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Review of EU Climate Policies: Towards Kyoto Commitments

This draft mandate from the European Commission aims to review the implementation of climate-related EU-wide policies and measures, assess emissions reduction, and discuss further development of climate change policies to meet Kyoto Protocol obligations. The report is expected by March 2006 and covers sectors such as energy, transport, agriculture, and forestry.

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Review of EU Climate Policies: Towards Kyoto Commitments

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  1. European Commission ECCP II WG 1: ECCP Review Christian Egenhofer Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Brussels European Commission Brussels, 24 October 2005

  2. Draft Mandate … review the implementation of climate-related EU-wide policies and measures… • to assess their implementation in Member States- to assess … actual and projected emissions reduction- to discuss the further development of EU climate change policies to achieve … obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, and beyond Report by March 2006

  3. Sectors - Energy supply - Energy demand - Transport measures - Other gases - Agriculture & forestry

  4. Straightforward Tasks  1.  GHG emissions trends by sector2.  Evaluate implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of ECCP I & achievements of commitments ECCP I…5.  Develop conclusions and recommendations …

  5. More Tasks • … evaluate the concrete implementation in the Member States of European wide policies and measures and the actual and projected emission reductions resulting from it, as compared to the ex-ante analysis in the ECCP, its contribution in meeting Kyoto commitments, and identifying best practice, evaluating cost-effectiveness, impacts on the sectors concerned and specific gaps.

  6. More Tasks • … evaluate the progress in terms of the development of EU climate policy and consider issues in relation to the overall consistency, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of future EU wide climate policy in synergy with the Lisbon agenda.

  7. Comments 1. Best-practice Compare Member States experiences … but how to ensure that Member States learn from each other?EU is full of examples where best-practice remains lip service! What about best-practices group?

  8. 2. Clarify overall consistency between - different EU climate change and environmental policies ?- EU climate/environmental and other (economic, foreign, development, trade etc.) policies ?- EU and member state policies ?- long & short-term policies ?- domestic and international ?

  9. 3. First commitment period versus long-term Different set of policies for short and long-term policies

  10. 4. Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and Lisbon agenda Cost-benefit analysis ?

  11. 5. Final comments • How to involve economic consumer interests?- How to involve SMEs?- Co-ordination and mutual strengthening of ECCP with other processes? - Set up Study Panel to examine studies (methodologies), e.g. REACH

  12. CENTRE FOREUROPEANPOLICYSTUDIES Place du Congrès 1 B-1000 Brussels T: +32 2 229 3911 F: +32 2 219 4151 www.ceps.be Christian.egenhofer@ceps.be

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