Useful ESD Resources

Details: Category: Blogs; Published: 05 June 2016

Here you find a range of useful external ESD resources. For all ESD related CAN Europe publications, go here.

Proposal for 2021-2030 Effort Sharing Regulation

The Commission’s proposal on the non-ETS sectors for 2021-2030 (now called Effort Sharing Regulation- ESR) was released July 20 2016:

Legislative proposals
Impact Assessment
Impact Assessment - Executive Summary
Fact sheet: Questions and answers on the Commission's proposal on binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction for Member States (2021-2030)

Other useful links

Eurostat Energy statistics
EEA – European Environment Agency Datasets
Carbon Market Watch, Introduction to the 2013 -2020 ESD and related legislation, May 2014: Tackling 60% of the EU’s Climate Problem: The Legislative Framework of the Effort Sharing Decision
Newest Numbers: EEA Report No 4/2015. Trends and projections in Europe 2015

Studies from the Oeko Institute

Latest Publications

Letter from UN Secretary General urging EU leaders to ramp up climate action

In a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk leaked by the media last week, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres urged EU leaders to adopt a long-term vision for a carbon-neutral economy by 2050 and commit to increasing the EU's 2030 climate target to 55 percent reductions in emissions.

17.06.2019 | Letters to Policy Makers
Briefing: the battle over the EU's climate ambition

This briefing shows that since the beginning of 2018, 22 EU Member States in total have signed on numerous statements calling for increasing efforts to tackle the climate crisis. Only six Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia have decided not to join any of the declarations in support for more climate action so far.

11.06.2019 | Reports & Briefs
Just Transition or Just Talk?

New report by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Sandbag reveals Member States are receiving EU energy transition support but not committing to phase-out coal. The draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of 21 EU Member States which still use coal for electricity generation show that only eight are committed to phasing out coal by 2030.

29.05.2019 | Reports & Briefs
Letter to EU ministers on climate and environmental action in development funding

Ahead of Foreign Affairs Council on 16 May, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, Oxfam EU, ACT Alliance EU, Conservation International and Wetlands International write to EU ministers to highlight how the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) can support developing countries to scale up climate and environmental action and support biodiversity, fostering sustainable development.

13.05.2019 | Letters to Policy Makers

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