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Climate change

Sustainable Consumption & Production: the EU Action Plan Herbert Aichinger Public Hearing on SCP - EESC Brussels, 10 December 2008. Climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions 2.5 – 3 fold increase by 2050 > 50% Reduction needed. Biodiversity and natural resources.

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Climate change

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  1. Sustainable Consumption & Production: the EU Action PlanHerbert AichingerPublic Hearing on SCP - EESCBrussels, 10 December 2008

  2. Climate change • Greenhouse gas emissions 2.5 – 3 fold increase by 2050 • > 50% Reduction needed

  3. Biodiversity and natural resources • Natural resource extraction up to 5 times by 2050. • Ecological footprint in developed world 2.5 – 5.0 earths • Extinction of species from 50 to 1000 times faster than natural processes.

  4. Threats to Human Health Threats to Biodiversity Climate Change Degradation air, water, soil… Pollution Green House Gasses Depletion Resources Unsustainable Production & Consumption Population growth Economic growth Spending power Market Distortions Prices do not reflect costs Biased Information Unbalanced Markets Fixed behaviour of consumers

  5. Challenges • Reduce environmental stress in growing economy • Towards an energy and resource efficient economy - “Do More with Less” • Increase coherence of existing instruments

  6. The EC Response: Sustainable Consumption and Production Action Plan “Addressing social and economic development within the carrying capacity of ecosystems and decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation.” Adopted on 16 July 2008

  7. The SCP Action Plan Approach • Continuously improve products environmental performance over life-cycle • Stimulate demand for better products and production technologies • Empower better choicesfor retailers and consumers In an Integrated and Strengthened Framework

  8. SCP Action Plan: Core Elements Better Products Smarter Consumption Leaner Production Action at global level

  9. Better Products • Approach: • Exclude “bad” performance • Promote “good” performance • Continuous Improvement • Key Legislation: • Extended Eco-design Directive • Revised Energy Labelling Directive • Revised Eco-label Regulation

  10. The Legislative Cornerstone:Extended Eco-design Directive • Scope: All energy-using & energy-related products (in the future: all products?) • Minimum requirements in I.M. (mandatory) • Benchmarks of environmental performance (voluntary) • Periodical update of requirements and benchmarks

  11. Continuous Improvement Environmental PerformanceBenchmark Minimum requirement Bad Acceptable Good

  12. Smarter ConsumptionIncentives Performance levels to provide consistent framework across EU • Member State incentives • Good product eligible to tax rebates • Mandatory Green Public Procurement • Not procure below set benchmark

  13. Eco-label Voluntary « Label of excellence » 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Labelling Directive A+++ A++ A+ A B C D G EU GPP Stimulate market for better products ensuring adequate competition Ecodesign: Voluntary benchmarks Compulsory CE mark Incentives EU GPP Prohibition to procure Ecodesign Mandatory exclusion from markets Product Category

  14. Smarter Consumption • Establishing a Retail Forum to • Promote sustainable products • Reduce environmental footprint of retail sector • Green the supply chains • Share best practices Not an Exclusive club: Wider participation encouraged

  15. Actions at Global Level • Promote good practice: SCP Action Plan as input to UN Marrakech process • Promote international trade in environmentally friendly goods and services

  16. Overview • Published: • Proposal for extended Ecodesign Directive • Proposal for revised Energy Labelling Directive • Proposal for revised Ecolabel Regulation • Proposal for revised EMAS Regulation • Communication on Green Public Procurement • Further actions later in 2009 • Environmental Technology Verification Scheme • Retailer Forum • Review of Actions: 2012 • Extend Ecodesign & Labelling directives

  17. European Commission DG Environment Sustainable Consumption and Production Thank you ! www.ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/escp_en.hm

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