Dans l’UE, 4 milliards de tonnes d’air chaud pourraient ramener l’objectif climatique proposé de 40% à seulement 26%

The briefing warns that loopholes in the EU's climate framework have created a 'bubble' of 4 billion tonnes of unused pollution credits. This surplus, split between the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and the Effort Sharing Decision, threatens to undermine the EU's proposed 2030 goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 1990 levels. The author argues that if these credits are carried over into the 2030 framework, the actual emission reductions could drop to 26%.

• A total of 4 billion tonnes of 'hot air' (unused pollution credits) could lower the EU's proposed 2030 emission reduction target from 40% to 26%.
• The Effort Sharing Decision is expected to generate a surplus of 1.35 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2020, resulting from insufficient targets and the use of international offsets, including up to 750 million tonnes from projects in developing countries.
• The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is projected to have a surplus of 2.6 billion tonnes of emission credits by 2020, which lowers carbon prices and reduces incentives for climate action.
• Heavy industries have received 1 billion tonnes more in free emission permits than necessary, and it is proposed that they receive free quotas worth nearly 40 billion euros by 2020.
• To protect the 40% target, the document recommends that EU heads of state ban the carry-over of surpluses from the Effort Sharing Decision and permanently cancel excess EU ETS quotas by lowering caps.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2014). Dans l’UE, 4 milliards de tonnes d’air chaud pourraient ramener l’objectif climatique proposé de 40% à seulement 26%. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2030-LOOPHOLES-INFOGRAPHIC-BRIEF-FRENCH-NO-CAMP1.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Dans l’UE, 4 milliards de tonnes d’air chaud pourraient ramener l’objectif climatique proposé de 40% à seulement 26%. 2014. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2030-LOOPHOLES-INFOGRAPHIC-BRIEF-FRENCH-NO-CAMP1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{carbonmarketwatch2014dans, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Dans l’UE, 4 milliards de tonnes d’air chaud pourraient ramener l’objectif climatique proposé de 40\% à seulement 26\%}}, institution = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2014}, month = oct, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2030-LOOPHOLES-INFOGRAPHIC-BRIEF-FRENCH-NO-CAMP1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }