Letters to Policy Makers

CAN Europe messages to Environment Ministers on climate, circular economy and biodiversity

Details: Category: Letters to Policy Makers; Published: 22 June 2020

This letter offers our views on key aspects of the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) and the Biodiversity Strategy.

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Submission to the roadmap on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive

To ensure we reach net zero emissions by 2040, EU Member States need to phase out fossil fuels and commit to a strong reduction in energy consumption and a transition of our energy system to one that is 100% based on sustainable renewable energy sources (RES) by 2040. The current 2030 EU RES target is not in line with the Paris Agreement objective to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C.

21.09.2020 | Submissions to Consultations
Letter to the heads of political groups in the European Parliament: Keep the Just Transition Fund fossil fuel-free

We are deeply concerned about the position taken by the European Parliament's REGI Committee in the negotiations on the Just Transition Fund (JTF), proposing to subsidise new fossil gas investments. The European Commission’s own scenarios for a long term strategy that would see the EU hitting carbon neutrality by 2050 would see demand for fossil gas reduce to 4% in the next 3 decades.

09.09.2020 | Letters to Policy Makers
SUBMISSION TO CONSULTATION ON THE ENTSOG ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMME (AWP) 2021

CAN Europe’s submission focuses on the work strands that are currently covered byCAN Europe’s submission focuses on the work strands that are currently covered byCAN Europe, namely the system development under the Ten Year NetworkDevelopment Plan (TYNDP), transparency issues and methane leakage.

09.09.2020 | Submissions to Consultations
Just Transition or Just Talk? 2020

National Energy and Climate Plans reveal that the EU countries set to receive most of the Just Transition Fund plan to stick with coal - or swap it for fossil gas.

08.09.2020 | Reports & Briefs

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Letters to Policy Makers

CAN Europe messages to Environment Ministers on climate, circular economy and biodiversity

Latest Publications

Submission to the roadmap on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive

Letter to the heads of political groups in the European Parliament: Keep the Just Transition Fund fossil fuel-free

SUBMISSION TO CONSULTATION ON THE ENTSOG ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMME (AWP) 2021

Just Transition or Just Talk? 2020

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