{"id":7669,"date":"2020-03-25T06:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T06:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=7669"},"modified":"2020-03-25T06:36:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T06:36:35","slug":"the-eu-is-stuck-in-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2020\/03\/25\/the-eu-is-stuck-in-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU is stuck in traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The EU's much vaunted Green Deal which was recently rubbished<\/a> by Greta Thunberg, is a \u20ac100bn \"just transition mechanism\" to help countries that are still heavily dependent on fossil fuels and carbon-intensive processes to move to renewable energy sources. \u00a0It proposes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of 1990 levels [or lower] by 2030, instead of the current target of 60%. \u00a0 The Commission says that this will set the EU on \"an irreversible path to climate neutrality\" by 2050. \u00a0Within it, there's a plan to promote a more circular economy to eliminate waste through design. \u00a0This would result in more sustainable products as well as a strategy to improve the sustainability of food production and distribution.<\/p>\n

The details, such as they are, can be found here<\/a> on the Commission's website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Thanks to David Oldroyd [*], who lives in Poland, for alerting me to this comment from\u00a0Barbara Mariani, Policy Manager for Climate and Energy of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB):<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s climate law is another serious missed opportunity. \u00a0Climate action enjoys incredibly strong support among the public, with 92% of EU citizens wanting their governments to set more ambitious targets. \u00a0By delaying action on increasing the EU\u2019s 2030 climate targets and outlining concrete policy measures, Europe\u2019s \u2018man on the moon moment\u2019 \u00a0looks a lot more like \u2018man stuck in traffic\u2019. \u00a0It\u2019s essential that the European Parliament and member states drive higher ambition in this law to ensure that Europe embraces its responsibilities<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The EEB<\/a> is Europe\u2019s largest network of environmental citizens' organisations. \u00a0It bring together over 160 civil society organisations from more than 35 European countries. \u00a0You can read the EEB's evaluation of the Green Deal here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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[*] This was in SPACESHIP EARTH ACTION-TYCHY (SEA-T) Newsletter No. 37 \u201314 March 2020. \u00a0David can be contacted here: d.oldroyd@wp.pl<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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