EU leaders vow to tie recovery to higher climate ambition for 2030
EU Heads of State and Government agreed on a more ambitious green recovery proposal, which includes an increase of the climate action spending target to 30%, with a view to […]
Work area: Climate action
Disarm fossil fuel firms
Two recent examples of the Dutch and German coal exit show how fossil fuel firms are using an outdated international investment treaty, the Energy Charter Treaty, to attack climate policies. […]
Industrial decarbonisation needs circularity and resource use reductions
Today EU environment ministers have met to discuss the contribution of environmental and climate policies to the recovery from COVID-19, with a focus on circular economy. Ministers overwhelmingly acknowledged the […]
CAN Europe messages to Environment Ministers on climate, circular economy and biodiversity
This letter offers our views on key aspects of the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) and the Biodiversity Strategy.
The EU’s Recovery Plan: next steps to deliver on the European Green Deal
This briefing provides an assessment of the European Commission proposal ‘The EU budget powering the recovery plan for Europe’ and analyses a number of new and revised pieces of legislation […]
Letter to European Commission on industrial transformation
CAN Europe calls upon the Commission to build policy frameworks that guarantee economy-wide transformations that meet several environmental objectives.
EU leaders’ Summit: No recovery without increased climate ambition
For the first time, EU leaders will discuss the European Commission’s proposals for a revised long-term EU budget, including significant recovery funding to address the economic shortfall caused by COVID-19, […]
COVID-19 has paved the way for low-carbon lifestyles that public authorities must sustain
The COVID-19 crisis has shed light on the vulnerability of our healthcare and global economic systems, but it has also, paradoxically, opened our eyes to the many advantages of a […]
National Energy and Climate Plans must still be improved to be in line with the Paris Agreement
A new report published today by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and ZERO looks into the final National energy and Climate Plans of 15 Member States and indicates that a […]
PAVE THE WAY FOR INCREASED CLIMATE AMBITION : Opportunities and gaps in the final National Energy and Climate Plans
The report coordinated by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and ZERO looks into the final National energy and Climate Plans of 15 Member States and assesses how much final NECPs […]