Ahead of the demonstrations taking place from 15 to 17 September as part of a major global mobilisation for the climate, demanding a “rapid, fair and permanent end to fossil fuels”, the NGO coalition CAN Europe has launched an appeal on the X network (formerly Twitter) to the future European Commissioner for Climate Action.
The demands, summarised under three headings - “setting ambitious European climate and energy targets for 2040”, “freeing Europe from being locked into natural gas” and ending its use “by 2035” (#EndFossilGas) - echo the '10-point plan for phasing out fossil gases by 2035’ signed at the end of June by 43 European civil society organisations.
The aim of this document is to guide political decision-makers, when preparing the next legislative cycle and the post-2030 climate and energy objectives, towards “a structured EU-wide transition away from fossil gases by 2035”.
While the message published by CAN Europe on 15 September may have been addressed to the Commissioner-designate for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra (see EUROPE 13243/10), whether or not he will take up his duties remains, for the time being, dependent on his hearing before the European Parliament on 2 October (see EUROPE 13250/37).
Read the ‘10-point plan’: https://aeur.eu/f/8lb (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)