{"id":297055,"date":"2021-07-12T21:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/europes-climate-masterplan-aims-to-slash-emissions-within-a-decade\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T21:36:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:36:33","slug":"europes-climate-masterplan-aims-to-slash-emissions-within-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europes-climate-masterplan-aims-to-slash-emissions-within-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"#Europe&#8217;s climate masterplan aims to slash emissions within a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287a3a92618\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a287a3a92618\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europes-climate-masterplan-aims-to-slash-emissions-within-a-decade\/#Economy-wide\" >Economy-wide<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europes-climate-masterplan-aims-to-slash-emissions-within-a-decade\/#Climate_policies_come_home\" >Climate policies come home<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europes-climate-masterplan-aims-to-slash-emissions-within-a-decade\/#First-mover_disadvantages\" >First-mover (dis)advantages<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Europe&#8217;s climate masterplan aims to slash emissions within a decade<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/europe-climate-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BRUSSELS, July 12 \u2013 The European Union is set to take the lead in climate policy action among the world\u2019s biggest greenhouse gas emitters this week, with a raft of ambitious plans designed to cut emissions drastically over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>The policies, if <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved, would put the bloc \u2013 the world\u2019s third-largest economy \u2013 on track to meet its 2030 goal of reducing planet-warming emissions by 55 percent from 1990 levels.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFit for 55\u201d package being released on Wednesday will face months of negotiations between the 27 EU countries and the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Other major economies including China and the United States \u2013 the world\u2019s top two emitters \u2013 have committed to achieving net-zero emissions, which scientists say the world must reach by 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate change.<\/p>\n<p>But the EU is the first to overhaul its legislation to drive greener choices within this decade among the bloc\u2019s 25 million businesses and nearly half a billion people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody has a target. But translating it into policies that lead to real emission reductions, that\u2019s the most difficult part,\u201d said Jos Delbeke, a former senior policymaker who developed some of the EU\u2019s flagship climate policies.<\/p>\n<p>By 2019, the EU had cut its emissions by 24 percent from 1990 levels.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Economy-wide\"><\/span>Economy-wide<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The European Commission will propose 12 policies targeting energy, industry, transport and the heating of buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emissions in Europe\u2019s electricity sector are falling fast, but other sectors have been stuck.<\/p>\n<p>Emissions from cars, planes and ships, which make up a quarter of the EU total, are rising. Buildings produce a third of the bloc\u2019s emissions and, like Europe\u2019s factories, many homes use heat produced from fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The draft measures aim to encourage companies and consumers to choose greener options over polluting ones.<\/p>\n<p>For example, a leaked draft of one proposal would tax polluting jet fuel for the first time and give low-carbon aviation fuels a 10-year tax holiday. A revamp of the EU carbon market is also expected to hike CO2 costs for industry, power plants and airlines and force ships to pay for their pollution.<\/p>\n<p>The list of proposals is long. Tougher EU CO2 standards for cars could effectively ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars in 2035. EU countries will face more ambitious targets for expanding renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels will also announce the details of its world-first carbon border tariff, targeting imports of goods produced abroad with high emissions such as steel and cement. That has unnerved EU trading partners, including Russia and China.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Climate_policies_come_home\"><\/span>Climate policies come home<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The political road ahead will likely be rough, as EU countries and the European Parliament negotiate the proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the plans have exposed familiar rifts between richer western and Nordic EU states where electric vehicle sales are soaring and poorer eastern countries that are worried about the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> cost of weaning their economies off coal.<\/p>\n<p>EU member capitals are particularly worried about the Commission\u2019s plan to launch a carbon market for transport and home heating, potentially raising household fuel bills.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission has promised a social fund to shield low-income households from the costs and is urging countries to use the EU\u2019s 800-billion-euro COVID-19 recovery fund to help people insulate their homes and create jobs in clean technologies such as hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p>By making climate policies more visible to EU citizens than ever before, \u201cFit for 55\u201d is set to test public support for ambitious climate action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no hiding that this package comes in the middle of a massive socio-economic crisis,\u201d said Manon Dufour of independent climate change think-tank E3G. The EU \u201chas to be even more careful about the social impacts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Policymakers are also braced for a storm of industry lobbying. Europe\u2019s steel and cement sectors are already fighting plans to end free CO2 permits and some of the sectors due to be covered by the carbon border tariff say they do not want to be included.<\/p>\n<p>Past attempts to tighten CO2 standards for carmakers have faced fierce industry opposition. But with European giants like Volkswagen already committed to ending combustion-engine car sales in Europe in the 2030s, some governments say now is the time to bring laggards into line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission needs to basically wake up and smell the coffee \u2013 that now is the time to actually cement that into legislation,\u201d an EU diplomat said regarding the potential proposal to ban sales of new combustion engine cars by 2035.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"First-mover_disadvantages\"><\/span>First-mover (dis)advantages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>With its world-first package, the EU also aims to burnish its global climate leadership position. It is unclear if that will be enough, however, to elicit similarly ambitious action from other major economies at the UN climate conference in November in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenge is that other big players \u2013 China and the US specifically \u2013 will need to be on board,\u201d said Tom Rivett-Carnac, the UN\u2019s chief political strategist in the run-up to the 2015 Paris Agreement. \u201cWhether the EU can achieve this diplomatically remains to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brussels says it is time to take Europe\u2019s climate policies global. Much of the diplomatic lift required will be on the carbon border tariff, which the EU says will put its firms on more equal footing with competitors in countries with weaker carbon policies.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals would also push EU industry to invest in expensive green technologies. Moving early could give European firms a competitive edge in global markets for new products like low-carbon steel produced from green hydrogen, but producing those products will cost manufacturers more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of this transformation, our economy will look a lot better and we can get the climate crisis under control,\u201d Frans Timmermans, the EU Commissioner in charge of climate policy, told CNN last week. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the whole point.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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