
CAN Europe letter calls on Member States to support an ambitious, robust and socially-just post-2030 climate policy architecture
In view of the 17th March Environment Council exchange of views on “decarbonisation efforts in the area of climate post-2030”, CAN Europe has written to ministers to call on them to support an ambitious, robust and socially-just post-2030 climate policy architecture. This is the moment for Europe to pave the way for transforming its economy... -
Letter: The EU needs to address the root causes of high electricity prices
CAN Europe shares perspectives on recent calls to revisit key instruments impacting electricity prices: the merit order mechanism under the Electricity Market Design (EMD) and the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). -
Letter to the informal European Council meeting: Under pressure, Europe’s industry needs direction, not deregulation
As Europe’s biggest industrial players gather first in Antwerp and the informal European Council meets the day after in Alden Biesen castle, the dominant message is clear: roll back climate and environmental rules in the name of competitiveness. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe strongly disagrees. At a moment when Europe should be locking in the... -
Open letter on protecting the Social Climate Fund, following the suggestion to postpone ETS2
43 organisations and coalitions sent an open letter to the Commissioners — Wopke Hoekstra, Dan Jørgensen, Teresa Ribera and Roxana Mînzatu — raising concerns about recent developments around ETS2 and what they could mean for the Social Climate Fund. Read the full letter here -
Letter: A climate perspective on the European Commission’s proposals to reform the EU economic governance framework
A joint letter from CAN Europe and the European Environmental Bureau (EBB) expressing concerns from a climate and environment perspective on the European Commission’s proposals to reform the EU economic governance framework. The proposals on the table offer some leeway to Member States with a debt or deficit above the Treaty reference values to reduce... -
Letter: Call for a more ambitious Energy Efficiency Directive
Dear Deputy Permanent Representative, Ahead of the conclusion of the final trilogues of the revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), CAN Europe is calling on rapidly stepping up energy savings through an ambitious revision of the EED. In this context, we are very concerned about the Presidency’s non paper on the Energy Efficiency Directive... -
Letter to EU Environment Ministers: Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) revision
At the coming Environment Council meeting you will discuss several interlinked topics from climate change to biodiversity protection, incorporating zero pollution, circular economy and industrial emissions generally and specifically on F-gases and ozone-depleting substances. These policies address issues that mainly result from unsustainable production and consumption practices. We are writing tod... -
Letter to EU Environment Ministers: Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) revision
At the coming Environment Council meeting you will discuss several interlinked topics from climate change to biodiversity protection, incorporating zero pollution, circular economy and industrial emissions generally and specifically on F-gases and ozone-depleting substances. These policies address issues that mainly result from unsustainable production and consumption practices. We are writing tod... -
Open letter for an ambitious revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Dear Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Dear Commissioner Kadri Simson, The alarming effects of climate change are before our eyes every day and science has warned us that the impacts will become ever more devastating unless urgent and bold actions are taken across all sectors. Being the single largest energy consumer in the EU and one of...
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