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Binding greenhouse gas emission reductions for Member States (2021-2030)

JESC — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:00:31 +0000

The European Commission (EC) proposed the effort sharing list to reduce greenhouse gas emissions targets for Member States from 2021-2030 for the transport, buildings, agriculture, waste, land-use and forestry sectors, which accounted for nearly 60% of the total emissions of the European Union (EU) in 2014. The framework contains a binding target to cut emissions by 40% […]

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Energy mix in the EU after COP21

JESC — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:54:35 +0000

The time has come to make the Paris Agreement real. Renewables are the clear option in the new energy mix. Even in the face of difficulties, the EU should not be less ambitious. After COP21, and in the midst of the ratification process for the Paris Agreement, the European Commission presented last June a Communication […]

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Paris Agreement marches forward towards implementation

JESC — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:35:35 +0000

This April saw the launch of the one-year period for national governments to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change reached at the COP 21 in Paris, the final stage before entry into force. The international community greeted with enthusiasm the substantial Paris Agreement on climate change produced last December by the UNFCCC 21st meeting […]

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Global response to Laudato si’

JESC — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 11:12:26 +0000

The Encyclical Laudato si’ by Pope Francis published in June has had an amazing effect beyond the boundaries of the Catholic Church. Politicians, scientists, academics and representatives of a large number of social movements have responded to the Pope’s invitation to join a dialogue on the shaping of the future of our planet. US President […]

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Making concrete the EU commitment on climate change

JESC — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:04:54 +0000

The environment ministers of the EU confirmed the proposal for COP21 to reduce emissions at least by 40% by 2030, and to reduce 80-95% in 2050 compared with 1990 In the last Council of the environment ministers of the European Union, that took place in Brussels on September the 19th, the Governments of the EU […]

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EU Commissioner Cañete: “The call of Pope Francis to combat climate change could not be more timely”

JESC — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:52:19 +0000

The Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Mr. Miguel Arias Cañete, talks about challenges facing the EU as regards these matters and the contribution for the COP21 in Paris next December. There is still a large section of public opinion which remains sceptical about climate change. Why should Europe, a region still suffering from a deep crisis […]

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Catholic organisations’ initiatives to face up to climate change

JESC — Tue, 26 May 2015 11:14:39 +0000

CIDSE is an international alliance of 17 Catholic development organisations working together for global justice. Caritas Internationalis is a network comprising 165 organisations. It works for a world of peace, solidarity and justice. It provides help to victims of war, natural disaster and poverty and to migrants. CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis together published in November […]

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Adaptation or needed resilience

JESC — Tue, 19 May 2015 10:11:01 +0000

The impact of climate change will become more intense and its effects will be irreversible. We will have to adapt to new physical and climatic conditions. This article is the third in a series of monthly pieces that aims to prepare our readers for COP21, the UN Conference on Climate Change that will take place […]

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Mitigation or how to limit the impacts of climate change

JESC — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 12:33:06 +0000

In 2013 the European Environment Agency (EEA) announced that Europe had already reduced its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 19% with reference to the 1990 level, but this reduction is largely as a result of the economic crisis. In order to tackle climate change there are two possible strategies: mitigation and adaptation. The first strategy […]

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