30 mei 2017 – Vandaag stemde de Milieucommissie van het Europees Parlement over de regels rond de nationale klimaatdoelstellingen voor 2030 en dan met name rond de uitstoot die niet onder het Europese emissiehandelssysteem vallen....Lees verder
EU foreign affairs ministers agreed today to put climate objectives at heart of EU security and foreign policies. CAN Europe welcomes the initiative and calls on EU diplomats to lead the fight to achieve deeper...Lees verder
WHO? Wendel Trio, Director of Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe; Agnes Brandt, Senior EU Policy Officer at Carbon Market Watch; representative of a German NGO (TBC)
WHEN? Friday, 24 February 2017, from 10.15 to 11.00am CET
WHERE? Online,...Lees verder
2 februari 2017 – Het ministerie van EZ is het helemaal niet eens met de sombere conclusie van de Europese Commissie over Nederland en de energietransitie. Meteen na het verschijnen van het rapport twitterde het...Lees verder
2 februari 2017 – Het Climate Action Network Europe kwam gisteren bij zijn reactie op het EU-rapport over de voortang van de energietransitie ook met een plan voor een andere financiering van de Europese energietransitie....Lees verder
15 december 2016 – Vandaag stemt de milieucommissie van het Europees Parlement over een broodnodige aanscherping van het Europese emissiehandelssysteem (ETS). In ieder geval zal de Europese cementindustrie haar gratis emissierechten verliezen.
De inzet van de...Lees verder
On 15 December, the European Parliament’s environment committee will cast a decisive vote on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, Carbon Market Watch, WWF and almost 100...Lees verder
3 november 2016 – Climate Action Europe noemt het Emission Gap Report van de VN een ‘alarmbel’. ‘Another proof that ambitious objectives of the Paris Agreement require stronger short term action already before 2020 and...Lees verder
The European Parliament’s Industry Committee (ITRE) voted today on a new Directive to redesign the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the coming decade. However, according to CAN Europe the lacklustre compromises reached between the major...Lees verder
Environment Ministers of all EU member states have today agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement through a process which allows the EU to deposit its instrument before the EU countries approve it separately. Climate Action...Lees verder
3 oktober 2016 – Gezichtverlies van de EU op de VN-klimaatconferentie in Marokko (7 november) is met de EU-ratificatie voorkomen. De EU mag straks meepraten over dee uitvoering van het Klimaatakkoord. Tevredenheid dus. Maar er...Lees verder
Members of the European Parliament from all major political parties tabled amendments for strengthening the ambition of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme post-2020. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe welcomed this development, but stressed that only...Lees verder
The Environment Council meet this Friday 30 September at an Extraordinary Council meeting, to agree on the ratification of the Paris Agreement. The Agreement will enter into force on the 30th day after 55 countries representing...Lees verder
Members of the European Parliament from all major political parties tabled amendments for strengthening the ambition of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme post-2020. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe welcomed this development, but stressed that only...Lees verder
What should have been two significant contributions to Europe’s war chest in the fight against climate change will in fact leave the planet short-changed and open the door to even more polluting fossil fuel projects,...Lees verder
Commenting on a leaked draft of the European Commission’s Energy Efficiency Directive proposal Dora Petroula, Energy Savings Policy Coordinator at Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe said: “Raising the target from a mere 27 to 30 percent...Lees verder
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has today voted on a resolution on the upcoming COP22, urging the EU to ratify the Paris Agreement before the end of this year and calling for revision of its...Lees verder
EU financial institutions and funds channel billions of euros into fossil fuel projects, while EU policies and laws allow for yet more public money to flow into fossil fuels through the back door. This is...Lees verder
EU countries’ climate targets, included in the proposal for the Effort Sharing Regulation published by the European Commission today are too weak to prevent devastating climate change in line with the objectives of the Paris...Lees verder
20 juli 2016 – De eerste reacties op de CO2-reductieplannen van de Europese Commissie voor de jaren 2020-2030 zijn allesbehalve enthousiast.
Friends of the Earth Europa: 40% is not sufficient
Friends of the Earth Europa wisten kennelijk...Lees verder
