Shared Reactions to EU Proposal on Emissions Trading
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12 Articles
The EU is reforming its climate protection policy, hardly weakening it, and the bigger losers are the finance ministers.
The business community is reacting cautiously positively to the European Commission's climate plans. European industry will receive more time and assistance to become more sustainable, says Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra. The system that makes companies pay for their CO2 emissions, the European Emissions Trading System (ETS), is being overhauled. "The climate goal remains, but the implementation is becoming more realistic," responds VNO-NC…
With a reform of emissions trading, the EU Commission wants to relieve the burden on industry. For this, the revenues are to flow more specifically into decarbonisation. The reactions are divided. By T. Spickhofen.
DEXYPTAGE - Companies will be able to pollute longer, but the ETS system is extended to aviation and waste. Climate targets are reduced in the name of competitiveness.
Greenpeace's deputy country director considers the reductions to be bad for climate change. An expert from the Finnish Confederation of Trade Unions believes that emissions will continue to be reduced ambitiously.
Brussels slows down emissions from 2031 and softens the reserve, extends free allowances. With the Electricity Action Plan it aims at 46% of electricity to 2040. For environmentalists it is a gift to polluters.
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