romania_2celsius-esr-letter-to-the-minister2-a398321136f82fef.pdf

A coalition of Romanian NGOs urges the Minister of Environment to advocate for a strengthened Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) during the Environment Council. The authors argue that the current ESR is insufficient to meet Paris Agreement goals and propose specific improvements, including higher emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2050, more accurate emission baselines, the removal of forestry and ETS loopholes, and stricter governance with financial sanctions.

• The Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) is critical for the EU's climate goals as it covers approximately 60% of total EU emissions, but the current version is not aligned with the long-term commitments of the Paris Agreement.
• Within the ESR sectors, land transport is the largest contributor, accounting for 35% of emissions, and requires measures such as fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks to meet targets.
• The authors propose specific quantitative targets for the ESR: a reduction of at least 47% in ESR sectors by 2030 and at least 95% by 2050.
• The letter identifies several necessary legislative improvements for the ESR, including the use of actual emission baselines to prevent 'business-as-usual' pollution, the elimination of non-permanent forestry credits and ETS surplus certificate loopholes, and the implementation of annual compliance checks with financial penalties.
• The authors emphasize that robust accounting rules for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) are vital for EU climate leadership and the protection of biodiversity.

APA

Gioară, B. (2017). romania_2celsius-esr-letter-to-the-minister2-a398321136f82fef.pdf. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Romania_2Celsius-ESR-letter-to-the-minister2.pdf

Chicago

Gioară, Bogdan. romania_2celsius-esr-letter-to-the-minister2-a398321136f82fef.pdf. Carbon Market Watch, 2017. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Romania_2Celsius-ESR-letter-to-the-minister2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{gioar2017romania2celsiusesrlettertotheminister2a398321136f82fefpdf, author = {Gioară, Bogdan}, title = {{romania\_2celsius-esr-letter-to-the-minister2-a398321136f82fef.pdf}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = jun, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Romania_2Celsius-ESR-letter-to-the-minister2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }