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<Mobilisation>For strong Climate Action in Europe

Tomas Wyns, Policy Team CoordinatorCLIMATE ACTION NETWORK EUROPE

ETUI 30 MARCH 2011

<Climate Action Network Europe>

140 Member

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In 26 countrie

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Representing millions of European citizens

“Uniting NGOs in the fight against dangerous climate change since 1989”

<Impacts>

Total estimated damage

10-30 billion US dollars

Floods in Pakistan

20 million people displaced

6 millions without shelter

1.700 killed

2010 drought in Russia: cost 1% GDP = $15 bn

2011 floods in Australia: $10 bn damages + bns lost exports

2010, UK winter snap (Q4):-0,6% GDP = £2 bn

<climate revolutions ?>

<extreme weather in Russia>

<crop harvest failures>

<skyrocketing food prices>

<Status Quo>

<EU 20 20 20>

•EU climate and energy package ˚2008

•20% GHG reduction by 2020 (ref. 1990)

•30% if the “conditions” are right (int’l framework)

•20% renewable energy by 2020

•Reviewed EU ETS as from 2013: streamlined, (almost) no free allowances for power sector

<20% by 2020 = BAU> ?

<Myopic conditionality>

<fighting corporate “short term”self-interests>EU corporate lobbyists complain about “carbon leakage”

and “competitive distortion” following enhanced

climate action... but

Same companies (steel, cement, ...) will make billions from

EU ETS allowance surplus<www.sandbag.org.uk>

and even more by making consumers pay for those free

allowances...<www.cedelft.eu>

Does corporate Europe actually want

more climate action in non-EU countries?

<Rhetorical question>

<www.caneurope.org>

<Vision>

<2050 E.C. Low Carbon Roadmap>

• Postponing action and dumping carbon• Oil price of $80/bl in 2020 (doh!?)• So underestimating cost savings• Underestimating (low cost) energy savings potential

We have E.C. 2050 climate roadmap, transport white paper and

energy efficiency plan ... but

...where is Europe’s 2050 industrial roadmap?

DG Enterprise... anybody home?!

<NGOs have a vision :-) > WWF Germany:

“a blueprint for more than 80% reductions in

Europe’s biggest economy”<www.wwf.de>

Greenpeace:“100% renewable

energy in Europe by 2050”

<www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit>

Heal:“Health benefits of a -30%

2020 EU GHG target” <www.env-health.org>

STEEL: HIsarna coke-

free blast furnace in NL

PAPER:Black liquor gasification

CEMENT:Magnesium oxide based

Real life examples of breakthrough

technologies being put into operation

<80% and more reductions possible>

Low carbon EU 2050 = <Re-industrialisation>

<www.caneurope.org

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<Ideas for a non-BAU Europe> Report by German Environment Ministry

Raising the EU’s climate target from 20% to 30% can foster the following outcomes by 2020:

• increase the growth rate of the European economy by up to 0.6% per year

• create up to 6 million additional jobs Europe-wide

• boost European investments from 18% to up to 22% of GDP • increase European GDP by up to $842 bn

• increase GDP by up to 6% both in the old (EU15) and new (EU12) member states.

<http://www.european-climate-forum.net/fileadmin/ecf-documents/Press/A_New_Growth_Path_for_Europe__Synthesis_Report.pdf

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<A smart and healthy mix of policy instruments>

<Mobilisation>

•Difficult international situation

•Economic & EURO crisis

•Divided Europe, solidarity seems a bad thing, solving current problems with old solutions

•Weak and uninspired Barroso II

•Strong business lobby with top access to policy makers at highest levels

<Brussels, we have a problem>

<So ... it will be up to us>

•regular exchange of views [talk more]

•regular exchange of expertise (complementary)

•Mainstreaming and linking other policies with climate action

•Create our own 2050 joint roadmap

•Streamline joint messaging and outreach (!)

•...

How Climate activist and Trade Unions can to work together

< To be continued... >

e-mail: tomas(a)caneurope.org twitter: @tw4caneurope and @climactnet_eu