| www.cep.eu 1 EU Communication CLIMATE POLICY POST-COPENHAGEN Status: 25.05.2010 CONTENT Title Communication COM(2010) 86 of 9 March 2010: International climate policy post-Copenhagen: [...] challenges of climate change. (2) The expansion of emissions trading fosters the efficiency of climate protection policy. Cons: (1) The Commission fails to develop an EU strategy for climate action for [...] unilateral EU policy to tackle climate change; this would destroy jobs without protecting the climate. (3) Surplus emission rights from the Kyoto Protocol should not expire. Climate Policy Post
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aim is a cost-effective climate protection policy guaranteeing maximum climate protection as a result of a specific level of expenditure. In order to make climate protection as cost- effective as possible [...] blueprint for tackling global climate change beyond 2020", p. 3.; see cepPolicyBrief No. 10/2015 "Paris Climate Conference 2015", http://www.cep.eu/en/eu-topics/climate/paris-climate-conference-2015-communication [...] 2; see also cepKompass "Die Klima- und Energiepolitik der EU", http://www.cep.eu/en/eu-topics/climate/die-klima-und-energiepolitik-der-eu-stand-und- perspektiven.html. 5 European Environment Agency
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Efficiency Policy (December 2018) 2018-04: Climate Protection outside the EU ETS (August 2018) 2018-03: Climate Protection by way of the EU ETS (July 2018) 2018-02: French vocational training (February [...] the EU’s climate and energy policy targets up to 2020 and the legislation designed to achieve them see Bonn, M. / Heitmann, N. / Reichert, G. / Voßwinkel, J. (2015), EU Climate and Energy Policy, cepCompass [...] Regulating EU Energy and Climate Policy Martin Menner & Götz Reichert In 2018, a new mechanism for “Governance of the Energy Union” was passed in order to regulate energy and climate policy in the
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the other climate policy instruments, only the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is meeting these requirements. In order to make EU climate policy crisis-resistant in the long term, the EU should include [...] 4 cepInput EU Climate Policy in Light of the Corona Crisis 2 Status of EU climate policy in the Corona crisis 2.1 Discussion on EU climate targets for 2030 and 2050 On 4 [...] 12 cepInput EU Climate Policy in Light of the Corona Crisis 4 Recommendations for the crisis resistance of climate policy instruments EU climate policy must be designed in such a
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in a harmonised manner EU wide (p. 4). Policy Context Due to the changes made by the Climate Package of 2009, (ETS-Directive 2009/29/EC, see cepDossier EU- Climate Policy, p. 11 et seq.) the ETS has [...] nader@cep.eu cep | Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Germany | Telephone +49 (0)761 38693-105 | www.cep.eu 1 EU Decision "MARKET STABILITY RESERVE" FOR EMISSIONS TRADING cepPolicyBrief No [...] has taken on increasing importance for EU climate protection policy since 2013: Up until 2012, every Member State laid down an annual national upper limit on available allowances and assigned them free
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of the EU because production is cheaper in countries which have less strict climate protection laws. However, this means that emissions are generated there instead and global climate policy targets [...] M.| vosswinkel@cep.eu CEP | Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Germany | Telephone +49 (0)761 38693-105 | www.cep.eu 1 EU Communication ENERGY ROADMAP 2050 cep Policy Brief No. 11/2012 of [...] with 1990, the EU wishes to - reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 - reduce them by 80 to 95% by 2050 (decarbonisation target) – To date, the climate protection policy has mainly focussed
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emissions by more than 20% COM(2010) 265, s. CEP-Policy Brief]. If a tightened EU climate protection target, also with regard to the long- term EU climate protection targets for 2030 and 2050, is supposed to [...] Policy Context As of 2013, the EU emission trading system (ETS Directive 2003/87/EC) will become increasingly important for EU climate policy due to the amendments stipulated under the Climate Package [...] allowances would represent a tightening of EU climate protection targets. However, until now the Commission has argued against a tightening of EU climate protection targets by 2020 [Communication on the reduction
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pillar of the EU’s climate policy. In view of the international climate change negotiations at Copenhagen in December 2009 [cp. CEP Policy Brief on Communication COM(2009) 39; CEP Policy Brief on Com [...] expects the GDP in the EU to shrink by 1.2% as a result of the climate protection policy, accompanied by a drop in employment of 0.4% by 2020, if an international climate protection agreement is concluded [...] 10%. The policy directions for implementing these climate targets are set out in the “EU Energy and climate package” of 23. April 2009 (cp. CEP Dossier, in German only). It comprises the EU-ETS-Directive
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knowledge base on the impact and consequences of climate change for the EU, 2) integrating adaptation into EU key policy areas; 3) employing a combination of policy instruments (market-based instruments, guidelines [...] adequate adaptation to climate change. EN 7 EN 3. THE PROPOSED EU FRAMEWORK: OBJECTIVES AND ACTION The objective of the EU’s Adaptation Framework is to improve the EU’s resilience to deal with [...] of the projected impact, particularly on key EU policy sectors, early action on adaptation is essential. The sectors below are those with strong EU policy involvement for which adaptation strategies outlining
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would reveal the real costs that EU climate protection policy creates. That kind of transparency would form a sound basis for the public debate on climate protection policies, including the related costs [...] lowest costs possible. This runs counter to the challenging climate protection targets of the EU (cp. CEP Dossier on EU Climate Protection Policies, in German only). The Commission justifies the linking [...] effectively the EU should, instead of prescribing emission values for vehicles, integrate refineries and fuel importers into the system of EU emission trading (cp. Dossier on EU Climate Protection Policies
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