The EU commission is a climatic goal: one loophole after another

Brussels pelvis | In the end, even the climate commissar began to sweat. While the record warmth of 35 degrees prevailed on the street in Brussels, Wupka Heksstra was supposed to explain the EU commission in the well -cooled hall of the press, why he softened the climatic target for 2040. “Our climatic policy was too size,” Dutch said. “Now we have become more pragmat, and this is better.”

The last, contradictory proposal of the EU commission to the end provides that the climate deterioration₂-Carations should decrease by 90 percent compared to 1990 by 2040.

Nevertheless, part of the effort is outsourced. EU countries should receive the right to calculate up to 3 percent of emissions from “high -quality” international certificates for international emissions abroad.

Thus, the EU says goodbye to become a neutral climate by 2050. If 2040 is already compensated for 3 percent of emissions outside Europe – how much will it be ten years later?

France receives nuclear concessions

Each percentage less means about 47 million tons from₂This corresponds to annual Denmark emissions. 3 percentage points correspond to the emissions of Austria and Greece.

This is not the only loophole that the EU power in the states of member states after the week of the war. It also places Germany and France according to the keywords of the “conditions of support” – too good German: the relief – also gives Germany and France. Thus, the German economy should not reach a climate goal throughout the country. Separate areas, such as the transport sector, allow you to pollute more, if only the average value is correct.

France is a promise that it is not only resolved by crimes of its nuclear power plants as “friendly climate”, but also expands. This was the statement of the French head of state Emmanuel Macron. He wanted to advance a new climatic target on a long bench – or soften. The President of the Commission Ursula von der Lane is currently praised for the construction of gold bridges for industry.

This is how the rules of subsidies are relaxed. Lane also announced that the emission trade and the climate collar mechanism were revised. Earlier, several environmental and climatic laws on the Green Transaction have already been softened. “Industry and investors expect that we will give a clear direction,” explains von der Lein, their economic course.

European environmental management criticizes arithmetic tricks

However, the Federal Association of German Industry is still not enough. The new climate -center of the EU requires “at least the triple of annual reduction compared to the last 33 years (1990–2023),” BDI expects. Therefore, you need even more flexibility and no tough recommendations.

Another way, claims the European ecological office. Mathieu once warns the climate with the “Coarse of the River.” “So, the invited flexibility is just loopholes that should delay real actions.” The faster the EU limits the emissions, the lower the climate damage.

Criticism also comes from the European parliament. Green and Social Democrats complain that evidence has entered into dubious projects that would hardly contribute to reducing emissions. In addition, climate protection in countries outside Europe also removes investment in batteries, solar elements and windshields from the EU.

“It is doubtful whether such external projects actually decrease or remove emissions forever,” says Timo Völken from SPD. On the other hand, approval comes from Peter Lisa (CDU). Flexible rules have made an “extremely ambitious” climatic goal of the EU more realistic.

Denmark later complicates life

Liz and his colleagues are worried about the upcoming UN climate conference in Brazil. So far, 27 EU countries with parliament do not agree with a new climatic goal for 2040, they can take a few more months. Nevertheless, the UN period for setting targets for 2035 is September. Currently, the EU is at risk of getting to this important international climate conference without a common position.

“At present, the rest of the world is waiting for the EU, and that is why the goal of 2035 is probably more important than the goal of 2040,” says a person from CDU Liese. “After the commission stole the process as long as possible, the tips and parliament are currently under huge pressure,” criticizes the SPD Wölken politician. “With this tactic, Ursula from Linx did not jump off the punctual agreement.”

The EU commission rejects this. According to Brussels authorities, the chairmanship in the Danish EU is responsible for the climatic conference. Now the Danes, most likely, will sweat a lot – they started work only on July 1.