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DG Climate Action Stakehold Conference
March 17
Brussels, Belgium
The 17th of March DG-Climate Action organised a stakeholder
conference on the Roadmap for a Low-Carbon Economy by 2050, where
IFOAM EU was present. Connie Hedegaard and Jos Delbeke, Commissioners
for
Climate Action gave keynote speeches on the main targets of the
document and on possible outcomes (see graph to the left). The
document should serve as a guideline for European policies in the domains
of energy, agriculture, employment, etc. Hedegaard emphasised that
investments in new technology will be required in order to achieve
the 80% reduction of green house gasses (GHG) by 2050. However,
the source of the investments was heavily discussed to determine if
funding would be
primarily obtained from private or public sectors.Meanwhile,
the Hungarian Presidency confirmed that the Roadmap on moving to a
competitive
low carbon economy in 2050 will be discussed at the
Informal Environment Council in Budapest & Gödöllo at the end of
March (24-26). |
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