On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 10:38 AM, Ester Arauzo [mailto:[email protected]] wrote:
Dear colleagues and friends, As you cover environmental issues, I thought you might want to know that we've just published the report "Life beyond emissions trading" [1]. It shows that ending the ETS would not leave a climate policy void and explains the measures and policies that could really make a change and help tackle climate change. In case you're interested, there's a two-page briefing [2] and also a FAQ document [3] with the most common doubts around the ETS. I hope you find this useful. [1] http://corporateeurope.org/climate-and-energy/2014/01/life-beyond-e [2] http://tinyurl.com/qy4qqeb [3] http://tinyurl.com/payyen2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary What would fill the void if the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) were allowed to collapse? This briefing shows that ending the ETS would not leave a climate policy void. Emissions trading has awarded huge subsidies to some of the EUs most polluting industries while at the same time failing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and undermining other environmental measures. As the EU debates a 2030 climate and energy package, it should seek ambitious targets for greenhouse gases, renewable energy and energy efficiency - but targets are not enough. The EU should take a greater role in directly regulating greenhouse gas emissions at source. The existing policy framework could be made more robust by extending the Industrial Emissions Directive to regulate greenhouse gases, strengthening the Energy Efficiency Directive, and reforming the Effort Sharing Decision to exclude the use of carbon offsets. There should also be debate on what role the EU can play. Returning to a patchwork of national legislation would weaken the EUs ability to address climate change, with some countries inaction putting pressure on others to weaken their own policies. At the same time, citizens movements at local and national levels are key in achieving broader transformations. Germanys 'Energiewende' [energy transition], despite some serious implementation problems, shows the positive role that popular pressure can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Recent efforts to remunicipalise energy supplies also serve as a reminder that public ownership of infrastructure is a key condition for creating the scale of shift required to address climate change. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the best, -- Ester Arauzo Communications Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) +32 (0) 2 893 09 30 Stay in touch with us! Twitter Facebook Flickr Youtube Vimeo Sign up to CEO's e-newsletter: http://www.corporateeurope.org/subscribe-our-newsletter ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Ende der weitergeleiteten Nachricht ° Alle Rechte bei den AutorInnen Unverlangte und doppelte Zusendungen bitten wir zu entschuldigen Abbestellen: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° Greenhouse Infopool baut um! Wir sind jetzt vor allem hier: Twitter: http://twitter.com/greenhouse_info RSS-Feed: http://tinyurl.com/greenhouse-feed Facebook (Beta): http://www.facebook.com/mika.latuschek Twitter-News per E-Mail erhalten: https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/greenhouse-info _______________________________________________ Pressemeldungen mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pressemeldungen
