Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe

✊ #COP30 in Brazil must be the turning point for #ClimateJustice, because ending the climate crisis and securing a decent life go hand in hand. 📣 On 14–15 November, we will take to the streets all around the world to #DrawTheLine. ➡️ We demand that the European Union and the Global North own up to their responsibility. It’s time to phase out fossil fuels and make the super-rich and big polluters pay for a #JustTransition. ➡️ Discover how to engage in: https://shorturl.at/ybJao Francisca Costa Generation Climate Europe (GCE) Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) WeMove Europe ActionAid

Last night's European Council was an important moment for EU leaders to engage in the shaping of the enabling conditions to achieve the proposed net 90% emission reduction target for 2040. While still insufficient, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe recognises that this is the target level formally on the table, which already bears significant opportunities for EU’s competitiveness. Environment ministers must now act upon this mandate to formally adopt at least 90% net reductions by 2040 and submit the corresponding Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement before #COP30. Sven Harmeling reacts:

👏 This afternoon the European Parliament has voted with a decisive majority for more ambition, justice and equity in EU international climate action. Cross-party cooperation around this #COP30 resolution is a good example of how constructive forces in the Parliament can work together to find common ground to push forward climate ambition in the EU, and sideline climate denialists on the far-right.  ❝❞ Sven Harmeling reacts to today's vote:

📢 Scientists to EU leaders: Stick to the science. Stick to Paris. Ahead of today's European Council, more than 2,178 scientists have issued an open letter urging Heads of States and Governments to align the EU’s 2040 climate target with scientific evidence, not political convenience. 🔬 The letter builds on the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change's recommendations that Europe must cut 90–95% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 (compared to 1990 levels). ⏰ Yet the EU’s political debate risks drifting away from what science demands, and from what the Paris Agreement requires. With COP30 fast approaching, leaders must deliver a 2040 target and 2025 NDC that reflects 1.5°C science, fairness, and credibility on the global stage. 📄 Read the scientists’ open letter 👉 https://lnkd.in/eskkJxXm #2040Target #ClimateAction #COP30 #EUCO #ParisAgreement

🔥 Europe’s fossil gas imports are fuelling war and driving environmental destruction. 🇺🇦The Ukrainian experience reveals the true cost of Europe’s fossil gas dependence: from financing the Kremlin’s war machine to unleashing toxic methane pollution that warms the planet over 80 times more than CO₂ in the short term. 💨 Methane leaks across the entire fossil fuel supply chain. Every import accelerates the climate crisis, poisons the air we breathe, and pushes the EU further from true energy security. But strong methane rules can expose the hidden costs of our fossil fuel addiction and bring much-needed transparency to the sector. 🔁 As negotiations on #REPowerEU continue and with the crucial phase of delegated and implementing acts for the #EUMethaneRegulation ahead, we must remind ourselves of #TheCostOfMethane and keep pushing for a #FossilGasPhaseOut by 2035! ⏰ Time to shift from dependence to resilience. Razom We Stand Svitlana Romanko Oleh Savytskyi 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dzs9Ng94

Our own Mónica Vidal writes on the need for a European Housing Plan that will do more than just build more homes, but can also deliver affordable, energy efficient and climate-resilient housing for those who most need it #BuildBetterLives

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe commissioned a legal opinion on the effectiveness of the bilateral safeguard measures in the #EUMercosur trade deal for the agricultural sector and the Commissions’ regulation proposal to operationalise these safeguards. The analysis by Baldon Avocats shows that the safeguards regime in the interim trade deal (ITA) is highly demanding, lacks legal certainty and fails to adequately address the concerns of the agricultural sector. You can read the analysis here: https://lnkd.in/eBMxaUJj Key findings: ➡️ Unlike other sectors (e.g the car industry), or other EU trade agreements (e.g. with Japan, Korea, Kenya), which include more flexible or quasi-automatic safeguard mechanisms for agricultural goods, the #EUMercosur ITA does not provide specific tailored safeguard provisions for agriculture. ➡️ Agricultural sectors are instead subject to the general regime, which requires a high threshold of “serious injury” and “exceptional circumstances” that places a heavier evidentiary burden on EU farmers, which in practice may make it challenging to successfully demonstrate that agricultural safeguard measures are justified in the event of a dispute. ➡️ The Commission’s proposed implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause remains of limited value, as the quantitative thresholds it provides would: (i) only serve to trigger investigations and provisional safeguards, without constituting conclusive grounds for imposing final safeguard measures. (ii) not bind in any way the Mercosur partners, since these thresholds – even if formalised in EU legislation – remain unilateral in nature and are not part of the ITA.  (iii) there may be practical limitations in terms of measurement and implementation. ➡️ Finally, safeguard measures are curative rather than preventive, and do not tackle underlying or systemic issues. Safeguard measures are temporary in nature (max. 2 years + 2), and can only be applied during a 12-year transitional period. The measures overall do not provide a structural solution to the broader issue of uneven production (sanitary and environmental) standards.

BREAKING | The European Parliament has rejected the JURI Committee’s Omnibus I mandate Broad abstentions and dissent made one thing clear: political blackmail has no place in the Parliament’s legislative decision making. By rejecting the mandate for the European Parliament to enter negotiations on the Omnibus I package with the other co-legislators, MEPs stand firm on principles of democratic decision making. It is incumbent on the EPP and RENEW now to preserve the so-called cordon sanitaire to ensure a new balanced compromise that represents the forward-looking vision of the European center. This comes after the EPP not only failed to present a credible compromise to the centre of the Parliament, but also coerced the other parties of the VDL coalition into accepting a deal that serves the interests of the powerful. Recent weeks have seen aggressive lobbying from climate-harming businesses and overseas trading partners, neglecting those the CSDDD was created to protect people and the planet. 👉 What now? This rejection reopens a negotiating platform that gives pro-EU forces a chance to find common ground - instead of letting the pressure of climate deniers and corporate lobbies dictate the outcome. The CSDDD must remain a strong, enforceable law that delivers justice for victims and accountability for companies. 📣 We call on policymakers, businesses, and civil society to work together during upcoming trilogues, transposition, and implementation of the CSDDD to keep human rights, environmental integrity, and access to justice at the heart of EU sustainability policy. The coming weeks will be decisive in ensuring that Europe’s sustainable business agenda continues to protect people, planet, and democracy. EU leaders have a clear obligation: stand firm, defend the values of EU citizens, uphold EU and international obligations under the treaties. The principles of our democracy depend on resisting the coordinated pressure against the EU’s sustainability legislation. ✊ This is the moment. Stand your ground

🌎COP30 is just around the corner! In Belém, we demand the negotiating parties to: ❗️Address the collective shortfall in global climate action ❗️Deliver a Just Transition Mechanism ❗️Align climate finance with 1.5°C ❗️Transform the global energy system ❗️Safeguard civic spaces & champion gender ➡️ Follow us and check for our latest on #COP30 updates. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/deYFf2Hw #COP30 #JustTransitionNow #DrawTheLine

Last night's adoption of the EU’s COP30 negotiating position by Environment Ministers sent important signals - but this is still only half the package. A robust 2040 climate target and science-aligned 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution, is still missing. CAN Europe welcomes the focus on just transition and references to inclusive climate action, but the failure to endorse the Just Transition Mechanism last night is quite the shortcoming. 📄 Read our full press release: https://lnkd.in/dzk5byZ2 #COP30 #ClimateAction #FossilFreeFuture #JustTransition #2040Target #NDC #ParisAgreement