La taxonomie durable de l’UE en passe d’alimenter le greenwashing

Reclaim Finance criticizes the European Commission's 2021 delegated acts for the EU sustainable taxonomy, claiming that political and industrial pressure has overridden scientific criteria. The author asserts that the current framework allows for greenwashing by adopting weak bioenergy standards and leaving the door open for fossil gas and nuclear energy, which the author argues are incompatible with the Paris Agreement goals.

• The European Commission's sustainable taxonomy has been influenced by member states and industrial lobbies, leading to the inclusion of polluting activities and facilitating 'greenwashing'.
• Bioenergy and forestry criteria have been weakened, potentially leading to deforestation in Europe to satisfy the energy and forestry industries and Scandinavian countries.
• Fossil gas may already be effectively included in the taxonomy through lenient criteria for hydrogen production and gas distribution infrastructure.
• The European Commission is considering the inclusion of natural gas and nuclear energy in future complementary delegated acts, despite scientific evidence and the 'do no significant harm' principle.

APA

admin (2021). La taxonomie durable de l’UE en passe d’alimenter le greenwashing. Reclaim Finance. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2021/04/22/la-taxonomie-durable-de-lue-en-passe-dalimenter-le-greenwashing/

Chicago

admin. La taxonomie durable de l’UE en passe d’alimenter le greenwashing. Reclaim Finance, 2021. https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2021/04/22/la-taxonomie-durable-de-lue-en-passe-dalimenter-le-greenwashing/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2021taxonomie, author = {admin}, title = {{La taxonomie durable de l’UE en passe d’alimenter le greenwashing}}, publisher = {Reclaim Finance}, year = {2021}, month = apr, url = {https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2021/04/22/la-taxonomie-durable-de-lue-en-passe-dalimenter-le-greenwashing/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }