Europe must resist backsliding on coal cuts this winter
Written by Thomas Lewis, Energy Policy Expert at CAN Europe. Over the last two winters coal did not make the comeback like many were advocating.
03/12/2024
Energy Charter Treaty modernisation adopted, still undermining climate action
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
03/12/2024
Letter to Commissioner Dan Jørgensen on the future of EU energy policy
Read the full letter here. ToMr. Dan JørgensenEuropean Commissioner for Energy and HousingBrussels, 2 December 2024Dear Commissioner Jørgensen, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe is Europe’s
03/12/2024
REPORT: Planning a fair and ambitious renovation wave
Energy poverty is a growing phenomenon increasingly affecting households in the European Union. The newly adopted Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), if implemented correctly,
30/10/2024
CAN Europe’s input to the European Commission’s “Fitness check evaluating the EU energy security architecture”
On September 3, 2024, the European Commission launched a public consultation seeking input to evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of the EU framework on energy
26/11/2024
CAN Europe’s input to the stakeholder consultation on the methodology to define low carbon fuels
On September 27, 2024, the European Commission opened a public consultation on the methodology to determine the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings of low-carbon fuels,
25/10/2024
Joint response to ACER’s consultation on ENNOH
On September 23, 2024, the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) launched a public consultation on the draft statutory documents of the
21/10/2024
Letter to the EU Heads of States and Governments: The Clean Industrial Deal & Competitiveness
We are writing ahead of the European Council 17-18 October meeting, in which the EU’s competitiveness agenda will be discussed.
In light of the forthcoming ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ (CID), the best way to preserve the EU’s long-term competitiveness is an EU green industrial strategy centred around the European Green Deal and its targets, which stimulates the production of net-zero technologies, ends our fossil fuel dependence and reduces our energy and material demand.
16/10/2024
Shaping EU’s energy – Priorities for the incoming European Commission
In a policy conference in Brussels on September 26, 2024, CAN Europe debated the future of EU energy policy with high level speakers and stakeholders
27/09/2024
Conference | After the Energy Charter Treaty exit: How can the European Parliament protect climate action from investor claims?
Civil Society Organisations are organising a joint event with parliamentary groups the Greens, the Left/GUE, S&D and Renew, to create a moment to both celebrate the EU’s exit from the ECT and to look forward to how we can build upon this, including the 2022 parliamentary resolution on the future of international investment policy. Recognising and celebrating achievements is particularly important at a time when progressive members of the parliament may be feeling disheartened.
09/09/2024