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Since she took office in December 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been talking big about climate change, saying global warming is “an existential crisis” and dubbing the European Green Deal as “Europe’s man on the moon moment”.
That EU leaders are finally addressing climate change is a welcome development. But it also creates expectations. What if Europe fails to deliver? What if the transition to a green economy creates social and economic disparities within the EU?
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BRUSSELS European Union policy makers are likely to propose national targets on expanding renewable energy to try to ensure the bloc achieves its goals on cutting emissions, a senior official said on Wednesday.
The European Commission is drafting a major package of climate change policies to be unveiled in July to cut greenhouse gas emissions faster across all sectors of the economy.
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Diederik Samsom, head of the European Commission climate chief’s cabinet, said on Wednesday the package would likely set binding national targets for the 27 EU countries to increase the use of energy from sources including wind and solar.
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After four year of Trumpism, the United States made its big comeback on the green diplomacy stage last week by organising a virtual climate summit in Washington.
As expected, the summit’s mainstay was the announcement of America’s new 2030 climate target. President Joe Biden proclaimed that the world’s largest economy will cut emissions by 50-52% by 2030 compared with 2005 levels, roughly doubling Barack Obama’s previous pledge to cut emissions by 26-28% by 2025.
Gas should be used as a bridging solution to produce hydrogen before green varieties made from renewable electricity become commercially available, according to a motion adopted in the European Parliament’s environment committee.
“Hydrogen may be produced through a variety of processes,” says the motion on the European Commission’s hydrogen strategy, passed by lawmakers on Wednesday (27 January).
In the motion, MEPs express their “clear commitment to the transition to renewable and ultra-low-carbon hydrogen production,” saying this will be crucial to decarbonise heavy industry and achieve the Union’s 2050 climate neutrality target.
But at the same time, they also acknowledge that “during a transitional period, incentives will be required to scale-up renewable and ultra-low-carbon hydrogen in industry and the transport sector”.