2008

15.12.07 Friends of the Earth Europe launches 'Big Ask' climate campaign across Europe

23.01.08 Greenhouse gas targets too weak to stop climate change - Improvements overshadowed by Bali-backtracking and push for biofuels

18.01.08 EU climate policy under attack

2007

15.12.07 Kyoto still afloat despite attempted sabotage

30.11.07 MPs support aviation fuel tax in north west Europe - Politicians travel by train to Belgium to sign international declaration

30.11.07 Strong EU leadership needed at climate negotiations - In Bali, governments must agree a concrete roadmap for fighting climate change

13.11.07 MEPs fail to back tough action on aviation and climate change - Weak EU Emissions Trading Scheme threatens climate targets

12.11.07 MEPs vote on EU plan to tackle aviation's climate impact

09.11.07 Climate change: urgent action and robust policies must match dire warnings

02.10.07 MEPs retreat on aviation emissions plan

27.09.07 Bush meeting undermining UN climate talks - US proposals for only voluntary emissions targets will fail to fight climate change

04.09.07 Plans to curb EU aviation emissions must be strengthened

02.07.07 Member states late on plans to cut energy waste

14.06.07 EU still not on track to meet Kyoto targets

07.06.07 Weak G8 climate deal lacks substance

04.06.07 G8: European countries must stand up to Bush on climate

04.05.07 Options to tackle climate change are affordable, agree governments

27.04.07 Options to tackle climate change to be presented in Bangkok

06.04.07 Climate change: Poor suffer as world gets hotter

29.03.07 Climate change set to overwhelm the world's poor

09.03.07 EU leaders take timid steps to fight climate change - But new energy Action Plan won't free Europe from dirty energy shackles

09.03.07 Giant EU energy flag outside EU Spring Council - Grassroots support for climate-friendly energy as EU leaders seal energy future

06.03.07 EU Spring Council must put Europe on a sustainable energy track - Giant EU Energy Flag will pressure leaders to go further on reducing emissions, cutting energy waste and promoting renewables

20.02.07 EU heads for double standards on cutting emissions - Environment Ministers attempt progressive stance on climate, but forget that reform starts at home

15.02.07 Europe set to linger in dirty energy trap - Energy Ministers fail to green the draft EU energy plan, despite demands from citizens for clean, safe energy

01.02.07 Stark findings on climate crisis - To rescue climate, next month's EU Summit must agree serious targets to cut emissions

26.01.07 New EU entrants lagging behind on renewables

10.01.07 EU Energy Package too feeble to fight climate change - European Commission favours dirty energy over renewables, contradicting its own findings on the best way forward

2006

23.11.06 Flaws in Mandelson's new green approach - Increased trade liberalisation is not the best path to fight climate change – Friends of the Earth Europe

23.11.06 EU ministers dodge commitment to cut energy waste - Empty words from EU Energy Council on increasing energy efficiency

17.11.06 Climate treaty inching forward - Climate change must be EU leaders' top priority after UN climate conference in Nairobi ends with mixed results

15.11.06 Meandering UN climate talks lack urgency - Friends of the Earth Europe demands decisive progress from EU as ministers arrive at UN climate talks in Nairobi

7.11.06 Nuclear power can't save the climate - Friends of the Earth Europe deplores International Energy Agency proposal to add nuclear nightmare to global climate crisis

3.11.06 World leaders must agree future climate roadmap - climate protests turn heat on UN climate summit

30.10.06 Stern climate wake-up call to EU

23.10.06 EU Environment Ministers missing long term climate perspective

19.10.06 Plugged in at last: Europe pledges to stop wasting energy

04.10.06 "Emissions must be cut by 80% by 2050" ; MEPs make personal pledges and demands on climate change

29.08.06 EU owes developing countries climate compensation

14.07.06 G8 to feed oil addiction, fuelling climate change

28.06.06 Media advisory: EU Member States missing the deadline on Emissions Trading Scheme

22.06.06 New data: EU emissions rise again
European governments continue to ignore climate crisis

29.05.06 Big talk, big emissions: Barroso slammed for climate hypocrisy as EU Commission launches global warming campaign

15.05.06 CO2 emissions: EU member states abuse Emissions Trading System

24.03.06 "New" Europe clings to "old" energy -- Friends of the Earth: New EU energy policy undermines efforts to limit climate change

14.03.06 Dinosaur and nuclear plant in front of the EU Energy Council - Activists: "new" EU energy policy backward and dangerous

08.03.06 Europe clinging to dinosaur energy policy
EU plan favours fossil fuels and nuclear – sidelines renewables like solar and wind

14.02.06 One year Kyoto Climate Treaty - No Happy Birthday - Friends of the Earth say governments only pay lip-service as climate change unfolds

 

2005

10.12.05 Kyoto thrives in Montreal despite last minute game of Russian roulette

06.12.05 Montreal: Europe heading for dead end in U.N. Climate Talks

28.11.05 Montreal: U.N. Summit holds key for battle against climate change, but summit will fail without strong leadership by the EU, says Friends of the Earth Europe

17.10.05 Europe misses chance to agree ambitious action agenda for next climate negociations
SEE ACTION PHOTOS at EU Council meeting

05.09.05 Katrina - A global wake-up call on climate change

21.06.05 Dramatic rise in EU greenhouse gas emissions