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2015/2112(INI) Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ENVI PARGNEAUX Gilles (icon: S&D S&D) FLORENZ Karl-Heinz (icon: PPE PPE), DUNCAN Ian (icon: ECR ECR), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (icon: ALDE ALDE), JÁVOR Benedek (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), AFFRONTE Marco (icon: EFDD EFDD)
Committee Opinion INTA
Committee Opinion DEVE ZÁBORSKÁ Anna (icon: PPE PPE) Nirj DEVA (icon: ECR ECR), Louis MICHEL (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion AFET ŠUICA Dubravka (icon: PPE PPE) Arne LIETZ (icon: S&D S&D), Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK (icon: ECR ECR)
Committee Opinion TRAN EICKHOUT Bas (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE) Ivo BELET (icon: PPE PPE), Gesine MEISSNER (icon: ALDE ALDE), Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY (icon: S&D S&D)
Committee Opinion ITRE KELLY Seán (icon: PPE PPE)
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Legal Basis:
RoP 54

Events

2015/10/14
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2015/10/14
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 434 votes to 96, with 52 abstentions, a resolution tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety entitled ‘Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris’.

Parliament recalled that according to the scientific evidence presented in the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible global threat to human societies and the biosphere and must thus be addressed at international level by all Parties.

An ambitious, global, legally binding agreement : Members called on governments to take, without delay, binding and concrete measures against climate change and towards an ambitious and legally binding global agreement in Paris 2015 in order to meet this target. Such an ambitious and legally binding international agreement would help to address the carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns of the relevant sectors and in particular the energy intensive sector.

The 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter so as to keep the world on a cost-effective emission trajectory compatible with the below 2 °C target.

In case of a gap between the level of ambition of the aggregate effect of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction required to keep temperatures below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, it will be necessary to draw up a work programme to start in 2016 in order to set out the additional reduction measures. Members called on the COP 21 Parties to support five-year commitment periods as the most appropriate choice so as to avoid locking into a low level of ambition.

Moreover, Parliament is concerned that the early analysis of the aggregate impact of the INDCs submitted so far has concluded that current unrevised INDCs would result in the global average temperature rising by between 2.7°C and 3.5°C. It called for the Parties to agree at COP21 in Paris to revise the current INDCs before 2020 in order to bring them into line with the latest scientific assessments and a safe 2°C-compatible global carbon budget.

Union’s climate policy : Members called for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy, which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and would be in line with the upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reducing its GHG emissions to 80-95 % below 1990 levels by 2050. They called on the Member States to consider complementary commitments that build on the agreed 2030 target, including action outside of the EU, in order to enable the world to achieve the below 2 °C target.

In this regard, Parliament recalled the European Parliament resolution of 5 February 2014 which called for three binding targets: an energy efficiency target of 40%, a renewables target of at least 30% and a GHG reduction target of at least 40 %.

Moreover, Members stressed that the Paris Agreement will contain the provisions needed to tackle the human rights dimension of climate change and provide support for poorer countries whose capacities are strained by climate change impacts.

Pre-2020 ambition and the Kyoto Protocol : Parliament placed particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020. To close further this gap, Members emphasised the important role of other policy measures, to which a collective effort should be dedicated, including energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, renewable energy, resource efficiency, the phase-out of HFCs, sustainable production and consumption, the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies.

Parliament emphasised that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore called on the Parties, including the EU Member States, to complete the ratification process as soon as possible and in any case before December 2015 .

Comprehensive effort of all sectors : Parliament stressed the need to ensure long-term price stability for emissions allowances and a predictable regulatory environment which directs investment towards measures to reduce GHG emissions and fosters the transition to a low-carbon economy. It called for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emissions budgets, which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition.

Members highlighted that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF). They emphasised the role of forests in climate change mitigation and the need to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of forests to climate change whilst calling on the EU to pursue its objective of halting global forest loss by 2030 and to at least halve tropical deforestation by 2020, compared with 2008 levels.

Recalling that transport is the second biggest GHG emitting sector, the resolution insisted on the need to put a range of policies in place aimed at lowering emissions from this sector. It called for all the Parties to work through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to develop a global policy framework to enable an effective response, and to take measures to set adequate targets before the end of 2016 for achieving the necessary reductions in the light of the 2 °C target.

Climate finance: cornerstone of the Paris Agreement : Parliament urged the EU and other countries to prepare a credible ‘financial package’ , covering both pre-2020 and post-2020 periods, in order to support greater efforts for GHG reduction, forest protection and adaptation to climate change impacts. It called for climate finance to be included in the agreement as a dynamic element that reflects the changing environmental and economic realities.

The resolution requested that the EU and its Member States agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance , in line with existing commitments, towards their fair share in the overall targeted amount of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 from a variety of public and private sources. The EU is invited to encourage all countries to deliver their fair share of climate finance.

Members also called for concrete EU and international commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance , including setting aside some EU ETS emission allowances in the 2021-2030 period and allocating revenues from EU and international measures on aviation and shipping emissions for international climate finance and the Green Climate Fund, inter alia technological innovation projects.

The Commission, the Member States and all the Parties to the UNFCCC are called upon to use all means at their disposal to encourage financial institutions to redirect their investments on the scale necessary to finance a genuine transition to resilient low carbon economies.

The resolution also insisted on the need to:

e nhance scientific research, technological development and innovation in combating climate change, by taking advantage of Horizon 2020; strengthen coordination and climate-risk management at EU level and to create a clear EU adaptation strategy.

Parliament also stressed the need for climate diplomacy to be part of a comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action. The EU should play an ambitious and central role at the conference, speaking with ‘one voice’ and playing the role of mediator in seeking progress towards an international agreement and staying united in that regard.

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2015/10/14
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2015/10/05
   RO_CHAMBER - Contribution
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2015/10/04
   IT_CHAMBER - Contribution
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2015/09/30
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted an own-initiative report by Gilles PARGNEAUX (S&D, FR) entitled ‘Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris’.

An ambitious, global, legally binding agreement : faced with the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change, Members called on governments to take, without delay, binding and concrete measures against climate change and towards an ambitious and legally binding global agreement in Paris 2015 in order to meet this target.

The 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter so as to keep the world on a cost-effective emission trajectory compatible with the below 2 °C target.

In case of a gap between the level of ambition of the aggregate effect of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction required to keep temperatures below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, it will be necessary to draw up a work programme to start in 2016 in order to set out the additional reduction measures .

Members called on the COP 21 Parties to support five-year commitment periods as the most appropriate choice so as to avoid locking into a low level of ambition.

Union’s climate policy : Members called for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy, which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and would be in line with the upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reducing its GHG emissions to 80-95 % below 1990 levels by 2050. They called on the Member States to consider complementary commitments that build on the agreed 2030 target , including action outside of the EU, in order to enable the world to achieve the below 2 °C target.

In this regard, the report recalled the European Parliament resolution of 5 February 2014 which called for three binding targets: an energy efficiency target of 40% , a renewables target of at least 30% and a GHG reduction target of at least 40% .

Pre-2020 ambition and the Kyoto Protocol : the report placed particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020. It emphasised that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore called on the Parties, including the EU Member States, to complete the ratification process as soon as possible and in any case before December 2015 .

Comprehensive effort of all sectors : the report stressed the need to ensure long-term price stability for emissions allowances and a predictable regulatory environment which directs investment towards measures to reduce GHG emissions and fosters the transition to a low-carbon economy. It called for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emissions budgets, which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition.

Members highlighted that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF). They emphasised the role of forests in climate change mitigation and the need to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of forests to climate change whilst calling on the EU to pursue its objective of halting global forest loss by 2030 and to at least halve tropical deforestation by 2020, compared with 2008 levels.

Recalling that transport is the second biggest GHG emitting sector, the report insisted on the need to put a range of policies in place aimed at lowering emissions from this sector. It called for all the Parties to work through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to develop a global policy framework to enable an effective response, and to take measures to set adequate targets before the end of 2016 for achieving the necessary reductions in the light of the 2 °C target.

Climate finance: cornerstone of the Paris Agreement : Members called for climate finance to be included in the agreement as a dynamic element that reflects the changing environmental and economic realities.

The report requested that the EU and its Member States agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance , in line with existing commitments, towards their fair share in the overall targeted amount of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 from a variety of public and private sources. The EU is invited to encourage all countries to deliver their fair share of climate finance.

Members also called for concrete EU and international commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance , including setting aside some EU ETS emission allowances in the 2021-2030 period and allocating revenues from EU and international measures on aviation and shipping emissions for international climate finance and the Green Climate Fund, inter alia technological innovation projects.

The Commission, the Member States and all the Parties to the UNFCCC are called upon to use all means at their disposal to encourage financial institutions to redirect their investments on the scale necessary to finance a genuine transition to resilient low carbon economies.

The report also insisted on the need to:

enhance scientific research, technological development and innovation in combating climate change, by taking advantage of Horizon 2020; strengthen coordination and climate-risk management at EU level and to create a clear EU adaptation strategy.

The report also stressed the need for climate diplomacy to be part of a comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action. The EU should play an ambitious and central role at the conference, speaking with ‘one voice’ and playing the role of mediator in seeking progress towards an international agreement and staying united in that regard.

Documents
2015/09/23
   EP - Vote in committee
2015/09/10
   EP - Committee opinion
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2015/09/10
   EP - Committee opinion
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2015/09/01
   EP - Committee opinion
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2015/07/21
   CZ_SENATE - Contribution
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2015/07/21
   IT_SENATE - Contribution
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2015/07/21
   RO_SENATE - Contribution
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2015/07/16
   EP - Committee opinion
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2015/06/23
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2015/05/27
   EP - ŠUICA Dubravka (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
2015/05/26
   EP - Committee draft report
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2015/05/21
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2015/05/21
   EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2015/05/08
   EP - ZÁBORSKÁ Anna (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
2015/05/04
   EP - KELLY Seán (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
2015/04/28
   EP - PARGNEAUX Gilles (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2015/04/15
   EP - EICKHOUT Bas (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2015/02/25
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
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PURPOSE: to set out the blueprint for tackling global climate change beyond 2020 – the Paris Protocol.

BACKGROUND: according to the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), without urgent action, climate change will bring severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts on all the world's people and ecosystems. Limiting dangerous rises in global average temperature to below 2°C compared with pre-industrial levels will require substantial and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by all countries.

This global transition to low emissions can be achieved without compromising growth and jobs, and can provide significant opportunities to revitalise economies in Europe and globally. Action to tackle climate change also brings significant benefits in terms of public well-being. Delaying this transition will, however, raise overall costs and narrow the options for effectively reducing emissions and preparing for the impacts of climate change.

All countries need to act urgently and collectively . Since 1994, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have focused on this challenge, resulting in more than 90 countries, both developed and developing, pledging to curb their emissions by 2020. However, these pledges are insufficient to achieve the below 2°C objective. For these reasons, in 2012, the UNFCCC Parties launched negotiations towards a new legally binding agreement applicable to all Parties that will put the world on track to achieve the below 2°C objective. The 2015 Agreement is to be finalised in Paris in December 2015 and implemented from 2020 .

Possible agreement in Paris : the progress made at the recent climate conference in Lima brings a robust agreement in Paris within reach. A first full draft text of the 2015 Agreement was also developed, reflecting the positions of all Parties on all the elements under negotiation.

This communication responds to the decisions taken in Lima, and is a key element in implementing the Commission's priority of building a resilient Energy Union . This communication prepares the EU for the last round of negotiations before the Paris conference in December 2015.

CONTENT: in particular, this communication:

translates the decision taken at the European Summit in October 2014 into the EU's proposed emissions target - its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to be submitted by the end of the first quarter of 2015; proposes that all UNFCCC Parties submit their INDCs well in advance of the Paris conference. The EU, China, the US and other G20 countries, as well as high and middle income countries should be in a position to do so by the first quarter of 2015. Greater flexibility should be provided to Least Developed Countries (LDCs); sets out a vision for a transparent and dynamic legally binding agreement , containing fair and ambitious commitments from all Parties based on evolving global economic and geopolitical circumstances. In aggregate these commitments - based on scientific evidence - should put the world on track to reduce global emissions by at least 60% below 2010 levels by 2050 . Should there be a gap in the level of ambition set in Paris, this should be addressed by devising a work programme starting in 2016 working closely with the GCF to identify additional action to reduce emissions; proposes that the 2015 Agreement should be in the form of a Protocol under the UNFCCC . Major economies, in particular the EU, China and the US, should show political leadership by joining the Protocol as early as possible. It should enter into force as soon as countries with a collective total of 80% of current global emissions have ratified it. Under the new Protocol, climate finance, technology development and transfer, and capacity building should promote universal participation and facilitate the efficient and effective implementation of strategies to reduce emissions and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change; underlines that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the Montreal Protocol should act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping and the production and consumption of fluorinated gases before the end of 2016; highlights how other EU policies such as, trade, scientific research, innovation and technological cooperation, economic and development cooperation, disaster risk reduction and environment could reinforce the EU’s international climate policy; and is complemented by a climate diplomacy action plan jointly developed by the European External Action Service and the Commission. The action plan is aimed at scaling up EU outreach and building alliances with ambitious international partners in the run up to the Paris conference.

Next steps : the Commission will organise an international conference to improve mutual understanding of the range of INDCs and the adequacy of their collective ambition, and facilitate an open exchange of views prior to the Paris conference. This conference will aim to bring together partner countries, key experts from academia, think-tanks and international organisations and will take place by November 2015.

By mid-2015, the Commission will also start to present legislative proposals to implement the 2030 climate and energy framework to the European Parliament and the Council.

It will continue to mainstream climate change action into its economic and development cooperation; take initiatives to work closer together with Member States in the delivery of climate relevant development finance; and take better advantage of the openness of its scientific research and innovation programmes to support its international partners, assisting them in preparing to carry out their commitments under the new Protocol.

Against this background, the Commission invites the European Parliament and the Council to endorse the proposed approach as soon as possible.

Annex and working document : it should be noted that some aspects of this communication are set out in further detail in the accompanying Staff Working Document. An annexed table presents the EU 2030 target and intended nationally determined contribution which aims to achieve at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 .

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2015/10/14 Outcome: -: 359, +: 273, 0: 25
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2015/10/14 Outcome: +: 434, -: 96, 0: 52
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  • date: 2015-07-22T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2015)0081 title: COM(2015)0081 type: Contribution body: RO_SENATE
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  • date: 2015-02-25T00:00:00 type: Non-legislative basic document published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2015/0081/COM_COM(2015)0081(COR1)_EN.pdf title: COM(2015)0081 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2015&nu_doc=0081 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to set out the blueprint for tackling global climate change beyond 2020 – the Paris Protocol. BACKGROUND: according to the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), without urgent action, climate change will bring severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts on all the world's people and ecosystems. Limiting dangerous rises in global average temperature to below 2°C compared with pre-industrial levels will require substantial and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by all countries. This global transition to low emissions can be achieved without compromising growth and jobs, and can provide significant opportunities to revitalise economies in Europe and globally. Action to tackle climate change also brings significant benefits in terms of public well-being. Delaying this transition will, however, raise overall costs and narrow the options for effectively reducing emissions and preparing for the impacts of climate change. All countries need to act urgently and collectively . Since 1994, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have focused on this challenge, resulting in more than 90 countries, both developed and developing, pledging to curb their emissions by 2020. However, these pledges are insufficient to achieve the below 2°C objective. For these reasons, in 2012, the UNFCCC Parties launched negotiations towards a new legally binding agreement applicable to all Parties that will put the world on track to achieve the below 2°C objective. The 2015 Agreement is to be finalised in Paris in December 2015 and implemented from 2020 . Possible agreement in Paris : the progress made at the recent climate conference in Lima brings a robust agreement in Paris within reach. A first full draft text of the 2015 Agreement was also developed, reflecting the positions of all Parties on all the elements under negotiation. This communication responds to the decisions taken in Lima, and is a key element in implementing the Commission's priority of building a resilient Energy Union . This communication prepares the EU for the last round of negotiations before the Paris conference in December 2015. CONTENT: in particular, this communication: translates the decision taken at the European Summit in October 2014 into the EU's proposed emissions target - its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to be submitted by the end of the first quarter of 2015; proposes that all UNFCCC Parties submit their INDCs well in advance of the Paris conference. The EU, China, the US and other G20 countries, as well as high and middle income countries should be in a position to do so by the first quarter of 2015. Greater flexibility should be provided to Least Developed Countries (LDCs); sets out a vision for a transparent and dynamic legally binding agreement , containing fair and ambitious commitments from all Parties based on evolving global economic and geopolitical circumstances. In aggregate these commitments - based on scientific evidence - should put the world on track to reduce global emissions by at least 60% below 2010 levels by 2050 . Should there be a gap in the level of ambition set in Paris, this should be addressed by devising a work programme starting in 2016 working closely with the GCF to identify additional action to reduce emissions; proposes that the 2015 Agreement should be in the form of a Protocol under the UNFCCC . Major economies, in particular the EU, China and the US, should show political leadership by joining the Protocol as early as possible. It should enter into force as soon as countries with a collective total of 80% of current global emissions have ratified it. Under the new Protocol, climate finance, technology development and transfer, and capacity building should promote universal participation and facilitate the efficient and effective implementation of strategies to reduce emissions and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change; underlines that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the Montreal Protocol should act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping and the production and consumption of fluorinated gases before the end of 2016; highlights how other EU policies such as, trade, scientific research, innovation and technological cooperation, economic and development cooperation, disaster risk reduction and environment could reinforce the EU’s international climate policy; and is complemented by a climate diplomacy action plan jointly developed by the European External Action Service and the Commission. The action plan is aimed at scaling up EU outreach and building alliances with ambitious international partners in the run up to the Paris conference. Next steps : the Commission will organise an international conference to improve mutual understanding of the range of INDCs and the adequacy of their collective ambition, and facilitate an open exchange of views prior to the Paris conference. This conference will aim to bring together partner countries, key experts from academia, think-tanks and international organisations and will take place by November 2015. By mid-2015, the Commission will also start to present legislative proposals to implement the 2030 climate and energy framework to the European Parliament and the Council. It will continue to mainstream climate change action into its economic and development cooperation; take initiatives to work closer together with Member States in the delivery of climate relevant development finance; and take better advantage of the openness of its scientific research and innovation programmes to support its international partners, assisting them in preparing to carry out their commitments under the new Protocol. Against this background, the Commission invites the European Parliament and the Council to endorse the proposed approach as soon as possible. Annex and working document : it should be noted that some aspects of this communication are set out in further detail in the accompanying Staff Working Document. An annexed table presents the EU 2030 target and intended nationally determined contribution which aims to achieve at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 .
  • date: 2015-05-21T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
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  • date: 2015-09-30T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2015-0275&language=EN title: A8-0275/2015 summary: The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted an own-initiative report by Gilles PARGNEAUX (S&D, FR) entitled ‘Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris’. An ambitious, global, legally binding agreement : faced with the extraordinary scale and seriousness of the threats induced by climate change, Members called on governments to take, without delay, binding and concrete measures against climate change and towards an ambitious and legally binding global agreement in Paris 2015 in order to meet this target. The 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter so as to keep the world on a cost-effective emission trajectory compatible with the below 2 °C target. In case of a gap between the level of ambition of the aggregate effect of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction required to keep temperatures below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, it will be necessary to draw up a work programme to start in 2016 in order to set out the additional reduction measures . Members called on the COP 21 Parties to support five-year commitment periods as the most appropriate choice so as to avoid locking into a low level of ambition. Union’s climate policy : Members called for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy, which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and would be in line with the upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reducing its GHG emissions to 80-95 % below 1990 levels by 2050. They called on the Member States to consider complementary commitments that build on the agreed 2030 target , including action outside of the EU, in order to enable the world to achieve the below 2 °C target. In this regard, the report recalled the European Parliament resolution of 5 February 2014 which called for three binding targets: an energy efficiency target of 40% , a renewables target of at least 30% and a GHG reduction target of at least 40% . Pre-2020 ambition and the Kyoto Protocol : the report placed particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020. It emphasised that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore called on the Parties, including the EU Member States, to complete the ratification process as soon as possible and in any case before December 2015 . Comprehensive effort of all sectors : the report stressed the need to ensure long-term price stability for emissions allowances and a predictable regulatory environment which directs investment towards measures to reduce GHG emissions and fosters the transition to a low-carbon economy. It called for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emissions budgets, which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition. Members highlighted that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF). They emphasised the role of forests in climate change mitigation and the need to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of forests to climate change whilst calling on the EU to pursue its objective of halting global forest loss by 2030 and to at least halve tropical deforestation by 2020, compared with 2008 levels. Recalling that transport is the second biggest GHG emitting sector, the report insisted on the need to put a range of policies in place aimed at lowering emissions from this sector. It called for all the Parties to work through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to develop a global policy framework to enable an effective response, and to take measures to set adequate targets before the end of 2016 for achieving the necessary reductions in the light of the 2 °C target. Climate finance: cornerstone of the Paris Agreement : Members called for climate finance to be included in the agreement as a dynamic element that reflects the changing environmental and economic realities. The report requested that the EU and its Member States agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance , in line with existing commitments, towards their fair share in the overall targeted amount of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 from a variety of public and private sources. The EU is invited to encourage all countries to deliver their fair share of climate finance. Members also called for concrete EU and international commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance , including setting aside some EU ETS emission allowances in the 2021-2030 period and allocating revenues from EU and international measures on aviation and shipping emissions for international climate finance and the Green Climate Fund, inter alia technological innovation projects. The Commission, the Member States and all the Parties to the UNFCCC are called upon to use all means at their disposal to encourage financial institutions to redirect their investments on the scale necessary to finance a genuine transition to resilient low carbon economies. The report also insisted on the need to: enhance scientific research, technological development and innovation in combating climate change, by taking advantage of Horizon 2020; strengthen coordination and climate-risk management at EU level and to create a clear EU adaptation strategy. The report also stressed the need for climate diplomacy to be part of a comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action. The EU should play an ambitious and central role at the conference, speaking with ‘one voice’ and playing the role of mediator in seeking progress towards an international agreement and staying united in that regard.
  • date: 2015-10-14T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20151014&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2015-10-14T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2015-0359 title: T8-0359/2015 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 434 votes to 96, with 52 abstentions, a resolution tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety entitled ‘Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris’. Parliament recalled that according to the scientific evidence presented in the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible global threat to human societies and the biosphere and must thus be addressed at international level by all Parties. An ambitious, global, legally binding agreement : Members called on governments to take, without delay, binding and concrete measures against climate change and towards an ambitious and legally binding global agreement in Paris 2015 in order to meet this target. Such an ambitious and legally binding international agreement would help to address the carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns of the relevant sectors and in particular the energy intensive sector. The 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter so as to keep the world on a cost-effective emission trajectory compatible with the below 2 °C target. In case of a gap between the level of ambition of the aggregate effect of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction required to keep temperatures below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, it will be necessary to draw up a work programme to start in 2016 in order to set out the additional reduction measures. Members called on the COP 21 Parties to support five-year commitment periods as the most appropriate choice so as to avoid locking into a low level of ambition. Moreover, Parliament is concerned that the early analysis of the aggregate impact of the INDCs submitted so far has concluded that current unrevised INDCs would result in the global average temperature rising by between 2.7°C and 3.5°C. It called for the Parties to agree at COP21 in Paris to revise the current INDCs before 2020 in order to bring them into line with the latest scientific assessments and a safe 2°C-compatible global carbon budget. Union’s climate policy : Members called for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy, which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and would be in line with the upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reducing its GHG emissions to 80-95 % below 1990 levels by 2050. They called on the Member States to consider complementary commitments that build on the agreed 2030 target, including action outside of the EU, in order to enable the world to achieve the below 2 °C target. In this regard, Parliament recalled the European Parliament resolution of 5 February 2014 which called for three binding targets: an energy efficiency target of 40%, a renewables target of at least 30% and a GHG reduction target of at least 40 %. Moreover, Members stressed that the Paris Agreement will contain the provisions needed to tackle the human rights dimension of climate change and provide support for poorer countries whose capacities are strained by climate change impacts. Pre-2020 ambition and the Kyoto Protocol : Parliament placed particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020. To close further this gap, Members emphasised the important role of other policy measures, to which a collective effort should be dedicated, including energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, renewable energy, resource efficiency, the phase-out of HFCs, sustainable production and consumption, the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies. Parliament emphasised that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore called on the Parties, including the EU Member States, to complete the ratification process as soon as possible and in any case before December 2015 . Comprehensive effort of all sectors : Parliament stressed the need to ensure long-term price stability for emissions allowances and a predictable regulatory environment which directs investment towards measures to reduce GHG emissions and fosters the transition to a low-carbon economy. It called for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emissions budgets, which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition. Members highlighted that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF). They emphasised the role of forests in climate change mitigation and the need to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of forests to climate change whilst calling on the EU to pursue its objective of halting global forest loss by 2030 and to at least halve tropical deforestation by 2020, compared with 2008 levels. Recalling that transport is the second biggest GHG emitting sector, the resolution insisted on the need to put a range of policies in place aimed at lowering emissions from this sector. It called for all the Parties to work through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to develop a global policy framework to enable an effective response, and to take measures to set adequate targets before the end of 2016 for achieving the necessary reductions in the light of the 2 °C target. Climate finance: cornerstone of the Paris Agreement : Parliament urged the EU and other countries to prepare a credible ‘financial package’ , covering both pre-2020 and post-2020 periods, in order to support greater efforts for GHG reduction, forest protection and adaptation to climate change impacts. It called for climate finance to be included in the agreement as a dynamic element that reflects the changing environmental and economic realities. The resolution requested that the EU and its Member States agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance , in line with existing commitments, towards their fair share in the overall targeted amount of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 from a variety of public and private sources. The EU is invited to encourage all countries to deliver their fair share of climate finance. Members also called for concrete EU and international commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance , including setting aside some EU ETS emission allowances in the 2021-2030 period and allocating revenues from EU and international measures on aviation and shipping emissions for international climate finance and the Green Climate Fund, inter alia technological innovation projects. The Commission, the Member States and all the Parties to the UNFCCC are called upon to use all means at their disposal to encourage financial institutions to redirect their investments on the scale necessary to finance a genuine transition to resilient low carbon economies. The resolution also insisted on the need to: e nhance scientific research, technological development and innovation in combating climate change, by taking advantage of Horizon 2020; strengthen coordination and climate-risk management at EU level and to create a clear EU adaptation strategy. Parliament also stressed the need for climate diplomacy to be part of a comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action. The EU should play an ambitious and central role at the conference, speaking with ‘one voice’ and playing the role of mediator in seeking progress towards an international agreement and staying united in that regard.
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  • The European Parliament adopted by 434 votes to 96, with 52 abstentions, a resolution tabled by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety entitled ‘Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris’.

    Parliament recalled that according to the scientific evidence presented in the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible global threat to human societies and the biosphere and must thus be addressed at international level by all Parties.

    An ambitious, global, legally binding agreement: Members called on governments to take, without delay, binding and concrete measures against climate change and towards an ambitious and legally binding global agreement in Paris 2015 in order to meet this target. Such an ambitious and legally binding international agreement would help to address the carbon leakage and competitiveness concerns of the relevant sectors and in particular the energy intensive sector.

    The 2015 Protocol must be legally binding and ambitious from the outset when adopted in Paris, and should aim at phasing out global carbon emissions by 2050 or shortly thereafter so as to keep the world on a cost-effective emission trajectory compatible with the below 2 °C target.

    In case of a gap between the level of ambition of the aggregate effect of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted before Paris and the necessary level of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction required to keep temperatures below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, it will be necessary to draw up a work programme to start in 2016 in order to set out the additional reduction measures. Members called on the COP 21 Parties to support five-year commitment periods as the most appropriate choice so as to avoid locking into a low level of ambition.

    Moreover, Parliament is concerned that the early analysis of the aggregate impact of the INDCs submitted so far has concluded that current unrevised INDCs would result in the global average temperature rising by between 2.7°C and 3.5°C. It called for the Parties to agree at COP21 in Paris to revise the current INDCs before 2020 in order to bring them into line with the latest scientific assessments and a safe 2°C-compatible global carbon budget.

    Union’s climate policy: Members called for general reinvigoration of the EU’s climate policy, which would help build momentum in international climate discussions and would be in line with the upper limit of the EU’s commitment to reducing its GHG emissions to 80-95 % below 1990 levels by 2050. They called on the Member States to consider complementary commitments that build on the agreed 2030 target, including action outside of the EU, in order to enable the world to achieve the below 2 °C target.

    In this regard, Parliament recalled the European Parliament resolution of 5 February 2014 which called for three binding targets: an energy efficiency target of 40%, a renewables target of at least 30% and a GHG reduction target of at least 40%.

    Moreover, Members stressed that the Paris Agreement will contain the provisions needed to tackle the human rights dimension of climate change and provide support for poorer countries whose capacities are strained by climate change impacts.

    Pre-2020 ambition and the Kyoto Protocol: Parliament placed particular emphasis on the urgent need for progress in closing the gigatonne gap which exists between the scientific analysis and the current Parties’ pledges for the period up to 2020. To close further this gap, Members emphasised the important role of other policy measures, to which a collective effort should be dedicated, including energy efficiency, substantial energy savings, renewable energy, resource efficiency, the phase-out of HFCs, sustainable production and consumption, the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies.

    Parliament emphasised that, although the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will be limited in its extent, it should be seen as a very important interim step, and therefore called on the Parties, including the EU Member States, to complete the ratification process as soon as possible and in any case before December 2015.

    Comprehensive effort of all sectors: Parliament stressed the need to ensure long-term price stability for emissions allowances and a predictable regulatory environment which directs investment towards measures to reduce GHG emissions and fosters the transition to a low-carbon economy. It called for an agreement that covers sectors and emissions in a comprehensive manner and sets economy-wide absolute targets combined with emissions budgets, which should ensure the highest possible level of ambition.

    Members highlighted that the agreement should set a comprehensive accounting framework for emissions and removals from land (LULUCF). They emphasised the role of forests in climate change mitigation and the need to enhance the adaptive capacities and resilience of forests to climate change whilst calling on the EU to pursue its objective of halting global forest loss by 2030 and to at least halve tropical deforestation by 2020, compared with 2008 levels.

    Recalling that transport is the second biggest GHG emitting sector, the resolution insisted on the need to put a range of policies in place aimed at lowering emissions from this sector. It called for all the Parties to work through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to develop a global policy framework to enable an effective response, and to take measures to set adequate targets before the end of 2016 for achieving the necessary reductions in the light of the 2 °C target.

    Climate finance: cornerstone of the Paris Agreement: Parliament urged the EU and other countries to prepare a credible ‘financial package’, covering both pre-2020 and post-2020 periods, in order to support greater efforts for GHG reduction, forest protection and adaptation to climate change impacts. It called for climate finance to be included in the agreement as a dynamic element that reflects the changing environmental and economic realities.

    The resolution requested that the EU and its Member States agree on a roadmap for scaling up predictable, new and additional finance, in line with existing commitments, towards their fair share in the overall targeted amount of USD 100 billion a year by 2020 from a variety of public and private sources. The EU is invited to encourage all countries to deliver their fair share of climate finance.

    Members also called for concrete EU and international commitments to deliver additional sources of climate finance, including setting aside some EU ETS emission allowances in the 2021-2030 period and allocating revenues from EU and international measures on aviation and shipping emissions for international climate finance and the Green Climate Fund, inter alia technological innovation projects.

    The Commission, the Member States and all the Parties to the UNFCCC are called upon to use all means at their disposal to encourage financial institutions to redirect their investments on the scale necessary to finance a genuine transition to resilient low carbon economies.

    The resolution also insisted on the need to:

    • enhance scientific research, technological development and innovation in combating climate change, by taking advantage of Horizon 2020;
    • strengthen coordination and climate-risk management at EU level and to create a clear EU adaptation strategy.

    Parliament also stressed the need for climate diplomacy to be part of a comprehensive approach to the EU’s external action. The EU should play an ambitious and central role at the conference, speaking with ‘one voice’ and playing the role of mediator in seeking progress towards an international agreement and staying united in that regard.

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  • PURPOSE: to set out the blueprint for tackling global climate change beyond 2020 – the Paris Protocol.

    BACKGROUND: according to the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), without urgent action, climate change will bring severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts on all the world's people and ecosystems. Limiting dangerous rises in global average temperature to below 2°C compared with pre-industrial levels will require substantial and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by all countries.

    This global transition to low emissions can be achieved without compromising growth and jobs, and can provide significant opportunities to revitalise economies in Europe and globally. Action to tackle climate change also brings significant benefits in terms of public well-being. Delaying this transition will, however, raise overall costs and narrow the options for effectively reducing emissions and preparing for the impacts of climate change.

    All countries need to act urgently and collectively. Since 1994, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have focused on this challenge, resulting in more than 90 countries, both developed and developing, pledging to curb their emissions by 2020. However, these pledges are insufficient to achieve the below 2°C objective. For these reasons, in 2012, the UNFCCC Parties launched negotiations towards a new legally binding agreement applicable to all Parties that will put the world on track to achieve the below 2°C objective. The 2015 Agreement is to be finalised in Paris in December 2015 and implemented from 2020.

    Possible agreement in Paris: the progress made at the recent climate conference in Lima brings a robust agreement in Paris within reach. A first full draft text of the 2015 Agreement was also developed, reflecting the positions of all Parties on all the elements under negotiation.

    This communication responds to the decisions taken in Lima, and is a key element in implementing the Commission's priority of building a resilient Energy Union. This communication prepares the EU for the last round of negotiations before the Paris conference in December 2015.

    CONTENT: in particular, this communication: 

    • translates the decision taken at the European Summit in October 2014 into the EU's proposed emissions target - its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to be submitted by the end of the first quarter of 2015;
    • proposes that all UNFCCC Parties submit their INDCs well in advance of the Paris conference. The EU, China, the US and other G20 countries, as well as high and middle income countries should be in a position to do so by the first quarter of 2015. Greater flexibility should be provided to Least Developed Countries (LDCs);
    • sets out a vision for a transparent and dynamic legally binding agreement, containing fair and ambitious commitments from all Parties based on evolving global economic and geopolitical circumstances. In aggregate these commitments - based on scientific evidence - should put the world on track to reduce global emissions by at least 60% below 2010 levels by 2050. Should there be a gap in the level of ambition set in Paris, this should be addressed by devising a work programme starting in 2016 working closely with the GCF to identify additional action to reduce emissions;
    • proposes that the 2015 Agreement should be in the form of a Protocol under the UNFCCC. Major economies, in particular the EU, China and the US, should show political leadership by joining the Protocol as early as possible. It should enter into force as soon as countries with a collective total of 80% of current global emissions have ratified it. Under the new Protocol, climate finance, technology development and transfer, and capacity building should promote universal participation and facilitate the efficient and effective implementation of strategies to reduce emissions and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change;
    • underlines that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the Montreal Protocol should act to effectively regulate emissions from international aviation and shipping and the production and consumption of fluorinated gases before the end of 2016;
    • highlights how other EU policies such as, trade, scientific research, innovation and technological cooperation, economic and development cooperation, disaster risk reduction and environment could reinforce the EU’s international climate policy; and
    • is complemented by a climate diplomacy action plan jointly developed by the European External Action Service and the Commission. The action plan is aimed at scaling up EU outreach and building alliances with ambitious international partners in the run up to the Paris conference.

    Next steps: the Commission will organise an international conference to improve mutual understanding of the range of INDCs and the adequacy of their collective ambition, and facilitate an open exchange of views prior to the Paris conference. This conference will aim to bring together partner countries, key experts from academia, think-tanks and international organisations and will take place by November 2015. 

    By mid-2015, the Commission will also start to present legislative proposals to implement the 2030 climate and energy framework to the European Parliament and the Council. 

    It will continue to mainstream climate change action into its economic and development cooperation; take initiatives to work closer together with Member States in the delivery of climate relevant development finance; and take better advantage of the openness of its scientific research and innovation programmes to support its international partners, assisting them in preparing to carry out their commitments under the new Protocol.

    Against this background, the Commission invites the European Parliament and the Council to endorse the proposed approach as soon as possible.

    Annex and working document: it should be noted that some aspects of this communication are set out in further detail in the accompanying Staff Working Document. An annexed table presents the EU 2030 target and intended nationally determined contribution which aims to achieve at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2030.

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