Brussels, 16 December 2024 — If the EU does not urgently modernise its grid network, costs relating to congestion could rise from 26 billion euro in 2030 to a staggering
Brussels & Montevideo, 6 December 2024 — Today, the EU and the Mercosur countries (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) concluded the EU-Mercosur trade deal negotiations, in complete secrecy. 25 years
3 December 2024 — The Energy Charter Conference finally adopted its proposal for modernising the climate-wrecking Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). Negotiations to reform the ECT aimed to align it with the
Baku, 24 November 2024 — COP29, full of drama throughout the two weeks, has concluded in the early hours of Sunday, approving the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate
Baku, 18 November 2024 — As the second week of COP29 kicks off, the climate finance negotiations are stuck moving at a snail’s pace. The EU is doing little to
“Milei’s climate denialism and ‘chainsaw policies’ combined with the outdated EU-Mercosur trade deal is a recipe for disaster. The EU-Mercosur deal is based on a text from 25 years ago and totally out of sync with the reality of the climate crises we face today. ‘Mileinomics’ coupled with the EU-Mercosur deal could cause critical ecological spillovers globally, as it will further threaten South America’s second-largest forest, the Chaco forest, also one of the planet’s largest carbon sinks”, said Audrey Changoe, Trade and Investment Policy Coordinator at CAN Europe.
Brussels, 8 November 2024 – As the world grapples with the repercussions of a year marked by unprecedented climate events, the international community now turns its gaze towards the United
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
Ahead of the informal EU leaders’ meeting about the EU’s competitiveness on 8 November and the hearing of the Executive Vice-President-designate for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, Stéphane Séjourné, ten climate, environment, social justice organisations and trade union federations demand mainstreaming a minimum set of social and environmental conditions through all tools used to support companies with public funds.
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