14 June 2018

Limited progress on renewables overshadowed by collapse of energy efficiency talks

The European Union has agreed a 32% target for renewable energy after earlier talks on energy efficiency failed to reach a deal. While a compromise agreement […]
19 June 2018

Energy efficiency compromise fails Paris Agreement

The European Union has tonight agreed to increase its energy efficiency by 32.5% by 2030. This figure falls well short of the binding target of at […]
9 October 2018

IPCC report: EU governments must follow the science on climate action

EU governments must respond to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report with appropriately ambitious conclusions at the Environment Council meeting in Luxembourg today. The European […]
16 February 2022

19 companies lead Europe’s heating sector out of fossil gas – Joint press release

Findings from the latest domestic heating market analysis reveal the companies leading the renewable heating transition in Europe. These industry front-runners, together with the largest European […]
11 March 2022

EU’s green independence from fossil fuels will require further and faster action, say NGOs

As EU leaders recognised today in Versailles, our best chance to tackle energy prices and defund Putin’s war chest lies in speeding up the green transition. […]
18 May 2022

REPowerEU paves the way for renewables but also undermines environmental legislation

The plan to wean the EU off Russian fossil fuels presented today by the European Commission set a promising agenda for renewables that, unfortunately, is overshadowed […]
9 November 2022

EU is taking a troublesome path to accelerate renewables roll-out

Today’s European Commission proposal for an emergency regulation on renewables does not tackle real obstacles to the energy transition. Rather, by overriding environmental safeguards and democratic checks, […]
7 February 2023

Talk the walk: industry calls on policies to support the inevitable clean heat transition

For the third year in row, the heating and cooling industry is sending positive signals about a green energy transition. Without prompts from legislation, companies have […]