The EU Emission Budget and its Implications for EU Climate Action

Presentation: Speech
Date: 22 January 2018
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Speech: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

Philipp Voß

On 22 January 2018, Ecologic Institute's Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf and Philipp Voß presented the the report "The EU Emission Budget and its Implications for EU Climate Action" in Brussels. Beside the discussion of what a "fair" EU contribution according to the Paris Agreement is, they outlined different EU's greenhouse gas emission budgets scenarios. The presentations, agenda and list of participants are available for download.

Any EU emission budget is very small and shrinking rapidly!

EU Greenhouse Gas Emission Budget

Implications for EU Climate Policies

Year 2018

Publication:Report

The Paris Agreement states that Parties will scale up their commitments with every consecutive nationally determined contribution. A new paper by Ecologic Institute shows how EU legislation can help implement this requirement. The paper is available for download.

Robust Review and Ratcheting Up Targets – EU Climate Policies after 2020

Year 2017

Publication:Document

On 20 July 2016 the European Commission published its legislative proposal for an Effort Sharing Regulation. A paper from Ecologic Institute provides comments on the Commission's proposal. The comments are available for download.

Commission Proposal for an Effort Sharing Regulation: Comments

Year 2016

Project

Ecologic Institute continues to advise the German Federal Ministry for the Environment on the updating of EU climate and energy policy after 2020. In this project, Ecologic Institute developed options and formulation proposals for concrete legal texts and initiatives of European climate and energy policy - through a number of expert opinions, short studies, workshops and ad hoc support services.

EU Energy and Climate Policy after 2020

Jul 2015 - Mar 2018

Event: Implementing the Paris Agreement: What is the EU emission budget? What does th…
Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Speech: Dr. Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf

Philipp Voß
Team: Mona Freundt
Date: 22 January 2018
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Language: English
Project: EU Energy and Climate Policy after 2020
Project ID: 2120
Keywords: Climate

energy and climate policies, 2030, political, legal and economic effects, suggestions for action

Europe

Presentation slides

eu-emission-budget-and-its-implications_introduction-nmo.pdf (181.57 KB)

eu-emission-budget-and-its-implications_final_pvo.pdf (1.03 MB)

Attachments

Participant list [pdf, 216 kB, English] (216.43 KB)

Workshop agenda [pdf, 257 kB, English] (256.4 KB)

Further Links

PublicationReportEU Greenhouse Gas Emission Budget

Meyer-Ohlendorf, Nils; Voß, Philipp; Velten, Eike; Görlach, Benjamin: EU Greenhouse Gas Emission Budget: Implications for EU Climate Policies (2018)

Presentation slides by Kelsey Perlman (Carbon Market Watch): Carbon budgets to spur action