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EU actions on climate change

NO DOUBT

that the climate system is warming according to IPCC,which bringstogether hundreds of scientist on climate change from all over theworld.

The global average temperature has risen around 0.8C since 1880and humankinds influence is clear! the "#CC is at least 95% certain

that human activities which release greenhouse gases are the

dominant cause of warming since the mid$%0th century.

The present emission trends put the world plausil! on apath toward "#C warming within this centur!$


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hat shall we e&pect at a "#C

warmer world' &eter$scalesea(le)el rise by %100 caused by the rapid loss of ice from 'reenland andthe (est )ntarctic "ce *heet

Increasing aridit!* drought* and e&treme temperatures in manyregions, including)frica, southern +urope and the &iddle +ast, most of the )mericas, )ustralia, and*outheast )sia

+apid ocean acidi,ication with wide$ranging, adverse implications for marine speciesand entire ecosystems

Increasing threat to large(scale ecos!stems, such as coral reefs and a large part of the)maon rain forest

-arious climatic e&tremescan be epected to change in intensity or fre/uency, includingheat waves, intense rainfall events and related floods, and tropical cyclone intensity.

In Europe it is e&pected to ha)e more regural heatwa)es moreintense rain,alls and related ,loods and at se)eral places o, coastalarea will e seriousl! e,,ected ! the increasing sea le)el$


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o prevent the most severe impacts ofo prevent the most severe impacts ofclimate change, the internationallimate change, the internationalcommunity has agreed that global warmingommunity has agreed that global warmingshould be kept below 2C compared to thehould be kept below 2C compared to thetemperature in pre-industrial times.emperature in pre-industrial times.

hat meanshat means a temperaturetemperatureincrease of no more than 1.2Cncrease of no more than 1.2Cabove today!s levelbove today!s level .


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(hat the +uropean nion does

in order to archive this goal -et up targets ! ./5/nder the 2yoto protocol, the 13 countries that were member before %004 are committed toreducing their collective emissions to 85 below 1660 levels by the years %008$%01%.+missions monotrong shows that the +$13 is well on track to meet this target. &ost&ember *tates that have 7oined the + since %004 also have 2yoto reduction targets of 5

or 85 935 in Croatias case: which they are on course to achieve.

;or ././, the + has committed to cutting its emissions to ./%below 1660 levels. This isone of the headline targets of the Europe ././ growth strateg!$ The + has offered toincrease its emissions reduction to 0/% ! ././ i, other ma1or emitting countries inthe de)eloped and de)eloping worlds commit to underta2e their ,air share of a globalemissions reduction effort.

;or ./0/, the +uropean Commission proposes that the + set itself a target of reducingemissions to "/%below 1660 levels by %0


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(hat the +uropean nion does

in order to archive this goal Ta2es initiati)esto reduce greenhouse gas emissions! The + +missions Trading *ystem, which has become the +s key tool for

reducing greenhouse gas emissions from industry most cost$effectively=

)dopting legislation to raise the share of energy consumption produced byrenewable energy sources, such as wind, solar and biomass to %05 by %0%0

"mproving the energy efficiency of buildings and of a wide array of e/uipmentand household appliances by %05 by%0%0

>inding targets to reduce C?% emissions from new cars and vans

*upporting the development of carbon capture and storage 9CC*:technologies to trap and store C?% emitted by power stations and other ma7orindustrial installations

+uropean Climate Change #rogramme 9+CC#:
http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ets/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/targets_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ccs/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/eccp/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/eccp/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ccs/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/index_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/targets_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/ets/index_en.htm


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(hat else

The + is a driving force at the international climatechangenegotitations and was instrumental at the development of@;CC and the 2yoto protocol

./% o, the EU udgetaimed to support climate actions

AmainstreamingB means, climate change concernsincreasingly integrated into other policy areas

(orld s leading donor ,or de)elopment aid*the + providesubstantional funding to help developing contries tackleclimate change


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;resh news from the +

) reduction in greenhouse gas 9'': emissions by 405below the 1660 level, an +$wide binding target for renewableenergy of at least %D5, renewed ambitions for energyefficiency policies, a new governance system and a set ofnew indicators to ensure a competitive and secure energy

system. These are the pillars of the new + framework onclimate and energy for %0


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Resources/ More info for deep divers

IPCC, 2013:Summary for Policymakers. In Climate Change 2013:The PhysicalScience Basis Contriution of !orking "rou# I to the $ifth %ssessment &e#ort of the

Intergo'ernmental Panel on Climate Change (Stocker, T.$., ). *in, ".+. Plattner, -.Tignor, S. . %llen, . Boschung, %. /auels, . ia, . Be an4 P.-. -i4gley 5e4s.67.Camri4ge 8ni'ersity Press, Camri4ge, 8nite4 ing4om an4 /e9 ork, /, 8S%.

Turn down the heat: Why a 4C world shouldbe avoided, the World BankNovember2012

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