Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe

🤔Can we secure Critical Raw Materials for the green transition without harming people and the planet? 🔄Less is more! Join our roundtable event exploring how the EU can promote policies for demand reduction, circularity and sufficiency. Register now 👉 https://lnkd.in/dQrGnRSt #CriticalRawMaterials #sufficiency #circulareconomy

🎉 And it’s a wrap! 🎉 A huge congratulations to all the participants of the Climate Action Network (CAN) EuropeWestern Balkans Youth Climate Forum 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣ 4️⃣ and to the competition winners, Power Pals! 🏆 🌟 Meet the winning team: Eleonora Jovanovikj 🇲🇰, Maja Nikolikj 🇲🇰, and Ilija Franeta 🇲🇪. As part of their victory, they travelled as CAN Europe #youth delegates to Vienna🇦🇹, where they engaged with key #climate & #energy stakeholders working in the #WesternBalkans. 📌 Trip highlights included: 🇺🇳 Visit to the UN Environment Programme: The team explored UNEP’s initiatives in biodiversity protection, nature conservation, and climate resilience. UNEP experts showcased how they collaborate with governments and civil society to address pressing environmental challenges across the #WesternBalkans. ⚡ Energy Community: Through a dynamic “Office Hopping” activity, the team connected with experts to discuss topics ranging from #renewableEnergy policies, #electricity market integration, environmental compliance, long-term strategies for climate action and #National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). 📰 OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media: A pivotal session on #disinformation's impact on public trust and climate action. The OSCE team shared strategies to uphold media integrity, emphasising partnerships between #media, #CivilSociety, and fact-checkers to counter false #narratives. 🌱 Umweltbundesamt - Environment Agency Austria: The team dove into the EU4Green project and the #GreenAgenda for the Western Balkans, discovering how these initiatives drive a fair and inclusive green transition aligned with #EU climate goals. 🌟 First edition, lasting impact: The Forum brought together over 5️⃣ 0️⃣ young changemakers from the region, creating a platform for knowledge-sharing and collaboration. It provided the space for youth to learn how to effectively tackle disinformation while providing CAN Europe representatives with fresh perspectives from the next generation of climate advocates. 💡 Want to know more about the Forum and its impact? 🔗 https://shorturl.at/nOc5P

Last year, supporters of the Build Better Lives Campaign built a giant house outside of the EU institutions Every ‘block’ represented a goal, and every goal could be achieved under an ambitious EU Buildings policy framework #EPBD In his new portfolio as Energy and Housing Commissioner, Dan Joergenson needs to be the catalyst for a socially just transition within the built environment. Better buildings today for better lives tomorrow #BuildBetterLives https://lnkd.in/ewiE5Pn9

Social, health and environmental NGOs, city networks, trade unions and youth movements unite to #BuildBetterLives We are calling on Commissoner Jørgensen and the European Commission to take immediate action on the intersecting crises of the lack of affordable housing, rising energy costs and climate change. Europe’s households and our climate can no longer wait. A socially just and ambitious transition of the built environment starts by upgrading our buildings and cities today for better lives tomorrow. Read our open call below 👇

The European Parliament has now given it's green light to the new College of European Commissioners. BLOG: Joe Inwood reflects why the Ursula von der Leyen 2.0 Commission must rise up to meet the moment in history we find ourselves in. Read here: https://lnkd.in/ex2HjgZp

📢Input to consultation📢 ⚠️ The 2022 energy crisis should have accelerated the phase-out of fossil fuels, but instead, it drove LNG expansion and deepened gas dependence. As the European Commission reviews its energy security framework, it’s crucial that the EU shifts focus towards energy independence , putting people and the planet first.🌍 To achieve this, we must prioritize: ✅ Energy efficiency & put gas savings first  ✅ A 100% renewable energy system ✅ Alignment with EU climate laws, including the EU methane regulation 🔍 Read our input to the consultation 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dXPMmVAu

Will Arcelor Mittal freeze green steel projects in Europe? 👉https://shorturl.at/JEUIz ⛔ It would be a disaster for the EU leadership on green industrial transformation. ✅ Only a decarbonised steel industry can be competitive, future-proof and socially just. 📰 Read our Transformation Recommendations for the Steel Industry: https://shorturl.at/3xCCT #steel #greensteel

❌ #COP29 ended with a failed outcome and the rich countries own the responsibility. 📢 Chiara Martinelli: “The talk of tripling from the $100 billion goal might sound impressive, but in reality, it falls far short, barely increasing from the previous commitment when adjusted for inflation and considering the bulk of this money will come in the form of unsustainable loans. This is not solidarity. It’s smoke and mirrors that betray the needs of those on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Despite promises of leadership, the EU has shown a troubling lack of action and ambition, undermining trust and progress when it was needed most. The voices of the most vulnerable have been sidelined, human rights and civil society participation ignored, and accountability swept under the rug. The package on mitigation, adaptation, and finance fails to deliver on the promises of the Paris Agreement and leaves the most vulnerable to pay the price for this inaction.” Read the full reaction to the #COP29 outcome ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dtrbPygp

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe's Director Chiara Martinelli reacts to the latest draft text on the #NCQG climate finance goal. Read reactions from across the network in full here: https://lnkd.in/dpmk-u36 #COP29 #PayUp #EndFossilFuels

*HOLD THE LINE* The Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe network are still in Baku in large numbers - fighting in every corridor, bilateral and huddle - to get an ambitious deal at #COP29 There is still time for rich countries to find ways to #PayUP