Thread by @GreenpeaceEU

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!

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First up, lead MEP @JytteGuteland presenting her #EUClimateLaw report

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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”

Not so good
❌ Tried and failed: industry regulating itself
❌ Commission allowed to choose scientist to evaluate its work
❌ Public money can still fund fossil fuel development

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How to fix it
✅ Strong rules applied directly to industry
✅ Independently chosen and operating scientific body
✅ Ban fossil fuel subsidies

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BONUS! How to make it even better
✅ Stop fossil fuel companies from sabotaging climate action by banning advertising & imposing tobacco-like restrictions on lobbying
✅ Enshrine the right to a healthy planet in law, enabling people to hold govts accountable

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For the @EPPGroup, @MaireadMcGMEP: "I agree that everyone needs to get on board..."

Glad to hear it! Will you ask them to follow the science and ensure sufficient funding for a #JustTransition too?

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For @RenewEurope, @NilsTorvalds said a broad majority is important & supports a 55% target, while recognising that it's not in line with the Paris 1.5C agreement.

Why should politics and "pragmatism" take precedence over science = precedence over people's lives?

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For @GreensEFA, @michabl: What matters for the climate is how much CO2 is in the atmosphere and not far away climate neutrality dates.

Good point! Will you ensure the scientific body is truly independent & @EU_Commission can't cherry pick its members?

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For @ecrgroup, @AnnaZalewskaMEP says we have to remember our citizens and economy, and that we need to be credible

With thousands of scientists around the world saying how urgent action is & economists saying its more expensive not to act, waiting is a luxury we can't afford

For @GUENGL, @silviamodig says we need a higher target, an independent advisory board, a socially #JustTransition for everyone & a high 2030 target to guide companies.

How will you make sure industry follows science and isn’t allowed to self regulate?

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@cesarluena asks for forests to be included so we can adapt to “a warmer climate in the future because it’s inevitable”

Are you giving up on reducing #GlobalHeating? Already adaptation isn’t an option for many across the world.

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.@JuttaPaulusRLP: Nature does not bargain and science cannot be changed through negotiations

Hard to put it better

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Words like climate neutrality can still give permission to fossil fuel companies to pollute, we need to work for real zero emissions, says @wallacemick from @GUENGL

Agree, how will you make sure the #EUClimateLaw is fossil free?

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Let’s be ambitious on climate and use the do no harm principle to reshape our economy says @MChahim from @TheProgressives.

Will you support an end to fossil fuel subsidies to help stop the #EU from doing harm?

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There’s been some good, some bad and even some ugly in the @EP_Environment #EUClimateLaw debate.

Thanks for following!

For more info check out the 12 key elements for the climate law we did together with @WWFEU, or get in touch

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