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There is an increasing scientific consensus that human activities do trigger climate changes.
But what is Europe’s role in the fight against climate change?
The WEC report “European Climate Change Policy Beyond 2012” provides an overview of the EU climate and energy policy package and, more specifically, the further developments of its emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS). Whereas EU policy covering the period to 2020 has well developed milestones and legislation, the future beyond 2020 is rather nebulous. This has severe implications on the investments in the energy sector and on research and development activities.
Executive summary and the Full report are available at: http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/2717.asp
This paper addresses a number of issues of crucial importance for EU energy policy development. According to the author, the EPC Senior Adviser Jørgen Henningsen, urgent measures are needed because Europe’s energy situation in 2025 is being decided today – and relying on energy market liberalisation to bring down prices or the Kyoto Protocol as the main weapon in the fight against climate change is a mistake.
(More on the European Policy Centre website)
