EU er nu internt blevet enig om bidrag til ny internationale klimaaftale, der skal vedtages i Paris i december, og har offentliggjort den på FN’s Klimasekretariats hjemmeside. Bidraget kommer i pæn tid inden deadline, og det bliver rost af miljøorganisationer, men der er også kritik af ambitionerne.
Den 31. marts er deadline for at offentliggøre nationale bidrag til den internationale aftale, der ventes vedtaget i Paris i december i år.
Men allerede nu kan EU og dets medlemslande løfte sløret for ambitionerne. Bidraget blev således offentliggjort lige op til weekenden, men indholdet kommer ikke som nogen overraskelse, da udspillet er identisk med et forslag, der blev fremsat sidste år af Europa-Kommissionen.
Nu er forslaget imidlertid accepteret af alle EU-institutioner og medlemslande.
Det fremgår af en pressemeddelelse fra Europa-Kommissionen fredag:
The Environment Council today approved the EU’s intended nationally determined contribution to achieve an at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2030.
The EU’s intended contribution puts the EU on a cost-effective pathway towards long term domestic emission reductions of 80%.
This is consistent with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s assessment of the reductions required from developed countries as a group, to reduce emissions by 80-95% compared to 1990 levels by 2050.
It is also in line with the objective of reducing global emissions by 60% compared to 2010 levels by 2050, at the upper end of the IPCC’s range of 40-70% reductions necessary to achieve the below 2°C target.
Fint med tidlig offentliggørelse, men kritik af ambition
Blandt organisationer er der ros for at være tidligt ude, men kritik af selve indholdet af udspillet.
Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes the fact the European Union, as one of the big emitters responsible for causing climate change, has published its pledge early, skriver Friends of the Earth Europe i en pressemeddelelse.
“Europe has shown its cards first and this is not a winning hand for people or the planet. We have to tell the truth, there is a huge gap between what climate science and equity tells us Europe needs to do and the agreement of the ministers today”, siger Susann Scherbarth fra organisationen.
“It is frustrating to hear our governments describe their climate pledges as ambitious when they are failing to move us away from fossil fuels fast enough”, fortsætter hun.
WWF er ligeledes kritiske over for ambitionen i klimaudspillet.
“The EU needs to get its act together. Its leaders may be used to settling for weak compromises because of internal battles, but the outside world will show little understanding – they rightly expect Europe to stand on the high ground it claims at every UN conference, and not just to point up to it from below,” siger Jason Anderson fra WWF.
“We welcome the European Commission’s early submission of its INDC’s,” siger Samantha Smith, leder af WWF’s globale klima og energi initiativ.
“But it is clear that the EU still needs to get its act together and deliver commitments that is at the level of ambition that keeps temperatures well below 2 degrees Celsius. We urge the EU to sort out its internal obstacles ahead of Paris so that the EU can provide the kind of climate leadership the world requires”, fortsætter hun.
EU er næsthurtigst
EU’s bidrag blev fredag lagt på FN’s hjemmeside for bidrag, de såkaldte INDC’s (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions). EU’s bidrag er det andet, der er lagt på hjemmesiden, efter Schweiz, der var tidligst ude med en offentliggørelse.
Schweiz har lovet 50% reduktioner af drivhusgasser, hvoraf de 20% forventes at blive opfyldt via markedet for CO2-kvoter.
Læs begge bidrag på FN’s hjemmeside for INDC’s her: http://unfccc.int/focus/indc_portal/items/8766.php
