L'UE può essere leader in materia di clima pur rafforzando la sua competitività economica?

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L'UE può essere leader in materia di clima pur rafforzando la sua competitività economica?  La recente proposta della Commissione europea di fissare un obiettivo di riduzione delle emissioni del 90% entro il 2040 rispetto ai livelli del 1990 sta ricevendo critiche da parte di legislatori europei, Stati membri e ambientalisti.  ALTRE INFORMAZIONI : http://it.euronews.com/2025/08/12/lue-puo-essere-leader-in-materia-di-clima-pur-rafforzando-la-sua-competitivita-economica  Abbonati, euronews è disponibile in 12 lingue.

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00:14The EU wants to review its climate law

00:16which aims to tackle a central crisis

00:18of our time, global warming.

00:22The European Commission has just proposed

00:24reducing pollutant emissions by 90%

00:26by 2040 compared

00:28to 1990 levels in order

00:30for the bloc to reach climate neutrality

00:32by mid-century.

00:34Now, intense negotiations with the

00:36European Council and European Parliament

00:38are expected.

00:40EU Decoded asks how we can reconcile

00:42the need for economic growth with the

00:44fight against climate change.

00:46The sectors that cause the most greenhouse gas emissions

00:48are industry, energy production,

00:50transportation, agriculture

00:52and housing.

00:54The new proposal in the climate law should

00:56bridge the gap between the 2030 target

00:58to reduce polluting gases by 55%

01:00and the aim to achieve

01:02net-zero pollution by 2050.

01:04In other words, by mid-century,

01:06emissions from economic activity

01:08should not contribute to global warming.

01:10This is what was pledged

01:12in the 2015 Paris Agreement

01:14which establishes that the planet's

01:16average temperature should not exceed

01:181.5 degrees Celsius compared

01:20to the levels at the beginning of the

01:22industrial revolution in the early 20th century.

01:24Scientific studies show that over the last century

01:28global warming has caused an increase

01:30in heatwaves, droughts, floods

01:32and loss of biodiversity.

01:34But what do EU citizens actually

01:36think of this proposed review of the

01:38EU's climate law?

01:40I don't think it's the most important

01:42in life.

01:43I think there are other things

01:44that are very important

01:46such as the environment.

01:50They should invest more in different

01:51or in new strategies

01:53to reduce the pollution.

01:57The EU needs to do nothing more

01:59if the others do nothing.

02:00Look at America,

02:01look at what's going on there,

02:02look at India,

02:03look at China,

02:04and let us in the EU

02:06just leave the economy

02:07live in the EU.

02:08We will not be able to save this world

02:09alone.

02:10We are now joined by Euronews reporter

02:24Gregoire Lory, who covered this announcement.

02:26The European Commission is for the first time

02:29considering allowing government

02:30to participate in the international

02:32carbon market to offset some of their pollution.

02:35But what exactly is being proposed?

02:37So basically an EU member state

02:40could pay a third country outside the EU

02:43to reduce its greenhouse emissions.

02:45And this effort will be included

02:47in the minus 90% in the EU.

02:50NGOs are saying it is nonsense

02:53because it runs against scientific opinion.

02:55To address this criticism,

02:57the Commission is proposing

02:59a limited contribution of 3%.

03:01The European Commission is also suggesting

03:03that member states could be allowed

03:05to use other forms of flexibilities

03:08to meet their climate obligations.

03:10But this has also been criticised

03:12by environmentalists.

03:13Can you explain why?

03:14One is the carbon removal.

03:16It could be nature-based

03:17or industrial technologies.

03:19And on this point,

03:20NGOs are saying that

03:22these industrial technologies

03:24removers are not developed enough to be scaled up.

03:28The other flexibility in a nutshell

03:30is that flexibility between sectors,

03:32so sectors ahead on their reductions,

03:34could compensate those lagging behind.

03:37To what extent is this decision on the 2040 target

03:40linked to the proposals that the EU

03:42will have to make at the next UN climate summit

03:44in November in Brazil,

03:46and for the bloc to retain its position

03:48as a global leader in this area?

03:50So the EU, as all the parties

03:52to the Paris Agreement,

03:53have to submit to the UN

03:57their updated NDC,

03:59Nationally Determined Contribution.

04:01These new NDCs will cover horizon 2035.

04:06So if the EU wants to send a clear signal

04:09to its international partners

04:11that it is committed to multilateralism

04:14regarding climate,

04:15it has to come up with a strong 2040 target.

04:1985% of Europeans said tackling climate change

04:22should be an EU priority,

04:24according to a survey released by Eurobarometer in June.

04:2781% of those surveyed by the Statistics Agency

04:31support the EU-wide goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050.

04:3675% believe that reducing fossil fuel imports

04:39will increase energy security.

04:41To accelerate the process,

04:43the Commission proposes tax incentives

04:45to encourage investments in clean technologies

04:48and more public investment

04:49in expanding renewable energy sources.

04:52Our guest is Austrian MEP Lene Schillings

04:54from The Greens Group.

04:56Thank you very much for joining us.

04:58Thank you for the invitation.

04:59There are now increasingly

05:01more climate change sceptics in power,

05:03notably in the US,

05:04but of course,

05:05Europe also has its own climate change sceptics.

05:08So can the EU maintain its commitment

05:10to comply with the Paris Agreement

05:12to curb global warming?

05:13It is very hard.

05:14I would say in this European Parliament,

05:16almost one third of this Parliament

05:18are people that deny the climate crisis

05:21or say it's not important or whatever.

05:24So, yes, the majorities have changed.

05:27With the US and Trump saying,

05:29drill, baby, drill,

05:31we had a real problem.

05:32A recent bid by the Greens,

05:34the Socialists and the Liberals

05:36to fast track the review of the climate law

05:39through Parliament was blocked

05:40by mostly right-wing parties.

05:43Do you think that there is a risk

05:44that the negotiations will be bogged down and diluted?

05:48So, yes, the far right blocked it,

05:50together with the EPP.

05:52I want to say very clear at this point.

05:55And now we, together with the Social Democrats

05:57and the Liberals,

05:58need to get EPP on board.

06:00And that's what we are trying to do,

06:02to work together constructively

06:04and do another report,

06:06other amendments,

06:08a whole other story,

06:09because we need this climate target.

06:11And it's clear,

06:12with climate denial, far right,

06:13it's impossible to get it.

06:15Some leaders,

06:16notably France's Emmanuel Macron,

06:18have already said that they oppose,

06:20for the moment,

06:21talks over 2040 targets.

06:23Can you tell us a bit more about this?

06:25What Macron is doing here

06:26and saying he wants to delay it

06:28or whatever,

06:29that really messes with the next COP negotiations.

06:33And we are always saying

06:34we can't solve the climate crisis alone in Europe.

06:37We need China.

06:38We need the US.

06:39We need other countries.

06:40We need India.

06:41So, yes, we need the Council.

06:43Yes, we need the Parliament.

06:44and in both institutions,

06:46it's hell of a battle.

06:47The EU's upcoming multi-annual budget

06:49for 2028 to 2034 focuses on new priorities,

06:54namely economic competitiveness

06:56and security and defence.

06:58Do you think that funding

06:59for the climate transition

07:00will be enough

07:01to meet the bloc's climate targets?

07:03I have severe doubts.

07:05I think there are a few problems

07:07with this MFF.

07:09The first one is really so much is unclear.

07:13There are a lot of things we need.

07:15We need money for this clean industrial deal.

07:17We need money for biodiversity,

07:19as I said.

07:20We need money for civil society.

07:22But we also need to stop subsidising

07:25and funding climate harming projects or subsidies.

07:32Some say there will be no economy without the planet.

07:37On the day he presented his legislative proposal,

07:40the European Commissioner for Climate Change

07:42cited the example of Slovenia,

07:44which lost 11% of its GDP

07:46after devastating floods in 2023.

07:48Let's see if climate policy remains a priority

07:51in a time of economic, security and geopolitical turmoil.

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