Urgent call to strengthen final NECPs updates across 18 EU countries
Most Member States have now submitted the draft updates of their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), and only a few months are left before
29/04/2024
Weakened corporate sustainability law crosses finish line: European Parliament gives green light
Brussels, 24 April – Today the European Parliament rubber-stamped a new harmonising law on human rights and environmental due diligence for corporate giants, listening to
24/04/2024
EU Parliament Scoreboard: Protectors, Procrastinators & Prehistoric Thinkers
New in-depth data research from five leading climate and environment organisations reveals that only a minority of MEPs during the 2019 – 2024 mandate acted to protect Europe’s climate, nature and air quality. The majority of MEPs acted instead as either procrastinators or prehistoric thinkers, delaying real action with patchy and inconsistent voting records, or worse, completely failing to rise to the challenge of the crises Europe is facing.
15/04/2024
Leading Environment and Climate Organisations Score European Parliament’s 2019-2024 Performance
New in-depth data research from five leading climate and environment organisations reveals that only a minority of MEPs during the 2019 – 2024 mandate acted to protect Europe’s climate, nature and air quality. The majority of MEPs acted instead as either procrastinators or prehistoric thinkers, delaying real action with patchy and inconsistent voting records, or worse, completely failing to rise to the challenge of the crises Europe is facing.
15/04/2024
PRESS RELEASE: Climate Finance Study Reveals Increased EU Action Required Ahead of COP29
Bonn, 6 June 2024 – Ahead of the forthcoming New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) decision under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), CAN
06/06/2024
Letter to EU Environment & Climate Ministers
Ahead of the Bonn Climate Conference (3-13 June), the EU Environment Council (17 June) and the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) submission deadline (30
02/06/2024
Letter to EU Economy and Finance Ministers ahead of Upcoming ECOFIN Council
Ahead of the ECOFIN Council on 14 May 2024, CAN Europe has written to Europe’s Economy and Finance ministers regarding international climate finance. International climate
13/05/2024
Letter to the upcoming Environment Council on Climate Ambition
Ahead of the Environment Council and the Climate High Level event on the 25th and 26th of March, CAN Europe has written to Europe’s environment
21/03/2024
REACTION: EU Presidency’s Industrial Summit exacerbates the corporate capture of the EU policy process, sidelining democracy
Brussels, 20 February 2024 – The Belgian Presidency of the EU is currently hosting an exclusive industrial summit at the BASF chemical plant in Antwerp.
20/02/2024
Open Letter on the Carbon Removal Certification Framework
Open letter to Climate Attachés that underlines that the use of units generated through the CRCF and the potential for double counting or claiming those
05/02/2024