ESR-Lettera@Galletti(7.6.17)

A coalition of environmental organizations calls on the Italian government to strengthen the EU's Effort Sharing Regulation by lowering the emission starting point, limiting the use of LULUCF and ETS credits, capping accumulated surpluses, and introducing periodic upward revisions of 2030 targets to align with the Paris Agreement.

• The authors argue that the European Commission's proposed starting point for emissions (an average of 2016-2018 levels starting in 2020) artificially inflates the EU's carbon budget. They propose instead a linear decreasing trajectory starting from 2017 emission levels, which would reduce the carbon budget by approximately 500 million tonnes.
• The document criticizes the proposal to allow the use of 380 million tonnes of non-permanent forest credits (LULUCF) and ETS surpluses to meet ESR targets, stating that this weakens climate action in ESR sectors and merely shifts the ETS surplus problem between policy areas.
• To prevent national targets from being met only on paper, the authors propose limiting the use of accumulated surpluses to 5% per country, which they estimate would lead to an additional reduction of 400 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
• The authors call for a periodic upward revision of 2030 targets to align with a trajectory of at least 95% reduction by 2050, which would require ESR sectors to reduce emissions by at least 47% by 2030.
• Regarding the LULUCF sector, the document emphasizes the need for a rigorous accounting system to ensure effective climate action and the protection of forest quality and biodiversity in Europe.

APA

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Chicago

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2017esrletteragalletti7617, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{ESR-Lettera@Galletti(7.6.17)}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = jun, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/[email protected]}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }