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Yellow card! 2009 Swedish EU Presidency checklist

4 June
The Commission’s Lobby Register One Year On: Success or Failure?

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Reform of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy

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Governments and other authorities must urgently promote renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in order to confront our changing climate. Encouraging a shift to a truly sustainable energy future will allow us to take advantage of the multiple environmental, economic and social benefits that renewable energy sources have to offer. To this end, Greenpeace is campaigning for concrete and ambitious measures to advance renewable energy sources and energy efficiency.


Greenpeace has shown that, with a dedicated renewable energy and energy efficiency strategy, by 2050 the European Union could:
  • cover half of its energy use with renewable energy sources,
  • phase out coal and nuclear power entirely,
  • reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the energy sector by more than 70% compared to 1990 levels.

Press Releases

Greenpeace statement on environment Council

25 June 2009

NGOs walk out of industry-dominated nuclear talking shop

29 May 2009

Greenpeace files complaint to European Commission against Slovak process for choosing nuclear partner

25 May 2009

Greenpeace comment on the European Parliament adoption of the EU economic recovery package

06 May 2009

Greenpeace comment on European Parliament’s industry committee vote on energy projects in the economic recovery plan

31 March 2009

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Open letter to Commissioner Verheugen on car-scrapping schemes

09 April 2009

Briefing paper on the European Commission ‘Copenhagen communication’

27 January 2009

Greenpeace Czech EU Presidency briefing

07 January 2009

EU energy [R]evolution report

02 December 2008

Nuclear power - Undermining climate protection

03 November 2008

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Useful background documents

SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY
Yellow card! Swedish EU Presidency checklist

STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
Financing the EU's global responsibility

Power plant emission performance standard

The True Cost of Coal

Why carbon capture and storage won't save the climate

CLEAN ENERGY
EU energy [R]evolution report

Global energy [R]evolution report (summary)

A North Sea electricity grid [R]evolution

CAR EFFICIENCY
Analysis of the EU standard on car emissions

PROTECT ANCIENT FORESTS
EU timber law briefing

AGRICULTURE and GMOs
Flaws in the EU GMO authorisation system

Environmental and health impacts of GMOs: the evidence

Facts and figures about GMOs

Food Security and Climate Change: The Answer is Biodiversity

Who will feed the world?

DEFEND OUR OCEANS
Reform of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy

PHASE OUT TOXICS
A drop in the ocean: REACH hazardous chemicals list

The dirty portfolios of the pesticides industry

LOBBY TRANSPARENCY
The Commission’s Lobby Register One Year On: Success or Failure?

Guidelines for a transparent EU lobby register

What we say...

"Half of Europe’s total energy demand and more than 70% of electricity use could be covered from renewable energy sources by the year 2050 - providing us with clean, cost-effective and secure energy."

Frauke Thies
Greenpeace EU Renewable Energy Campaigner

"Dirty energy sources such as fossils fuels and nuclear power still get huge and often hidden subsidies to keep them going. The EU must take tougher action to ensure these 'state aids' are ended, so that clean renewable energy sources can compete on fairer terms and thus expand more swiftly."

Mark Johnston
Greenpeace EU Campaigner on Coal, Nuclear, Subsidies