Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe

🤝 A RENOVATION WAVE THAT LEAVES NO ONE BEHIND 🤝 CAN Europe and ECODES (Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo) have published a new report exploring the link 🔗 between the Social Climate Plans and the National Building Renovation Plans including: 👉 The Challenges 👉 The Opportunities 👉 & Policy Recommendations Rolling out an ambitious and socially just renovation wave through correctly implementing the EU Building's directive #EPBD can lift millions out of energy poverty and decarbonise Europe's inefficient building stock, helping to #BuildBetterLives 🖊 Eva Brardinelli Javier Tobías González

🌍 Just two weeks until #COP29! What’s at stake this year, and how can Europe take the lead on crucial climate issues? 💰 The EU and developed countries must #PayUp and end financial injustice! This means committing to an ambitious New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG), channelling at least $1 trillion in public grants to developing nations. 🦖 The era of fossil fuels has to be ended, once and for all. The EU must champion a global fair, fast, full and funded phase-out of fossil fuels. #EndFossilFuels 🛡️ Human rights, equity and safe operating space for civil society have to be at the core of #COP29 and beyond. Without inclusive participation, climate action becomes an elite exercise in power rather than a movement for the people.

THIS WEEK: Join us for a live broadcast where our panel of experts will reflect on the EU’s negotiating position ahead of #COP29 in Azerbaijan. 🗓 Wednesday 30 October 🕐 13.00 - 13.30 CET 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dCn6a5RF

⚠️Promoting so-called low-carbon fuels risk locking us into more fossil gas use and undermining decarbonization goals! 📢 It is crucial that the EU Commission revises this Delegated Act to prioritise renewable energy-based solutions and avoid the risk of locking in inefficient infrastructure or creating stranded assets. 🔍 Read our full input to the stakeholder consultation on the Delegated Act on Low Carbon Fuels 🔗https://lnkd.in/dB5h8mVw

📣 Today marks 3 years I joined Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe! I don't want to miss the opportunity to stop a moment and look back at our path so far: 👉 We brought our network together around a new Vision & Strategy "Changemaking in Times of Crisis" with #ClimateAction and #SocialJustice at its core! More can be found here below. 👉 We didn't stop one minute to put pressure on #EUClimateAmbition through the finalisation of the "fit for 55" legislative package and calling for the improvement and implementation of the European Green Deal. Also navigating challenging times such as the Russian war against Ukraine, the energy prices crisis, the phase out of the pandemic and increasing far right across the continent. 👉 We joined forces with CSOs to campaign around the recent #EuropeanParliamentElections2024 and to ensure our call for a fossil free, socially just and climate neutral EU is loud and clear! 👉 We proudly sticked together with our international network to scale up pressure at international level for an operating Loss&Damage Fund (#COP27), a full, fair, fast phase out from fossil fuels (#COP28), for a concrete scale up of climate finance from rich to developing countries (#COP29) and the needed reform of the entire financial system. And to remind everyone out there that there is no climate justice without #HumanRights! The world today doesn't seem to give us encouraging signals, with climate impacts rising, inequalities increasing, violence and wars but here we are to continue this mission and Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility! And this we can only do TOGETHER! Thanks to the amazing ✨ CAN Europe team ✨ for the commitment and passion and to all the people I met on this journey and helped, supported me on this adventure! (A few will get a special mention here 😊 Joanna Maycock Ester Asin Martinez Josianne Gauthier Tasneem Essop Laura Sullivan Wendel Trio Alison Tate Angela Philp)

Europe’s Climate Ambition Falling Short 🚨 CAN Europe’s updated NECP Tracker reveals alarming gaps between national climate commitments and the action needed to meet the EU’s 2030 climate and energy targets. The level of climate ambition is still insufficient not only to meet the Paris Agreement commitments, but also to reach the EU 2030 climate and energy objectives, which would be in breach of the European Climate Law. 🔑 Key findings: ⚠️ Insufficient Ambition: Despite some progress, most national plans lack the ambition needed to meet 2030 targets or align with the Paris Agreement. This puts the EU at risk of breaching its own European Climate Law. 📉 Implementation Delays: Member States are struggling to reduce emissions in key sectors like transport, agriculture, and waste. Renewable energy uptake and energy efficiency improvements are also lagging. 🕑 Significant Delays: Only 13 out of 27 countries have submitted their final NECPs, raising concerns about the ability to assess real climate ambition for the next critical years. 🔍 Data Transparency Issues: Many NECPs lack clear, consistent data, making it difficult to monitor and assess their credibility. 🌱 Country-specific Highlights: 🇧🇪 Belgium and 🇭🇷 Croatia: Insufficient ambition in draft NECPs to meet 2030 targets. 🇩🇪 Germany: More ambitious targets but still struggling in key areas like land use. 🇫🇷 France: Progress in some areas but remains off-track for renewable energy. 🇪🇸 Spain: The exception—pairing its emissions targets with ambitious, credible policies. 🚨 Urgent Action Needed: To meet 2030 climate targets and secure a sustainable future, Member States must drastically increase ambition and back up their targets with real action. https://lnkd.in/eq26hzkn #TogetherFor1point5

Dear EU Heads of States and Governments, Here is our letter on #CleanIndustrialDeal ahead of the European Council meeting later this week. We want an industrial deal that: 🔝 Coordinates the green industrial strategy at the EU level 💫 Makes sure it is not all about corporate welfare but includes people, the planet & civil society in its genesis and execution 🌱 Puts climate ambition as the guiding principle and cements on the #EuropeanGreenDeal 🔄 Boosts competitiveness by doing more with less energy and resources — which creates new good jobs 🧑🤝🧑 Dares to invest in a sustainable industrial future but comes with strings attached for companies receiving support ⛔ Does not rollback existing environmental and social legislation ❌ Avoids false solutions, such as so-called "low-carbon gases" and Carbon Capture and Storage 🌏 Does not come at the expense of the Global South

📣 Great job opportunity to join the Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe team as Energy Policy Coordinator! Details here below, deadline MON 4 November! https://lnkd.in/gRpuXN9U

🤝 Last night EU environment ministers reached agreement on the EU's negotiating position around key issues ahead of #COP29 in Baku. For Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, the position is all bark and no bite. 📰 Read our reaction here: https://lnkd.in/e48Cy6_a

🚨 #EnergyCharterTreaty strikes again! ExxonMobil sued the Netherlands for stopping gas extraction via its Belgian subsidiary. 🌪️ This is yet another reminder that the fossil industry has no moral compass other than its fossil profits. And one more reason for the remaining EU countries to #ExitECT —including #Belgium! #StopISDS