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Climate Action Network Europe

Acronym: CAN Europe

General Information

Identification Code: 55888811123-49
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: asbl/vzw
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 2/11/2009
Last Update: 6/14/2024
EP Accredited Number: 16

Mission & Interests

Goals: Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe is recognised as Europe's leading network working on climate and energy issues. With over 200 member organisations active in 40 European countries, representing over 1700 NGOs and more than 40 million citizens, CAN Europe unites to work to prevent dangerous climate change and promote sustainable energy and environment policy in Europe. The Climate Action Network (CAN) International is a worldwide network of over 1500 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government, private sector and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. CAN is based on trust, openness and democracy. The vision of CAN is a world striving actively towards and achieving the protection of the global climate in a manner that promotes equity and social justice between peoples, sustainable development of all communities, and protection of the global environment. CAN unites to work towards this vision. CAN (...)
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Budget
  • Climate action
  • Economy, finance and the euro
  • Energy
  • Enlargement
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Regional policy
  • Taxation
  • Trade
  • Trans-European Networks
  • Transport
Levels of Interest:
  • european
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: CAN Europe follows all files related to the EU's climate and energy policy framework, this includes in particular: - the ETS - non-ETS policies (ESD) - international climate negotiations - Climate finance - finance and development - fossil fuel subsidies - climate and agriculture - energy union - energy savings - renewable energy - coal power - energy community - climate and energy funds - climate and energy governance - EU/China relations - internal energy market
Communication Activities: CAN Europe mainly focuses on network coordination and advocacy and only organises a limited amount of reports and events.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Consultation Forum according to Art. 23 of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases#X03338#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3338 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyHigh Level Roundtable on the implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability#E03757#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3757 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyDialogue with CPR partners 2021-2027 - Group of experts on the funds established by Regulation (EU) No 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council#E03802#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3802 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyInnovation Fund Expert Group#E03593#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3593 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyCommission expert group on climate change policy #E03590#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3590 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil societyCommission expert group "Industrial Forum"#E03743#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3743 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Chemical Industry#E03326/5#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103712 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyHigh level steering group of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials #E03391#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3391 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyHigh Level expert Group on energy-intensive industries#E03326#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3326 #MEMBER #C#Civil societySherpa Group#E03326/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100867 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyExpert Group on the exchange of information on Best Available Techniques related to industrial emissions (IED Article 13 Forum)#E02611#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2611 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Edinburgstraat 26
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussel
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Edinburgstraat 26
Post Code: 1050
City: Brussel
Country: BELGIUM
Phone: [object Object]

Financial Data

New Organisation: false
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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 16
Members75 Percent: 8
Members: 26
Members F T E: 14.5
Info Members: The people involved in the EU-influencing are indeed engaged in preparing messages, policy positions and in joining meetings and events with the goal to convene our priorities to EU policy makers (with different levels of responsibilities and percentage of their working time). Please note that CAN Europe secretariat counts approx 60 people (around 35 people based in Belgium, the rest spread in several European countries).

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://caneurope.org/members/#members-directory
Organisation Members: CAN International: The Climate Action Network (CAN) is a worldwide network of over 1500 Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable levels. CAN members work to achieve this goal through the coordination of information exchange and NGO strategy on international, regional and national climate issues. CAN has 15 regional offices which co-ordinate these efforts in Australia, Canada, China, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Caucasus, Europe, France, Latin America, North Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, Uganda, the United Kingdom, the United States and West Africa.. CAN members place a high priority on both a healthy environment and development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland Commission). Climate Action Network's vision is to protect the atmosphere while allowing for sustainable and equitable development worldwide. Green 10 The Green 10 consists of the ten leading environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs) active at EU level: BirdLife International (European Community Office) Climate Action Network Europe (CAN Europe) CEE Bankwatch Network European Environmental Bureau (EEB) European Federation of Transport and Environment (T&E) Health and Environment Alliance Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) Greenpeace Europe International Friends of Nature (IFN) WWF European Policy Office The organisations with the Green 10 work with the EU law-making institutions - the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers - to ensure that the environment is placed at the heart of policymaking. This includes working with our member organizations in the Member States to facilitate their input into the EU decision-making process.