COP24: strong agreement on increasing climate targets still missing
As the COP24 climate summit draws to a close, negotiators are still struggling to agree on a significant commitment to strengthen all countries’ climate pledges by 2020.
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Council urgently needs to agree on a climate-friendly EU budget
Today EU heads of state and government meeting at a European Council had a discussion on the timing, but less on the content of the next long-term EU budget. In […]
EU joins a call for greater ambition at COP24
Today at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice, Poland a coalition of countries, including the EU, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, committed to […]
Austria’s preference for coal rather than climate finance shamed at COP24 Fossil of the Day Award
Today Austria won the shameful Fossil of the Day Award from Climate Action Network (CAN) International. Austria was given this dubious award because it is failing as the president of […]
US delegation at COP24 swimming against the tide on coal
Commenting on the US delegation side event promoting coal at COP24 today, Joanna Flisowska from CAN Europe said:
CCPI: European countries fail to take adequate climate action
The Climate Change Performance Index 2019 (CCPI), published today at the climate summit COP24 by Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network (CAN) shows that three years after the […]
Unique ‘Coalition for Higher Ambition’ calls upon the EU to step up at COP24
As the first week of this year’s climate summit COP24 draws to a close, a unique gathering of businesses, investors, local authorities, trade unions and NGOs are calling upon EU […]
CAN Europe employee denied entry to Poland to participate in COP24
Updated on 8 December 2018, 1.30am: Just before Zanna was put on the train back to Vienna, the Polish government recognised its mistake and allowed her to enter Poland. At the […]
Germany tops Fossil of the Day Award at COP24 for its climate goals failure
Germany won the shameful Fossil of the Day Award from Climate Action Network (CAN) International today. Germany received this dubious award because it gave up on its national 2020 climate […]
EU fails to strike agreement on excluding coal subsidies from the electricity market
EU legislators have once again failed to agree on electricity market rules that would lead to zero-emissions energy systems. Instead, under the Austrian Presidency consent, some Member States are still […]