vosswinkel@cep.eu CEP | Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Germany | Telephone +49 (0)761 38693-105 | www.cep.eu 1 EU Communication RENEWABLE ENERGY BEYOND 2020 cep Policy Brief 2012-29 [...] Employment The Commission also believes that the renewable energy policy of the EU and Member States leads, as the price for climate protection, to an increase in energy costs and thus has a negative impact [...] created through the climate protection policies of the EU –, as other regions in the world can play on their regional advantages. Legal Assessment Legislative Competency The EU has the power to adopt
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Reichert, LL.M. | menner@cep.eu cep | Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Telephone +49 (0)761 38693-107 | www.cep.eu 1 EU Amendment Directive ENERGY EFFICIENCY cepPolicyBrief No. 2017-01 [...] amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency Brief Summary ► Context and objectives – The existing Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU; see cepCompass Climate and Energy, p. 77 et seq.) [...] cepCompass Climate and Energy, p. 112 et seq.) - a – non-binding – EU energy efficiency target of 27% by 2030 and - a review by 2020 as to whether this target should be increased to 30%. ► EU energy
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the "Integration of water policy into other EU policies" http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.nat-opinions.18788 EN 3 EN 1.1. Policy context EU water policy has successfully contributed [...] 30 EU Ecolabel, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/; EU Green Public Procurement, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/index_en.htm 31 Directive 2009/125/EC [...] between EU partners and partner regions, which could build on the EU Water Initiative (EUWI). EU support to partner countries and regions should draw on the experience and knowledge gained in EU water
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reichert@cep.eu CEP | Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Telefon 0761 38693-105 | www.cep.eu 1 EU-Report CHANGE OPTIONS FOR THE EU EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM CEP Policy Brief No. 2013-03 [...] for the EU also has a negative impact on growth and employment, as companies simply move to countries with a less expensive climate policy without deriving any benefits in terms of climate policy. By [...] General: DG Climate Protection Change Options for the EU Emission Trading System CEP | Kaiser-Joseph-Straße 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Telefon 0761 38693-0 | www.cep.eu 3 ASSESSMENT
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implement a EU climate adaptation strategy, including integrating climate change adaptation considerations into key EU policy initiatives and sectors To further reduce water stress in the EU - To ratify [...] views of the other European Union (EU) institutions. Environment Action Programmes have guided the development of EU environment policy since the early 1970s. The EU’s right to act is set out in Article [...] weaknesses. The assessment shows that the proposal provides EU value-added by: • providing a strategic framework for environmental policy in the EU; • ensuring complementarity and coherence; • ensuring
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cepCompass EU Climate and Energy Policy, p. 10 et seq.) [COM(2015) 337; see cepPolicyBrief], a proposal for a Regulation to replace the Energy Labelling Directive (2010/39/EU; see cepCompass EU Climate and [...] Directive 2009/28/EC, see cepPolicyBrief; Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU, see cepPolicyBrief; Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU, see cepPolicyBrief) as well as the adoption [...] LL.M. | bonn@cep.eu cep | Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Germany | Telephone +49 (0)761 38693-105 | www.cep.eu 1 EU Communication EMPOWERING ENERGY CONSUMERS cepPolicyBrief No. 17/2015
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of Choice For an efficient climate protection policy, fuel consumption must be included in EU emissions trading (cp. CEP Analysis of Climate Protection Policies in the EU, in German), instead of trying [...] Therefore, an evaluation of the individual projects cannot be made at present. Climate protection policy in the EU and in other parts of the world, the wish to become independent of fossil fuels as [...] Compatibility with EU Law Unproblematic. Compatibility with German Law Currently not foreseeable. Alternative Policy Options The EU should consistently include the transport sector into EU emissions trading
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LL.M. | nader@cep.eu cep | Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Germany | Telephone +49 (0)761 38693-105 | www.cep.eu 1 EU Communication EU AVIATION STRATEGY cepPolicyBrief No. 2016-08 [...] between two EU airports. Airlines with their hubs outside the EU, can therefore offer cheaper prices for connecting flights coming from EU airports. As long as there is no global climate protection measure [...] checks and - minimise delays for passengers. ► Aviation emissions – Climate protection - In the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) companies in specific sectors are only permitted to emit greenhouse
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to the EU. Since climate change is the result of the total amount of global GHG emissions, the climate can only be protected globally. The more countries that take part in climate protection the lower [...] | nader@cep.eu cep | Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse 266 | 79098 Freiburg | Germany | Telephone +49 (0)761 38693-105 | www.cep.eu 1 EU Directive EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM FROM 2021 cepPolicyBrief No. 2015-14 [...] is an existing EU instrument which will be continued after 2020. Since climate change is a cross-border problem, is can be dealt with better at EU level than at national level. Policy Context The European
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31 See the EU-funded project Eco-innovation Observatory; http://www.eco-innovation.eu/ 32 See the EU-funded project "Accelerating eco-innovation policies", http://www.ecopol-project.eu/ EN 17 [...] The Commission has also committed to mainstream climate action into EU spending programmes and to direct at least 20% of the Union's budget to climate-related objectives. Horizon 20209, the Framework [...] by catastrophic events resulted from weather and climate-related events, and such pattern will be exacerbated by climate-change. In the field of climate change adaptation and Disaster Risk Prevention
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