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Keeping the flame alive with emission revenues: How the EU Modernisation Fund props up fossil gas and waste incineration

May 8, 2025

In operation since 2021, the Modernisation Fund was designed to channel EU emission trading revenues into investments in the energy transition in 13 lower-income Member States.


Shaping a European budget fit for climate action and a just transition

May 6, 2025

This policy brief explores five key elements for an EU budget that promotes sustainability, social cohesion and transparent governance.


Proposals for the next EU budget

April 24, 2025

Our current crises stem from the environmental and social injustices of past decades. It is therefore essential that we learn from current EU budget instruments to create a coherent, strategic, enforceable and accessible framework for the next EU budget.


Unprecedented Attacks on NGOs in the EU – We Call on All Democratic Forces To Act for a Strong and Independent Civil Society

April 7, 2025

At a time when democratic values are being eroded across the EU and Member States, and civic actors acting for these values are increasingly under attack, this renewed offensive on funding for CSOs and on our legitimacy in the democratic process risks not only shrinking European civic spaces further but weakening democracy as a whole.


Biodiversity funding in the EU’s next long-term budget: Opportunities and risks for national plans

March 27, 2025

This joint statement highlights the key opportunities and challenges for improving the design and deployment of biodiversity financing in the next EU budget, particularly if national plans are introduced.


The need for phasing out peat to reduce climate crises: Latvia’s challenges and opportunities

March 25, 2025

The most significant uses of peat in the world are for the creation of soil substrates and the production of energy. In 2022, the peat sector was responsible for 10.7 per cent of Latvia’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Peatlands store twice as much carbon as forests worldwide.


Avoiding the death of LIFE: Why Europe’s flagship environmental programme must remain part of the next EU budget

March 24, 2025

The LIFE programme, a proven and effective resource for financing biodiversity, is widely regarded as one of the EU’s best performing funds.


Preparing municipalities for the future: A guide to decarbonisation solutions

March 18, 2025

This guide provides an overview of possible funding streams and necessary steps to secure decarbonisation solutions for municipalities.


Reforming with purpose: A checklist of reforms and investments for the EU’s national social climate plans

March 12, 2025

National social climate plans are a critical component of the EU’s efforts to ensure a fair and equitable transition to climate neutrality, helping to counterbalance the adverse impacts of the EU’s second Emissions Trading System on the most vulnerable.


Ringing the bell for gender equality and diversity: European public banks must do more for women’s rights and economic empowerment

March 7, 2025

In the current age of ‘competent white men’, ‘traditional family values’ and the EU’s simplified sustainable finance regulations, what lies in store for the inclusion and equality policies of Europe’s public development banks?


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