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EU summit: student protesters and Greenpeace activists warn ‘broken climate = broken future’
Sibiu, Romania – Student strikers from all over Europe and Greenpeace activists displayed a giant message ahead of a summit on the future of Europe
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Brexit summit: climate change will not grant any extension, Greenpeace
**High-quality photos and video available here soon** Brussels – Climate activists hung a giant banner from a European Union building across the road from the Brussels venue where EU…
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German foot-dragging holds back EU climate action despite growing public mobilisation
EU leaders fail to agree 2050 decarbonisation target Brussels, 22 March 2019 – European heads of government meeting in Brussels on Friday failed to back a plan to fully decarbonise…
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Three questions EXXON doesn’t want you to ask
In response to a petition from Food & Water Europe, ExxonMobil is at the center of yet another inquiry into its role in promoting climate change denial. This time in Brussels,…
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European Parliament backs more climate action
Brussels – The European Parliament has endorsed the European Commission’s plan to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions and called for EU emissions to fall to zero as soon as…
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EU ministers consider decarbonisation plan as climate protests intensify
Brussels – As climate change protests intensify across Europe and beyond, energy and environment ministers meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Brussels will discuss whether to back a plan to fully…
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Far-right populist surge would threaten EU climate action, report
Brussels, 27 February 2019 – A new report by Adelphi, a German think tank, has shown that the next European Parliament could see a greater share of MEPs opposed to…
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Unleashing the power of community renewable energy
This booklet explains how new EU renewable energy legislation could be used to unleash a wave of fossil-free community-owned energy across Europe. Bringing examples from across Europe, it shows how…
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New EU rules greenlight billions in subsidies for fossil fuels and nuclear
Brussels, 19 December 2018 – Days after the international community failed to call for more climate action to limit global warming to 1.5°C at the UN climate conference in Poland,…
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EU Commission promises to step up action against deforestation
Brussels – In a roadmap released today, the European Commission has promised to address global deforestation and cut the EU’s footprint on the world’s forests. The roadmap highlights the link between…