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EU Climate Change Initiatives: Progress and Objectives

Explore the European Union's role in climate change action, including objectives for emission reduction, renewable energy adoption, and international agreements. Learn about the EU model, principles, and strategies to tackle climate challenges.

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EU Climate Change Initiatives: Progress and Objectives

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  1. The EU perspective on Climate Change BIICL October 2008Dr. Nicola Notaro, Team Leader International Climate Change,European Commission, DG Environment C1

  2. EU on world stage • Cradle of industrialisation, source of both problems and solutions • Strong belief in multilateral process • “EU model” attracts wide range of countries • Community competence based on the Treaty. Both the EC and the MS become Parties to international treaties (shared competence)

  3. EC Treaty Article 174.1: Objectives • Preserving, protecting, improving the environment • Protecting human health • Prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources • Promoting measures at international level to deal with regional/global problems

  4. EC Treaty Article 174.2: Principles • High level of protection • Precaution • Prevention • Rectification at source • Polluter-pays • Integration in Article 6!

  5. International context • EC is Party to more than 40 international conventions such as • UNFCCC (climate change including Kyoto Protocol) • Convention on Biological Diversity (including Cartagena Protocol on GMOs) • Aarhus Convention on access to information • Stockholm Convention on POPs (chemicals)

  6. Post 2012 -EU Building Blocks . A shared vision : 2°C, 50 % global emissions reductions by 2050 compared to 1990; 20% by 2020 or 30% if not alone . Developed countries to commit to further significant cuts (30% as a group) . Developing countries to substantially deviate from BAU . Strenghtening the global carbon market . Framework for Action on Adaptation . Technologies . Deforestation . Emissions from maritime and aviation international transport . Mobilising finance and investments for climate change

  7. EU Objectives agreed for 2020 • 20% GHG reduction compared to 1990 • Independent commitment • 30% GHG reduction compared to 1990 • In context of international agreement • 20% renewables share of final energy consumption • 10% biofuels in transport, with • production being sustainable • second generation biofuels commercially available

  8. Where do we stand today? In 2005: • -6.5% GHG emissions compared to 1990 • including outbound aviation • 8.5% renewable energy • mainly through large scale hydro and conventional biomass Targets are ambitious: • -14% GHG compared to 2005 • +11.5% renewable energy share

  9. The Climate Action and Renewable Energy package (CARE) • Overall Communication • Revision of EU Emissions Trading System (the ETS) • Effort sharing in non ETS sectors • Directive on promotion of renewable energy, report on renewable energy support schemes • Directive on carbon capture and storage, and Communication on demonstration plants • Revised environmental state aid guidelines • Accompanying integrated impact assessment

  10. GHG Target: -20% compared to 1990 -14% compared to 2005 EU ETS -21% compared to 2005 Non ETS sectors -10% compared to 2005 27 Member State targets, stretching from -20% to +20%

  11. Approach Cost-effectiveness Fair distribution • Solution: Fairness: differentiate efforts according to GDP/capita • national targets in sectors outside EU ETS • national renewables targets (partially – half) • redistribution of auctioning rights (partially – 10%) Cost-effectiveness: introduce flexibility and use market based-instruments (EU ETS, access to JI/CDM, etc.)

  12. More info on: • http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/home_en.htm Thank you !

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