Report

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

Press release

Leading Environment and Climate Organisations Score European Parliament’s 2019-2024 Performance

15/04/2024

Statement

Fiscal Follies: How new EU rules miss the mark on climate and prosperity

Fiscal Matters, a coalition of civil society organisations, think tanks and trade unions, are deeply concerned about the political agreement on the revision of the EU fiscal rules. The rules

25/03/2024

Policy Briefing

Gas Package Analysis: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the revised Directive and Regulation

As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission published a legislative proposal, to substantially revise the 2009 EU Gas legislations, including a directive and a regulation. The gas

10/04/2024

A revised and responsive Governance Regulation – Respecting environmental democracy rights in climate planning

The European Climate Energy Union and its Climate Action are struggling to reach its Paris Agreement targets and public demands. Its governance mechanism is in non-compliance with international law and

25/03/2024

Taking flawed National Energy and Climate Plans to court. Lessons learned from previous cases

National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) can be a powerful tool to put European countries on track to stay within the critical 1.5°C global warming threshold to avoid the worst

22/03/2024

PRESS RELEASE: nuclear is a dangerous distraction

Ahead of the Nuclear Energy Summit on March 21 in Brussels, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe releases a myth buster to counter the recent hype around nuclear energy. It details

19/03/2024

POSITION PAPER: The nuclear hurdle to a renewable future and fossil fuel phase-out

More than three-quarters of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions stem from our energy consumption, therefore it is vital to stop burning fossil fuels to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C, the

18/03/2024

Letter

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 ministers in relation to national

21/03/2024