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Warum wird progressive & effektive Klimaschutzpolitik wie beim #EUClimateLaw immer wieder verhindert?
Drei grundlegende Missverständnisse zur #Klimakrise, die das (neben Lobbyinteressen) erklären.
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Drei grundlegende Missverständnisse zur #Klimakrise, die das (neben Lobbyinteressen) erklären.
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1. Weil weder in der Politik, noch in vielen Medien & im öffentl. Diskurs klar verstanden wurde, dass 1,5 Grad nichts Gutes ist. Schon bei 1,2 Grad globaler Erwärmung sehen wir heute dramatische Auswirkungen, auch in Deutschland:
Die Erderhitzung auf 1,5 Grad zu begrenzen, ist bereits ein Kompromiss. Es soll massiven irreversiblen Schaden abwenden. Etwa das Erreichen des Kipppunktes des Grönländischen Eisschilds, dessen Abschmelzen zu 7 Meter Meeresspiegelanstieg führen wird: spiegel.de/wissenschaft/m…
Good that Fridays for Future activists start dealing more and more with the nitty-gritty details of EU #climate policymaking. But with several factual errors and questionable claims in this article, they are risking their credibility.
A short thread [1/n] #EUClimateLaw
A short thread [1/n] #EUClimateLaw
You can of course criticize EU #climate policy for not being ambitious enough, but claiming that "the EU is cheating with numbers" needs to be backed up with very strong arguments.
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Let's start with FFF authors' core argument that EU is cheating because the 55% are counted from 1990 onwards not from 2018
The EU has never claimed otherwise. 1990 has always been the base year for EU headline #climate targets (as for many others in #UNFCCC)
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The EU has never claimed otherwise. 1990 has always been the base year for EU headline #climate targets (as for many others in #UNFCCC)
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Future discourse analyses will find ample material how civil society orgs tried to link #ParisAgreement's bottom-up pledges w/ global temperature outcomes
[Spoiler Alert: 40% by 2030 insufficient for net-zero GHG 2050, but there's no "science-based EU target", it's all political]
[Spoiler Alert: 40% by 2030 insufficient for net-zero GHG 2050, but there's no "science-based EU target", it's all political]
The "7.6% p.a. reduction" claim comes from UNEP Emissions Gap Report, based on IPCC pathways with lots of CDR, going 'net negative' after 2065 (not shown in EGR 2019).
Does that mean European NGOs finally came to accept a net negative emissions strategy - in line with science?
Does that mean European NGOs finally came to accept a net negative emissions strategy - in line with science?
If you don't want to opt for massive amounts of 'net negative emissions' in 2nd half of century, your global pathway changes, with steeper annual reductions.
If you're against massive net negative (as those advocating 65% for EU 2030 usually are) then you need to aim for ~80%
If you're against massive net negative (as those advocating 65% for EU 2030 usually are) then you need to aim for ~80%
Starting at 9: @EP_Environment Committee debating the #EUClimateLaw
Look out for:
-Lead MEP @JytteGuteland supporting 65% emissions reduction
-What others in @TheProgressives say
-Committee president @pcanfin's take
-Live updates from us!
#EUGreenDeal
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Look out for:
-Lead MEP @JytteGuteland supporting 65% emissions reduction
-What others in @TheProgressives say
-Committee president @pcanfin's take
-Live updates from us!
#EUGreenDeal
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/envi-commit…
First up, lead MEP @JytteGuteland presenting her #EUClimateLaw report
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#EUGreenDeal
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#EUGreenDeal
The good, not so good & how to fix it in @JytteGuteland's #EUClimateLaw report. A thread 👇
Good:
✅ 65% by 2030
✅ Climate neutrality targets per sector
✅ EU Panel on Climate Change to advise on targets
✅ Approach based on carbon "left in the budget”
Good:
✅ 65% by 2030
✅ Climate neutrality targets per sector
✅ EU Panel on Climate Change to advise on targets
✅ Approach based on carbon "left in the budget”
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Still a lot of confusion about European Council conclusions on #ClimateNeutralEU. It's a prime example of 'constructive ambiguity'
But clear indications Poland stood not in the way of agreeing on EU-wide target but simply says they're not going to be at net-zero by 2050
#EUCO
Still a lot of confusion about European Council conclusions on #ClimateNeutralEU. It's a prime example of 'constructive ambiguity'
But clear indications Poland stood not in the way of agreeing on EU-wide target but simply says they're not going to be at net-zero by 2050
#EUCO
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During negotiations, Poland explicitly demanded to reach net-zero only in 2070, much later than whole EU. Didn't get that far. But #EUCO conclusions allow POL government to sell result at home as not really applying to POL but only to rest of EU (they tried that 2014 as well)
During negotiations, Poland explicitly demanded to reach net-zero only in 2070, much later than whole EU. Didn't get that far. But #EUCO conclusions allow POL government to sell result at home as not really applying to POL but only to rest of EU (they tried that 2014 as well)
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POL position puts other countries under pressure since it would mean they have to do more by 2050 (i.e. going below zero). NL prime minister Rutte rejected that interpretation immediately.
So who's right? They all are, to some extent. That's how 'constructive ambiguity' works
POL position puts other countries under pressure since it would mean they have to do more by 2050 (i.e. going below zero). NL prime minister Rutte rejected that interpretation immediately.
So who's right? They all are, to some extent. That's how 'constructive ambiguity' works
