آیا اتحادیه اروپا می‌تواند رهبر اقلیمی باشد و رقابت‌پذیری اقتصادی خود را افزایش دهد؟

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آیا اتحادیه اروپا می‌تواند رهبر اقلیمی باشد و رقابت‌پذیری اقتصادی خود را افزایش دهد؟  پیشنهاد اخیر کمیسیون اروپا برای تعیین هدف کاهش انتشار ۹۰ درصدی گازهای گلخانه‌ای تا سال ۲۰۴۰ در مقایسه با سطح سال ۱۹۹۰، مورد انتقاد قانون‌گذاران اروپایی، کشورهای عضو و طرفداران محیط زیست قرار گرفته است.  لب بیشتر : http://parsi.euronews.com/2025/08/12/can-the-eu-be-a-climate-leader-and-increase-its-economic-competitiveness  مشترک شوید: یورونیوز به یازده زبان دیگر در دسترس شماست

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00:00The EU wants to review its climate law, which aims to tackle a central crisis of our time, global warming.

00:21The European Commission has just proposed reducing pollutant emissions by 90% by 2040 compared to 1990 levels

00:29in order for the bloc to reach climate neutrality by mid-century.

00:33Now, intense negotiations with the European Council and European Parliament are expected.

00:39EU Decoded asks how we can reconcile the need for economic growth with the fight against climate change.

00:45The sectors that cause the most greenhouse gas emissions are industry, energy production, transportation, agriculture and housing.

00:53The new proposal in the climate law should bridge the gap between the 2030 target to reduce polluting gases by 55%

01:00and the aim to achieve net zero pollution by 2050.

01:05In other words, by mid-century, emissions from economic activity should not contribute to global warming.

01:11This is what was pledged in the 2015 Paris Agreement, which establishes that the planet's average temperature

01:17should not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the levels at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the early 20th century.

01:25Scientific studies show that over the last century, global warming has caused an increase in heatwaves,

01:31droughts, floods and loss of biodiversity.

01:34But what do EU citizens actually think of this proposed review of the EU's climate law?

01:39The economy, I don't think it's the most important thing in life.

01:42I think there are other things that are very important, such as the environment.

01:49They should invest more in different or in new strategies to reduce the pollution.

01:56The EU needs to do nothing more, if the others do nothing.

01:59Look at America, look at what's happening there, look at India, look at China and let us in the EU

02:05just let the economy live again.

02:07We are now joined by Euronews reporter Grégoire Loury, who covered this announcement.

02:27The European Commission is for the first time considering allowing government to participate

02:31in the international carbon market to offset some of their pollution.

02:34But what exactly is being proposed?

02:37So basically, an EU member state could pay a third country outside the EU to reduce its

02:43greenhouse emissions.

02:45And this effort will be included in the minus 90% in the EU.

02:51NGOs are saying it is nonsense because it runs against scientific opinion.

02:55To address this criticism, the Commission is proposing a limited contribution of 3%.

03:01The European Commission is also suggesting that member states could be allowed to use other

03:06form of flexibilities to meet their climate obligations.

03:10But this has also been criticised by environmentalists.

03:13Can you explain why?

03:14One is the carbon removal.

03:16It could be nature-based or industrial technologies.

03:19And on this point, NGOs are saying that these industrial technologies removers are not developing

03:26enough to be scaled up.

03:28The other flexibility, in a nutshell, is that flexibility between sectors, so sectors ahead

03:33on their reductions, could compensate those lagging behind.

03:36To what extent is this decision on the 2040 target linked to the proposals that the EU will

03:42have to make at the next UN climate summit in November in Brazil, and for the bloc to retain

03:47its position as a global leader in this area?

03:50So the EU, as all the parties to the Paris Agreement, have to submit to the UN their updated

03:58NDC, Nationally Determined Contribution.

04:00These new NDCs will cover horizon 2035.

04:06So if the EU wants to send a clear signal to its international partners that it is committed

04:12to multilateralism regarding climate, it has to come up with a strong 2040 target.

04:1885% of Europeans said tackling climate change should be an EU priority, according to a survey

04:25released by Eurobarometer in June.

04:2781% of those surveyed by the Statistics Agency support the EU-wide goal of reaching climate

04:33neutrality by 2050.

04:3575% believe that reducing fossil fuel imports will increase energy security.

04:41To accelerate the process, the Commission proposes tax incentives to encourage investments in

04:47clean technologies and more public investment in expanding renewable energy sources.

04:51Our guest is Austrian MEP Lena Schillings from The Greens Group.

04:55Thank you very much for joining us.

04:57Thank you for the invitation.

04:58There are now increasingly more climate change skeptics in power, notably in the US, but of

05:04course, Europe also has its own climate change skeptics.

05:08So can the EU maintain its commitment to comply with the Paris Agreement to curb global warming?

05:13It is very hard.

05:14I would say in this European Parliament, almost one third of this Parliament are people that

05:19deny the climate crisis or say it's not important or whatever.

05:24So yes, the majorities have changed with the US and Trump saying, drill baby, drill.

05:31We have a real problem.

05:32A recent bid by the Greens, the Socialists and the Liberals to fast track the review of the

05:38climate law through Parliament was blocked by mostly right-wing parties.

05:43Do you think that there is a risk that the negotiations will be bogged down and diluted?

05:48So yes, the far right blocked it, together with the EPP.

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

05:55And now we, together with the Social Democrats and the Liberals, need to get EPP on board.

06:00And that's what we are trying to do, to work together constructively and do another report,

06:06other amendments, a whole other story, because we need this climate target.

06:11And it's clear, with climate denier far right, it's impossible to get it.

06:15Some leaders, notably France's Emmanuel Macron, have already said that they oppose for the

06:20moment talks over 2040 targets.

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

06:25What Macron is doing here and saying he wants to delay it or whatever,

06:28that really messes with the next COP negotiations.

06:33And we are always saying we 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, it's hell of a battle.

06:47The EU's upcoming multi-annual budget for 2028 to 2034 focuses on new priorities,

06:54namely economic competitiveness and security and defence.

06:57Do you think that funding for the climate transition will be enough to meet the bloc's

07:02climate targets?

07:03I have severe doubts.

07:05I think there are a few problems with this MFF.

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

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

07:14We need money for this clean industrial deal.

07:17We need money for biodiversity, as I said.

07:20We need money for civil society.

07:22But we also need to stop subsidizing and funding climate-harming projects or subsidies.

07:33Some say there will be no economy without the planet.

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

07:39the European Commissioner for Climate Change cited the example of Slovenia,

07:44which lost 11% of its GDP after devastating floods in 2023.

07:48Let's see if climate policy remains a priority in a time of economic,

07:53security and geopolitical turmoil.

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