ClientEarth’s call to the members of the EP to vote against the Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act on Climate

ClientEarth calls on the European Parliament to veto the Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act, asserting that the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy as sustainable activities undermines the EU's climate leadership and violates several legal requirements, including the European Climate Law and the Taxonomy Regulation.

• ClientEarth argues that qualifying fossil gas activities as sustainable contradicts the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and would cause the EU to lag behind countries like Colombia, Bangladesh, and South Africa, which have rejected gas as a sustainable option.
• The document asserts that the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU Taxonomy lacks support from a significant number of banks and investors who require reliable information based on international standards.
• ClientEarth identifies several legal failures in the Commission's adoption of the delegated act, including the absence of a dedicated Impact Assessment and a failure to assess consistency with the European Climate Law's 2030 and 2040 targets.
• The author claims that fossil gas activities do not meet the Taxonomy Regulation's criteria because low-carbon alternatives are technologically and economically feasible, and that gas activities create a lock-in of carbon-intensive assets.
• The delegated act is described as conflicting with the Paris Agreement's temperature limits, the EU's goal of a 'climate-neutral Union' by 2050, and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

APA

ClientEarth (2022). ClientEarth’s call to the members of the EP to vote against the Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act on Climate. https://www.clientearth.org/media/vzmnhwdj/taxonomy-complementary-delegated-act-call-to-veto-clientearth-20-06-2022-final.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. ClientEarth’s call to the members of the EP to vote against the Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act on Climate. 2022. https://www.clientearth.org/media/vzmnhwdj/taxonomy-complementary-delegated-act-call-to-veto-clientearth-20-06-2022-final.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2022clientearths, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{ClientEarth’s call to the members of the EP to vote against the Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act on Climate}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2022}, month = jun, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/vzmnhwdj/taxonomy-complementary-delegated-act-call-to-veto-clientearth-20-06-2022-final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }