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• Coalition for Higher Ambition Calls on EU Leaders to Commit to At Least 90% Emissions Reduction by 2040

  Brussels, 13 March 2025, Ahead of the upcoming European Council (EUCO) and Environment Council (ENV), the Coalition for Higher Ambition is urging EU leaders to support a net domestic emissions reduction target of at least 90% by 2040 and to finally submit an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Since the European Commission released its Communication...

• CAN Europe Reaction to the Vision for Agriculture and Food

  Today, the European Commission launched its long-awaited Vision for Agriculture and Food. This comes at a time when Europe’s agricultural and food sectors are grappling with, and contributing to, the severe impacts of extreme weather, soil degradation, water scarcity, and biodiversity loss. At the same time, millions of farmers face rising production costs, low farmgate...

• CAN Europe views on the Vision for Agriculture and Food

  CAN Europe has written to Commissioner Hansen and Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra on how the upcoming Vision for Agriculture and Food must show how to move towards a comprehensive just agroecological food system transition while constructively contributing to achieving ambitious climate targets in a manner that is fair to farmers, rural communities, consumers and the public...

• Europe is staying the course – it’s time for a new plan under the Paris Agreement

  Written by James Trinder, additional content by Frosina Antonovska & Özlem Katisöz At the World Economic Forum, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reminded us that “The Paris Agreement continues to be the best hope of all humanity.” She announced that Europe would “stay the course” and work with all nations determined to protect nature...

• Low-Carbon Delegated Act: Annex

  Brussels, 18 December – In a letter to the new European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jørgensen, civil society organisations urge the European Commission to strengthen the rules for hydrogen derived from fossil gas in the upcoming Low Carbon Delegated Act (DA). The letter highlights concerns about the proposed default value for greenhouse gas emissions related...

• NGOs send complaints urging the European Commission to start legal action against flawed climate plans

  A coalition of NGOs from across Europe has filed a synchronised series of complaints to the European Commission, highlighting systemic failures in the final revised National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). The NGOs are calling on the Commission to use its powers as ‘Guardian of the Treaties’ to start legal action against five Member States...

• PRESS RELEASE: NGOs file complaints over systemic failures in climate plans across Europe

  A coalition of NGOs urges the European Commission to start legal action against France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Sweden for illegal National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). The NGOs submitted coordinated complaints that rely on evidence showcasing that these countries’ plans are breaching EU law relating to failure to meet binding climate and energy targets,...

• Sunny Short: A new Common Energy Policy – “Making Europe faster, easier and fairer for all

  Written by Ismael Morales, Head of Climate Policy at Fundación Renovables The title of this article is the mandate that Ursula Von der Leyen has given to Teresa Ribera, who’ll be, if everything goes according to plan, the new Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition. However, I would add “Making Europe faster,...

• CAN Europe to Commissioners-Designate: Get Real on Scaling Up EU Climate Ambition

  Brussels, 31 October 2024 – Ahead of the Commissioner Hearings, CAN Europe calls on incoming Commissioners-designate to prioritise urgent and ambitious climate action. With the EU way off track to meet its 2030 climate goals, the proposed College of Commissioners must now signal that Europe is serious about a fossil-free future.  CAN Europe has been closely analysing...

• Shaping EU’s energy – Priorities for the incoming European Commission

  In a policy conference in Brussels on September 26, 2024, CAN Europe debated the future of EU energy policy with high level speakers and stakeholders from the EU institutions, member state governments, business and civil society. Highlights included the launch of CAN Europe’s Paris Agreement-Compatible (PAC) 2.0 energy scenario, which shows a technical, political and...

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