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50% for nature and climate: EU leaders must put sustainability at the core of the EU budget | |
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2018-02-23 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 国际 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | As EU Heads of State and Government prepare to meet in Brussels today to discuss the political priorities of the EU's next budget, WWF calls for a clear commitment to integrating long-term sustainability across all budget lines. “The next budget will be a litmus test of the EU’s willingness to deliver on its international commitments on climate, environment, biodiversity and sustainable development,” said Andrea Kohl, acting Director of the WWF European Policy Office. “In order to achieve these, a re-balancing of environmental, social and economic aspects is needed, with sustainability mainstreamed into all relevant programmes and instruments. This is why we are calling for a mandatory spending target of 50% for climate and nature.“ WWF criticises the favouring of economic aspects over social and environmental matters in the current EU budget, combined with a lack of policy coherence across different sectors. Instead it calls for all programmes and funding instruments of the new budget to be brought in line with international commitments such as the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement on climate, and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The organisation also pushes for a complete phase-out of environmentally harmful subsidies, and an increase funding for the Financial Instrument to the Environment (LIFE) – the only EU funding instrument for nature conservation - from 0.3% today to at least 1% of the total budget. “How we spend taxpayers’ money matters, and the EU budget must reflect European core values such as democracy, human rights and a high level environmental and climate protection,” added Kohl. “This is what citizens care about, and this is what their leaders must deliver.” The debate by EU leaders follows just a day after the European Parliament’s lead committee for the EU’s future budget has voted in favour of increased spending for climate action, nature conservation and other environment measures. ENDS Notes to editors: Key WWF asks:
Recommendations for sector specific policies and instruments:
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来源平台 | World Wide Fund for Nature |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/125941 |
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