EU Climate Policy

13. Feb. 2013

The EU can and must be a climate leader

EU leaders have agreed to a binding target of a 20% reduction of carbon emissions levels by 2020 compared to 1990 levels. The EU is already on its way to achieving its climate target. The Greens/EFA group thus pushes the EU to increase its own domestic climate ambition and set itself a binding target of at least 30% by 2020. Such a decision would foster the green economy, incite investment in renewable energy sources and create green jobs. By raising its emissions target the EU would also strongly encourage the rest of the world to take further climate action and give some momentum to international climate discussions.

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EU CLIMATE POLICY

07. Nov. 2013 newsletter

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 69 - NOVEMBER 2013

16. Oct. 2013 studies

IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ALL EUROPEAN ISLANDS

The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament published a study done by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) to try and get a better picture of the impacts of climate change in all European Islands. Europe does indeed counts a large numbers of Islands, spread all across the globe. The aim of the study was to understand the real, concrete risks those parts of specific territories face, evaluate the costs of inaction in key areas (such as security, migration, biodiversity etc) and how this impacts the continental Europe.

10. Oct. 2013 newsletter

NEWSLETTER ISSUE 68 - OCTOBER 2013

27. Sep. 2013 blog

IPCC report: CHANGE POLICIES, NOT THE CLIMATE!

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) will release its report on the latest scientific research on climate on Monday 30th September. The summary for policy makers is currently being finalised by the different government representatives in Stockholm and will be presented this morning at 10 am. For the Greens, leaders from Europe and beyond know enough now and cannot continue to ignore the overwhelming body of scientific evidence....