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EU Taxonomy Thresholds For Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation | |
Tsvetelina Kuzmanova Sara Dethier | |
2021-01-05 | |
出版年 | 2021 |
国家 | 欧洲 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
英文摘要 | E3G welcomes the work of the European Commission on the EU Taxonomy Delegated Act with technical screening criteria on climate change mitigation and adaptation. To maintain the credibility of the taxonomy and the coherence across other policy files, E3G has provided a response to the public consultation with sector and activity-specific recommendations. Overarching recommendations for the Taxonomy Delegated Act:
The taxonomy, pioneered by the Commission in 2018, was presented as a science-based, apolitical tool for scaling up sustainable investments. Although it was intended for the EU single market, the momentum behind it has triggered the creation of taxonomies and green investment classification systems in other countries. The strength of the EU taxonomy is that it sets out science-based screening criteria as a safeguard against greenwashing. However, the recently published draft Delegated Act (DA) with the criteria on climate change mitigation and adaptation, demonstrates that in some instances these thresholds fail to rely on established policy objectives and scientific evidence. While we recognise that to a large extent the draft DA has taken into account the Technical Expert Group (TEG) recommendations, in some instances the draft has ignored or weakened the TEG scientific advice, or has introduced new activities, which have not been a subject to rigorous a scientific debate. Departing from the recommendations of the TEG raises the possibility that some of the thresholds could be watered down further following the public consultation. Without its scientific basis the taxonomy risks losing its credibility. If the EU taxonomy is to fulfil the promise of setting the gold standard for the sustainable industries and activities of the future, not only for Europe but globally, then it will be vital that its rules are based on science and not on political convenience. ![]() |
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来源平台 | E3G |
文献类型 | 科技报告 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/310464 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tsvetelina Kuzmanova Sara Dethier. EU Taxonomy Thresholds For Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation,2021. |
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