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A European Climate Law – What Should It Look Like?

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Ursula von der Leyen, the new President of the European Commission, took office today, on 1 December 2019. As one of her first proposals, she promised to propose a European Climate Law in the first 100 days of her term in office. This 'Law' is a critical step to make Europe climate neutral. It can close gaps in existing EU climate rules. These gaps will impede the EU from becoming climate neutral before 2050. A new paper by Ecologic Institute discusses what a European Climate Law should look like, and how it could close existing gaps. The paper is available for download.

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Citation

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils 2019: A European Climate Law – What Should It Look Like?. Ecologic Institute: Berlin.

Language
English
Author(s)
Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf
Funding
  • European Climate Foundation (ECF), Netherlands
Publisher
  • Ecologic Institute, Germany
Year
2019
Dimension
21 pp.
Project ID
2159
Table of Contents

1 Summary
2 Introduction
3 The Climate Law's main features: Which gaps in EU rules should the law close?
3.1 Legally binding reduction targets
3.2 EU emission budget
3.3 Negative emissions: targets for emission removals
3.4 Public participation and democracy
3.5 Independent advisory institutions
3.6 Monitoring, review, planning and strategies
3.7 Financial flows: Public Budgets, Subsidies, investment strategies
3.8 Policy Mainstreaming
4 The law's legal 'home': Where to place the law's elements in the acquis?

Keywords
climate law, renewable energies, energy efficiency, transformation, decarbonisation, Paris Agreement, European Parliament, EU, legislation, legal acts, CO2 footprint, climate target, governance regulation, energy union, Europe

Source URL (modified on 01/15/2020 - 10:16): https://www.ecologic.eu/17050

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