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• Repowering the EU?

  POLICY BRIEFING Mobilising EU financial instruments and policies to accelerate the phase out of the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels Background This policy briefing builds on CAN Europe’s recommendations for an accelerated, secure and Paris compatible energy transition in the context of the invasion of Ukraine  by further detailing measures to mobilise EU financial instruments...

• CAN Europe response: EU Foreign Affairs Minister Council Conclusions on 21st February 2022

  On 21 February, EU Foreign Affairs Ministers met in Brussels and adopted the conclusions “EU Climate Diplomacy: climate diplomacy: accelerating the Implementation of Glasgow outcomes”, alongside with a press release issued specifically on that matter. This comes 100 days after world’s governments met in Glasgow for the 26th UN climate change conference COP26. CAN Europe...

• PR DRAFT

  PRESS RELEASE FOSSIL GAS DRESSED UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE: EU’S NEW MEASURES NOT IN LINE WITH CLIMATE OBJECTIVES The Commission’s energy proposals still give a role to fossil fuels Buildings’ transformations far from promoting needed energy savings   Brussels, 15th December 2021 – The 2nd part of the ‘Fit for 55’ climate and energy...

• The EU can’t afford labelling fossil gas and nuclear as green

  BLOG POST The EU Taxonomy complementary Delegated Act tabled by the European Commission is incompatible with limiting global warming to 1.5°C and with the EU’s 2030 climate targets The EU taxonomy – a classification system aiming to determine which activities genuinely contribute to the green transition – was meant to create a gold standard for...

• Busting the myth: the chronology of coal use in Serbia

  OP-ED By Mirjana Jovanović (Belgrade Open School), Mirko Popović (Renewables and Environmental Regulatory Institute) and Viktor Berishaj (CAN Europe) Busting the myth: the chronology of coal use in Serbia 28 December 2021, Belgrade – The recent collapse of the coal based energy system in Serbia, debunks the popular myth of coal’s reliability. On December 12,...

• We are looking for a Human Resources Coordinator

  CAN Europe, Europe’s largest coalition working on climate and energy issues, is currently seeking an  experienced and dynamic Human Resources Coordinator to join our team. This position will offer the  successful candidate an opportunity to be at the center of the largest movement for global change that  will affect people and the planet for centuries...

• Where is the transparency in the EU €2 trillion recovery?

  OP-ED By Olivier Vardakoulias, Climate Action Network Europe, and Christophe Jost, CEE Bankwatch Network,  first published in the EU Observer on 22 December 2021 Where is the transparency in the EU €2 trillion recovery? Two trillion euros, in fact. Such huge financial injections into EU economies can come with well-documented risks of embezzlement, corruption and corporate capture of...

• Fossil gas dressed up like a Christmas tree: 2nd part of the EU’s ‘Fit For 55’ not in line with 1.5°C

  PRESS RELEASE Brussels, 15th December 2021 – The 2nd part of the ‘Fit for 55’ climate and energy package unveiled today by the European Commission doesn’t deliver on the pathway needed to reach the 1.5°C target and climate neutrality by 2040. Specifically, the set of legislative proposals related to gas reveal a tendency of giving...

• The hydrogen and gas decarbonisation package under publication needs to improve

  LETTER Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans, Dear Commissioner Simson, We, the below-signed NGOs, are writing to you regarding the EU’s upcoming “hydrogen and gas decarbonisation package”. Based on the information that is currently available, we are concerned that in its current format, it neither serves the EU’s efforts to achieve its climate neutrality objective nor is...

• Fit for 55: Energy ministers must ensure increased ambition during EU presidency transition

  With discussions at the Energy Council due to take place on the 2nd of December 2021, EU Energy ministers will take stock of the first round of examinations by governments of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) recast proposal and the proposed amendment of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) that have taken place in the last...

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