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    Member States abandon pretence of climate ambition

    npsBy nps19 December 2017Updated:3 July 2024 No Comments2 Mins Read
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    EU governments showed their complete disdain for the Paris Agreement and Europe?s renewable energy future today, as ministers reached agreements on 2030 climate and energy laws.

    Lowlights include: a 27% renewables target ?less than business as usual, and rules on bioenergy that leading scientists say pose a serious threat to forests and climate.

    Imke Lübbeke, Head of Climate and Energy at WWF European Policy Office said:

    “This is shameful. A week ago at the Macron Summit, EU governments were declaring the importance of action on climate change. Yet today, they washed their hands of any responsibility for taking that action forward! They’ve just voted for a slow-down in renewable energy, and for lots more trees and food to be burnt for energy.

    “Now the ball’s in the European Parliament’s court. Let’s hope they show the leadership that EU ministers didn’t show today.”

    On the Renewable Energy Directive, Alex Mason, Senior Policy Officer at WWF European Policy Office said:

    “On renewables, the EU is basically telling investors to take their money and get lost. And on bioenergy, countries like Finland have got exactly what they wanted – no restrictions on the things they can burn, no proper carbon accounting and no reporting.”

    On the new Governance Regulation, which brings together rules on energy and climate change planning and reporting, Member States have agreed they can postpone adding new renewable energy capacity to the second half of the 2020s.

    Mason said:

    “Governance should be about translating the Paris Agreement into EU law, but the Member States have ensured it got lost in translation. Thankfully the Parliament is getting behind a much stronger version, including long-term targets consistent with the Paris Agreement.”

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