European climate law in front of Parliament in Brussels
The European Parliament is due to vote on the climate law on Wednesday, October 7.
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The European Parliament is due to vote this Wednesday on the climate law, the cornerstone of the European Green Pact, which notably plans to revise upwards the current target of 40% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030, compared to the 1990 level. MEPs were very divided during the debate in Brussels.
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With our correspondent in Brussels,
Joana Hostein
Environmentalists and the far left want to set a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 by at least 65% from the 1990 level.
The
bad weather
of the last few days in the south-east of France and the north of Italy reminds us of the urgency to act, according to Catherine Roose, environmental MEP living in the disaster area.
"
I would like those who refuse to listen to the scientists to come and explain to the inhabitants of my region that the lives of their loved ones do not count, that the destruction of their homes does not matter, that you prefer to sacrifice their lives rather than a few growth points.
"
Conversely,
Polish deputies
and right-wing parliamentarians call for being realistic.
They are in favor of a 55% reduction as proposed by the
European Commission
.
Impossible to go beyond, according to Andreas Schwab, German MEP of the CDU.
“
We want to be ambitious, but we also want to ensure that people who are losing their place of work do not feel that we are making laws that are no longer in line with reality.
"
The centrists hope, them, to gather a majority around the objective of 60%.
A majority that could be obtained by 5 votes, we explain in the corridors of the European Parliament.
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♦ France pinned for imported programs
France is not in the nails.
This is a warning from the HCC, the High Council for the Climate.
More specifically, the HCC points the finger at emissions “imported” from France, in other words, emissions linked to imported goods and services.
In its latest report published this Tuesday, October 6, the HCC suggests levers for action and highlights certain misunderstandings.
France claims to be a good student when it comes to the climate.
Indeed, since 1990, the country has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions on its territory by more than 16%.
Except that this count is incomplete: emissions related to consumer goods and services that the French import from abroad and consume in France are not taken into account.
For example, the manufacture of automobiles or the development of smartphone applications in China generate greenhouse gas emissions that are not counted in France, even if these industrial productions end up in French households.
Thus, by including these imported emissions, a French person emits on average 11.5 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year, compared to 6.7 tonnes for emissions alone in France.
The High Council for the Climate therefore calls on France to considerably reduce imported emissions: to achieve the objective of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5 ° C, they should drop by 65% by 2050 compared to 2005.
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To read also: Greenhouse gases: "No sign of slowing down", warns the UN
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