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A right to green energy for all

We want green and affordable energy for all

Energy, its provenance and its price, impact both people and the planet. We all want and deserve to live a dignified life on a healthy planet: affordable and renewable energy is the way to this.

But that’s not currently the case

We are in times of social and climate crisis because of our dependency on fossil fuels and authoritarian regimes, raising prices and exploiting the earth.

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A right to energy is the solution

Everyone should have access to affordable and renewable energy, as a basic right. We want the European Union to guarantee that all people living in the EU can benefit from such a right, a fair decision for the people and the environment.

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OUR CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

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UN climate talks

EU environment ministers are meeting today to agree on the EU's position for this year's UN climate summit in Durban in December. The Greens believe the EU needs to make a clear commitment to continue with the Kyoto Protocol post-2012 in order to progress the talks towards a comprehensive binding gl...
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Aviation emissions

This morning, the advocate general of the European Court of Justice gave her opinion that the inclusion of the aviation sector in the EU's emissions trading scheme is legally sound, clearing the way for the planned inclusion from the beginning of next year (1). The Greens welcomed the announcem...
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Tar sands

The European Commission today presented proposals to account for the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from oil from tar sands (1), which would effectively rule out imports of this environmentally-damaging fuel source. The Greens welcomed the proposals and called on EU governments to swiftly adopt...
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Greening the EU Energy Roadmap 2050

The European Commission will present the EU Energy Roadmap this autumn. Ahead of the publication of this key document, the Greens/ EFA group organises a conference on 22 September to consider what should be the necessary steps and measures that the European Union should take to achieve its ambitious goals in both the energy and the climat…
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Europe - Make it or Break it!

The second European Green Summer University offered a forum to all those who wanted to express their views about an open and sustainable Europe, a Europe united in solidarity, a Europe strong for its citizens, and responsible to the world.
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EU external energy strategy

The European Commission today presented a communication on security of energy supply and international cooperation. While the EU needs a more coordinated approach to its energy policy, the Greens believe the Commission's proposals are undermined by the failure to outline a strategy to reduce the EU'...
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New instruments for an ambitious EU energy saving policy

PROGRAMME > Introduction Claude Turmes, MEP, rapporteur for the Energy Efficiency Directive (15 min) Energy savings - EU's most important energy source of the next decades > Part 1: Mandatory energy saving obligations - or why the EU needs a new business model for its energy and gas compani...
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Women and Climate Change

Climate change and climate impacts are not gender neutral.  Gender equality is a critical component of responses to climate change at all levels - it should be integrated in all aspects of climate change planning and decision making. At first glance, it might seem unintuitive to link climate c...
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EU climate targets

The European Parliament today failed to adopt a report on the EU's climate change policy, after the final report was rejected by a majority of MEPs. The Greens were forced to vote against an originally strong draft, after centre-right amendments aimed at fundamentally weakening the report and previo...
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Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012

The European Parliament, –    having regard to the Commission Work Programme 2011 (COM (2010) 623), –    having regard to the Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission adopted on 20 October 2010, in particular Annex IV thereof, -  ...