ECF 2011 Annual Report - European Climate Foundation
ECF 2011 Annual Report - European Climate Foundation
ECF 2011 Annual Report - European Climate Foundation
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EU CLIMATE POLICIES<br />
Despite the economic crisis, we have held our ground: tightening<br />
of the ETS is actively discussed, discussions on longer term milestones<br />
are on-going. But especially in the current crisis we have to make<br />
fighting climate change a winning economic proposition.<br />
Stephen Boucher<br />
Programme Director<br />
LOOKING AHEAD<br />
2012 offers opportunities to shape regulations that will<br />
guide investments towards a clean economy, through<br />
and beyond the ETS. The <strong>ECF</strong>'s EU <strong>Climate</strong> Policies<br />
programme and its partners will continue to push for a<br />
strong carbon trading system by advocating for more<br />
ambitious results by 2020, by calling for clarity on the<br />
2030 emissions reduction trajectory, and by pressing<br />
for the withholding of excess emissions permits. These<br />
efforts aim to return the ETS to its place at the heart of<br />
EU climate policy.<br />
POLICY INITIATIVES<br />
• Binding EU targets<br />
Putting the EU on a path towards its official 80-95% decarbonisation<br />
target by 2050 through adequate EU and national targets, overarching<br />
climate plans and laws, and effective enforcement.<br />
• Financial levers<br />
Ensuring that policies at the EU and Member State levels encourage<br />
investment flows into low-carbon technologies and systems and support<br />
EU climate goals at the speed and scale required.<br />
<strong>ECF</strong> partners will also help strengthen supporting measures,<br />
such as the Energy Tax Directive up for revision in<br />
2012, and the 2014-20 EU budget. We will seize the opportunity<br />
to influence the EU budget so that climate priorities<br />
are brought into the mainstream and are reflected in<br />
the Connecting Europe Facility and in Cohesion Funds.<br />
With the support of business allies, the <strong>ECF</strong> and its grantees<br />
will promote the economic case for strong climate action<br />
as the only way to secure Europe’s prosperity and competitiveness<br />
over the short, medium, and long term.<br />
the British Medical Journal<br />
“The business community is required to demonstrate the feasibility of reducing carbon emissions by 90% till 2050 – now! The commitment of the <strong>ECF</strong> to prevent global<br />
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