CAN Europe Position on Capacity Mechanisms
The European Commission’s legislative proposals included in the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package published on 30 November 2016 are as a whole not consistent with the objectives of the […]
Work area: Financing the transition
Letter to the European Commission on Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) mid-term evaluation
Dear Mr. Ruijters, The energy, telecommunications and transport sectors represent significant parts of the EU economy. All three sectors need modernisation to build a solid basis for a competitive and […]
Contribution to the mid-term evaluation of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
CAN Europe contributed today to the mid-term evaluation of the Connecting Europe facility (CEF).
Briefing: EU gas infrastructure and EFSI: time for change
This briefing shows that further public investment in EU gas infrastructure is likely to represent bad value for money, given:
Letter to Vice-President of the European Commission regarding the Southern Gas Corridor
Dear Vice-President Šefčovič, As civil society organisations who have been monitoring developments around the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) for some time, we, the undersigned, would like to take the opportunity of your […]
CAN Europe’s priorities: An EU budget for a sustainable and clean Energy Union
Here is what CAN Europe argue that the new EU budget 2021-2027 must do and not do to deliver a sustainable and clean Energy Union.
Briefing: Making the EIB finance consistent with the pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions development
Ahead of the seminar with civil society organisations on 30 January 2017, CAN Europe together with CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance, Urgewald and WWF European Policy Office sent a briefing […]
Briefing: EFSI support to fossil fuel projects
In September 2016 the European Commission published its proposal for the prolongation of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) until 2020, to be achieved by amending the existing […]
The writing is on the wall: Fossil fuel subsidies need to become a thing of the past
“The recent relative fall in energy prices should make it easier for governments to remove tax exemptions and other energy demand subsidies” “Fossil-fuels subsidies are particularly problematic, as they disadvantage clean […]
Briefing: Reviewing the European Investment Bank’s carbon footprint methodology
The European Investment Bank developed its methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions in 2012, and is now considering its further review. In this briefing CAN Europe together with CEE Bankwatch, WWF, […]