EU Budget - Press releases

Below we collect all press releases published by CAN Europe on the EU Budget and the Multiannual Financial Framework.

Future EU funds for the regions set to become climate-proof
22.01.2019

Future EU investment package falls short of climate ambition
16.01.2019

Council urgently needs to agree on a climate-friendly EU budget
13.12.2018

Incompatible with Paris Agreement: Vote on Connecting Europe Facility leaves door open to gas subsidies
22.11.2018

Awards rally cry for climate-friendly EU budget
20.11.2018

Bigger EU budget must entail bolder action on climate change
14.11.2018

Awards to name and shame the planned support to fossil fuels in the next EU budget
05.11.2018

1.5°C requires an EU budget that enables the zero emission transition
10.10.2018

EU leaders’ budget talks need to shift focus from quantity to climate compatibility
18.09.2018

Future EU budget: we need a good rather than a fast deal
29.06.2018 | Press Releases

EU Budget proposal on external action insufficient for climate needs
14.06.2018

Future EU infrastructure funds not in line with Paris Agreement
06.06.2018

Future Cohesion Policy: Priority for the green and fair transition
29.05.2018

Leaked regulation on future EU budget in stark contradiction with EC’s climate action commitments
23.05.2018

Proposed future EU budget embraces increased climate action
02.05.2018

EU ministers mute on climate-friendly cohesion policy
12.04.2018

Letter to Juncker: Next EU budget must enhance climate action and sustainable development
05.04.2018

Juncker and Macron back more spending for climate action
22.03.2018

European Commission now has a clear mandate: Make the EU budget fully climate-friendly
14.03.2018

EU governments recognise EU budget’s green potential
05.03.2018

EU leaders ignore European Parliament’s call for more climate ambition in the future EU budget
23.02.2018

European Parliament aligns future EU budget with higher climate ambition
22.02.2018

European Union fails to eliminate fossil fuels from the Juncker Investment Plan
12.12.2017

New report: Juncker Plan backs billions in fossil fuels and carbon-heavy infrastructure
14.11.2017

European Parliament lacks consistency on EU budget’s climate stance
24.10.2017

Future of EU budget: European Commission proposal neglects the Paris Climate Agreement
28.06.2017

Investment Plan for Europe more climate friendly, but European Parliament shows little ambition
15.05.2017

EU budget must serve higher climate ambition
03.04.2017

Latest Publications

Report: EU action on Western Balkans’ chronic coal pollution is a unique opportunity to improve health and productivity

Sixteen outdated coal power plants in the Western Balkans are a public health and economic liability for the whole of Europe, with people in the EU bearing the majority of the health impacts and costs, according to the new report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Sandbag, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network and Europe Beyond Coal.

19.02.2019 | Reports & Briefs
NGO letter on the long term climate strategy ahead of the Competitiveness Council

In this letter, NGOs Climate Action Network Europe, Carbon Market Watch, E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism, European Environmental Bureau, Sandbag and WWF European Policy Office call upon EU Economy and Industry Ministers to: Endorse the European Commission’s strategic long-term vision for a climate neutral economy and support an EU long-term climate target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040; Call upon the European Commission to present a new and integrated EU industrial climate strategy for energy-intensive industries in support of a competitive, circular and net-zero emission heavy industry transition; Recognise the immediate need to provide a policy framework which supports and incentivises the full decarbonisation and transformation of resource and energy-intensive industry sectors before 2050. NGO letter on the long term climate strategy ahead of the Competitiveness Council

18.02.2019 | Letters to Policy Makers
Letter to REGI Committee on sustainable cohesion policy funding

On 22 January 2019 and in February the REGI Committee will vote on the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) and on the European Regional Development Fund / Cohesion Fund Regulation (ERDF/CF) respectively. These two pieces of legislation will determine the shape and direction of Cohesion Policy post-2020.

15.01.2019 | Letters to Policy Makers
NGO statement urging Turkish decision makers to step up at COP24

More than 25 NGOs working in Turkey released a joint statement urging Turkish decision makers to focus on raising ambition, and reaping the benefits of a low-carbon just transition at COP24.

02.12.2018 | Letters to Policy Makers

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