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Future Climate Change Policy in the New Member States: Project Findings

Future Climate Change Policy in the New Member States: Project Findings Project commissioned by the European Commission. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf Andrzej Kassenberg. INST ITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Partners. Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), Warsaw,

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Future Climate Change Policy in the New Member States: Project Findings

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  1. Future Climate Change Policy in the New Member States: Project Findings Project commissioned by the European Commission Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf Andrzej Kassenberg INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  2. Partners • Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), Warsaw, • Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Free University of Amsterdam, • Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), London, • German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, • network of experts. INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  3. 25./26. April 2006 Riga 23./24. January 2006 Warszawa 16 October 2007 11./12. April 2007 Praha Budapest Ljubljana 11./12. October 2006 14./15. June 2006 Sofia

  4. Main Project Findings: General (1) • Climate Change as a threat and costs of inaction outweigh costs of action (Stern Review), • European Action on Climate Change welcomed, • NMS on track to meet KP targets • NMS ready to reduce further (reduction=increase?) • Opportunities in NMS for GHG emission reduction and avoidance by promoting high efficiency and innovation. INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  5. Main Project Findings: General (2) • Climate change policies as a burden on NMS economies, • Concerns that NMS will be confronted with climate change policies and reduction targets at the eleventh hour, • Limited awareness on Climate Change: public, business and administrations, • Limited culture of awareness for international negotiations • Integrate Climate Change: energy, transport, taxes, cohesion and structural funds. INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  6. Integration: opportunities for the energy sector in Poland (1) PolandEU 15 Efficiency of electricity production by power stations 36,5 %% 46,5 Energy-intensity of the economy 462 toe/mllion € GDP 170 Thermo – isolation of flats 150 - 350 kWh/m2/year 40 - 90 INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  7. Integration: opportunities for the energy sector in Poland (2) • the share of renewable in energy production is less than 5% but the potential technical capacity is 47%; • if Poland reaches in 2030 the same level of energy efficiency as EU 15 (1% increase yearly following SDS) GDP can grow 3,5 half time without increase of energy use BUT • 10.4 % of household expenditures are spend on energy compared to 3.0 % of expenditure for EU15. INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  8. Main Project Findings: Future International Regime • A new regime: • obligatory targets, • include other countries and sectors, • greater role of adaptation but not substitute measures activity, • exchange the technologies, • flexible mechanism, ecological tax reform. • NMS contribution: • burden sharing: fair criteria and transparent way, • more progressive climate policy integrated with economic development, especially energy and transport sectors, • participation in international negotiations: capacities. INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  9. Final conclusions and lessons • EU27 needs to provide climate policy much more integrated and comprehensive with others polices specially structural funds and transport ones • NMS and CC need to be seen as partners with different starting points, capacities and concerns to climate change policy • COP 14/ MOP 4 in Poznań (Poland) gives the chance to express positions and interests of NMS and CC • Constant dialogue among ALL relevant stakeholders in each NMS INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

  10. Thank you for attention ! Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf – Ecologic meyer-ohlendorf@ecologic.de Andrzej Kassenberg – Institute for Sustainable Development a.kassenberg@ine-isd.org.pl More about project you can find on: http://www.ecologic-events.de/climate2012/en/index.htm INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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