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• Climate (EU)

  Climate Crisis: Open letter and demands to EU and Global Leaders – To be signed

  16 July, by CHARLIE Adélaïde , de Wever van der Heyden Anuna, Hundreds of scientists, NEUBAUER Luisa , Petition, Thousands of activists and citizens, THUNBERG Greta

  This letter has been sent to all EU leaders and heads of state on 16 July 2020.
  You must stop pretending that we can solve the climate- and ecological crisis without treating it as a crisis
  Here are our demands of this open letter:
  These are some first steps, essential to our chance of (...)

• Climate (EU)

  Sustainable finance? A critical look at new EU legislation on climate investment

  15 June 2018, by STICHELE Myriam Vander

  To encourage the financing of activities that mitigate climate change, the EU has launched a policy to involve the private financial sector. The EU wants private capital to contribute to the commitments made at the Paris Climate Summit and to a certain extent, the UN Sustainability Goals. SOMO (...)

• Climate (EU)

  Germany as a ‘Climate Saviour’

  1 October 2017, by HAAS Tobias

  Debunking the myth – the socioecological implications of Germany’s model of capitalist development
  Once upon a time there existed a country in the heart of Europe that had learnt its lessons. Under great pains it had struggled to come to terms with its dreadful history. Purified by this process, (...)

• Climate (EU)

  Global Gas Lock-in: Bridge to Disaster - a map

  1 October 2017, by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation

  The large majority of Europe’s energy use today still depends on fossil fuels, mainly from oil, gas and coal. While the climate effects of oil and coal are well known, gas is still considered as a “transition fuel” and a “bridge to renewables”. But the climate effects of gas are even worse than oil (...)

• Climate (EU)

  Open Letter to David Cameron, Prime Minister, on the EU 2030 framework for climate and energy policies

  January 2015, by ANDERSON Kevin

  Open Letter to: The Prime Minister and Secretary of State at the Department of Energy & Climate Change
  October 2014
  RE: The EU 2030 decarbonisation target and the framework for climate and energy policies
  Dear Prime Minister and Secretary of State, I wish to state my grave concern about (...)

• Climate (EU)

  A European agreement on Climate Change?

  28 October 2014, by TANURO Daniel

  “The European Union has concluded an ambitious agreement on climate”: thus was the unanimous media verdict on the decisions taken at the EU summit in October 2014. A careful examination shows that this message is very largely propaganda.
  A 40% reduction in emissions
  The heads of state and (...)