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Paris 2015 as the new Kyoto and Europe’s green challenges
In 2015, world leaders will gather in Paris for COP21, a historic meeting, 18 years after Kyoto, where new challenges and future strategies regarding global climate and energy issues will be discussed.
On the occasion of the third edition of “General State of the Green Economy”, an Italian summit dedicated to the status of green economy within national borders, the theme of Paris climate conference 2015 was also widely discussed.
Next year, in fact, in the beautiful surroundings of the French capital, world governments will gather to sign a historic agreement, 18 years after Kyoto: a global treaty with specific targets and objectives for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore the maintenance of the threshold temperature below 2°C, in order to avoid irreversible consequences for the planet.
The topics to be covered during COP21 in Paris will be:
• Reduction of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, which have grown by 65% since 1990, despite Kyoto 1997;
• Support of Green Economy and renewable technologies;
• Green Economy as a tool to address current climate crisis.
Europe, the second largest market after the United States, responsible for just 8% of greenhouse gas emissions, could get out of the political, economic and social crisis currently taking place within the continent by focusing on Green Economy as a winning strategy.
To do this, Europe can count on the first global goal, already almost reached, consisting of about 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2013, a result achieved earlier than planned and in advance compared to the new Climate-Energy Package for 2030.
Nevertheless, the EU seems to have lost its leadership as for investments in green technologies, precisely at a time when the global market seems to be moving in the opposite direction, showing a clear interest in clean energy and green applications.
This led the European Union to convert its objectives for Paris 2015 also at a continental level, by announcing:
1) A 40% reduction in greenhouse gases emission and in primary energy consumption by 2030 and a 27% increase in renewable technologies and energy efficiency measures; in other words, Europe has established binding national targets for each member State, with specific control methods and sanctions to be applied;
2) The identification of cross-cutting tools appropriate for the achievement of climate and energy targets, by introducing, for example, a tax reform for the cut in harmful subsidies (Carbon Tax and ICA), environmental accounting, pollution taxes, ecological criteria in the new Directive on energy taxation still being worked out.
Next year, in fact, in the beautiful surroundings of the French capital, world governments will gather to sign a historic agreement, 18 years after Kyoto: a global treaty with specific targets and objectives for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore the maintenance of the threshold temperature below 2°C, in order to avoid irreversible consequences for the planet.
The topics to be covered during COP21 in Paris will be:
• Reduction of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, which have grown by 65% since 1990, despite Kyoto 1997;
• Support of Green Economy and renewable technologies;
• Green Economy as a tool to address current climate crisis.
Europe, the second largest market after the United States, responsible for just 8% of greenhouse gas emissions, could get out of the political, economic and social crisis currently taking place within the continent by focusing on Green Economy as a winning strategy.
To do this, Europe can count on the first global goal, already almost reached, consisting of about 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2013, a result achieved earlier than planned and in advance compared to the new Climate-Energy Package for 2030.
Nevertheless, the EU seems to have lost its leadership as for investments in green technologies, precisely at a time when the global market seems to be moving in the opposite direction, showing a clear interest in clean energy and green applications.
This led the European Union to convert its objectives for Paris 2015 also at a continental level, by announcing:
1) A 40% reduction in greenhouse gases emission and in primary energy consumption by 2030 and a 27% increase in renewable technologies and energy efficiency measures; in other words, Europe has established binding national targets for each member State, with specific control methods and sanctions to be applied;
2) The identification of cross-cutting tools appropriate for the achievement of climate and energy targets, by introducing, for example, a tax reform for the cut in harmful subsidies (Carbon Tax and ICA), environmental accounting, pollution taxes, ecological criteria in the new Directive on energy taxation still being worked out.
