European Climate Law

The Association of Dutch Water Authorities represents the interests of the 21 regional Dutch Water Authorities, who are by law responsible for managing water barriers, waterways, water levels, water quality and all urban waste water treatment in their respective regions. They strongly support the ambition of the European Commission to work towards a climate neutral Europe.

Wärtsilä welcomes the Commission’s level of ambition in acting to mitigate and adapt to the threat posed by climate change. Wärtsilä is ready to contribute to the transition to reach these targets with innovative solutions on flexible power generation and maritime transport technology.

The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise supports the goal of reaching climate-neutrality by 2050 and believes that it is essential that the EU stays at the forefront of the fight against climate change. For the EU to stay at the forefront of global climate action the EU must ensure not only that emissions decrease and reach net-zero by 2050 but also that businesses and societies continues to grow.

The EBB welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation and to take part in this important debate. We have always been a strong advocate of the goals set in the Paris Climate Agreement (COP21), and have been constantly working towards providing the EU with practical solutions to accelerate the decarbonization of the European transport sector.

Dessau-Roßlau (Germany), February 6th 2020 Feedback by the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) regarding the EU Climate Law With the new Commission’s European Green Deal (EGD) a roadmap to become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 is disclosed, thereby setting a path for a transition that is just and socially fair.

Shell* welcomes the EU’s Green Deal and supports the target to achieve climate neutrality in the EU by 2050. For this to happen, industry needs clear goals and predictable policies to provide the business case for investment. Therefore, Shell supports anchoring the climate neutrality target in legislation.

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) feedback on European Climate Law – Achieving Climate Neutrality by 2050 Across the world, ecosystems and communities are experiencing unprecedented pressure from climate breakdown. The challenges future generations will face are compounded each day we continue to emit unwanted greenhouse gases.

CEMBUREAU’S RESPONSE TO THE ROADMAP ON THE “EUROPEAN CLIMATE LAW – ACHIEVING CLIMATE NEUTRALITY BY 2050” CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, is determined to contribute strongly to the EU’s vision for a carbon neutral society by 2050 and supports the objectives of the European Green Deal.

European Bioplastics (EUBP) strongly supports the European Commission’s (EC) ambition for climate neutrality by 2050, as announced in the Green Deal Communication. In view of the Roadmap for the upcoming Climate Law, EUBP invites the EC to consider the following recommendations: 1) Linking the bioeconomy and the circular economy is crucial to achieve climate goals A climate-neutral economy is a circular economy.

•Iberdrola welcomes the launching of the legislative process to pass a Climate Law that incorporates climate neutrality at the core of the EU policy developments that will take place within the implementation of the “European Green Deal”. •The achievement of the EU net-zero emissions target by 2050 is not only possible, but highly desirable both economically and environmentally.

EU objective The scientific consensus is clear. Reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show that human-induced global warming has already reached 1°C above preindustrial levels, and tell us that the world needs to limit climate change to 1.5°C to reduce the likelihood of extreme weather events and prevent runaway climate change.

We welcome the EU target to achieve greenhouse gas emissions neutrality by 2050. This is particularly important given the latest evidence on overshoot, where a temperature limit is first exceeded and later returned to through large-scale CO2 removal from the atmosphere.

Policies should address the transition towards climate neutrality pursuing two main lines of action, each one being currently responsible for 50% approx. of the greenhouse emissions: • Energy: regarding clean energy supply and use efficiency. • Circular economy: including the use of primary and secondary raw materials, water and new business models.

EUROALLIAGES members, ferro-alloys and silicon companies located in Europe, will play a fundamental role in shaping more sustainable value chains (batteries, solar panels, steel and aluminium supply chains) across the continent in the next decades. The transition will take place in a highly competitive and dynamic international environment and massive investments will be needed.

While the EU Climate Law is certainly a step in the right direction, greater attention must be paid to how the goal of the law can realistically be achieved and the effects that chosen mitigation options may have on broader goals of sustainability. The EU Climate Law aims to enshrine the goal of reaching “climate neutrality” by 2050, also known as net zero emissions, into EU law.

The German Biogas association (FvB) welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) initiative for a European Climate Law to legally establish the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 and to provide rules to ensure that all policies of the EU institutions and of the EU Member States (MS) contribute to such a goal. The climate law must define climate neutrality clearly.

We acknowledge the efforts of the European Union to lead the global fight against climate change, as well as the progress made so far. In order to ensure that the Green Deal is more ambitious and fair, and mobilises the international community, we propose the integration of the following recommendations: 1.

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 ! Nelfo, as member of the EuropeOn, representing the European electrical contracting sector, we are fully committed to a climate-neutral EU by 2050. Nelfo and EuropeOn welcomes this initiative and envisions electrification as the main strategy for climate neutrality, all the while driving growth for EU businesses, empowering consumers, as well as providing for a competitive and…

Justice& Environment support the legislative initiative. The main global threat, that led the European Parliament to declare a climate and environmental emergency, demands aligning of all activities in the EU community with the 1.5 °C target.

Consultation answer to the roadmap for a European climate law by The Coalition for Energy Savings The Coalition for Energy Savings fully supports the initiative to ensure an ambitious and just EU climate policy and namely the objective of enshrining climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest in legislation.

In principle, the bioenergy industry welcomes the Commission’s ambition to become a carbon neutral continent through the Green Deal Europe. The bioenergy industry calls on the Commission to ensure that the design of the strategy and the development of legal texts is based on facts and evidence. This implies an open-to-technology development that is geared to the objectives and does not allow for dogmatic exclusions.

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Repsol shares the world’s ambition to reach climate neutrality in the framework of the Paris Agreement. On December 2nd, 2019, Repsol published its aim to become a net zero emissions company by 2050, making it the first oil & gas company in the world to assume this ambitious goal and positioning the company at the leading edge of the sector in the fight against climate change.

Climate change has an impact on food systems, whether directly or indirectly. It can have an impact on food security, food prices, and the quality and safety of food products. In particular, extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods or rising temperatures, hamper food production, which may affect the long-term supply of safe, high-quality and affordable raw materials for the food and drink sector.

The European Climate Foundation and its partners have been analysing climate governance frameworks for several years, including that of the EU, and national climate laws. We would like to submit the following investigations to support the development of a substantial European Climate Law based on the best available research on the topic: - The report “Climate Laws in Europe: Good Practices in Net-Zero Management”…

The Viru Chemical Group (VKG) is a privately-owned Estonian large-scale industrial company whose main activities are the extraction of oil shale, the production of oil shale oil, combined heat and power and the production and marketing of fine chemical products.

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Climate change has an impact on food systems, whether directly or indirectly. It can have an impact on food security, food prices, and the quality and safety of food products. In particular, extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods or rising temperatures, hamper food production, which may affect the long-term supply of safe, high-quality and affordable raw materials for the food and drink sector.

The European Climate Foundation and its partners have been analysing climate governance frameworks for several years, including that of the EU, and national climate laws. Based on these investigations, we submit that the EU climate law is a vital opportunity to consolidate climate neutrality as a core driver for the EU’s actions.

European climate law - achieving climate neutrality in 2050 1. UFOP - Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants Representation of the German oilseed industry and protein plant production: UFOP members represent the entire value chain and networks: e. g. the German Farmers' Association, plant breeders (rapeseed, sunflower and grain legumes), agricultural extension services as well as trade and processing.

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a global NGO promoting environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world’s forests. FSC welcomes the EU Commission’s roadmap and wish to highlight the following points: 1. The new EU Climate Law should state in the preamble and/or articles the negative effects that climate change is having on the environment, society and economy.

In the context of the European Green Deal, EDA shares and fully supports the EU ambition to take coherent and forceful leadership at European and global level. The dairy industry is committed to play its role within this new set of policy tools to further strengthen our full engagement and support to the efforts made at all levels of the supply chain.

BASF supports the Paris Agreement and sees climate protection as a key priority. We will do our share to support the European Union’s target of climate neutrality in 2050: With our climate protection products, we already make a crucial contribution to climate protection.

Ecological transition is a key issue in France and in Europe. French companies welcome the ambition of the Green Deal for the European economy: o A strategy in favour of sustainable growth. o A logic of deep transformation to make Europe the first carbon neutral continent. o An ambition for Europe to be leader in the race for green technologies.

In PIC, we strongly support the initiative to tackle climate change on the European level, since the national or local initiatives simply need to work together towards the urgently necessary and common European goal of climate-neutrality by 2050.

The AGFW, the German association on District Heating and Cooling and CHP (Combined Heat and Power) endorses the European Commission’s initiative to convert Europe into a carbon-neutral continent by 2050. Climate change is the biggest challenge of our times, which however, could be for the EU a chance for a transformation into an innovative and just society and a growing economy.

Countries agreed in Paris to limit the increase in temperature to 1.5°C. However with current 2030 reduction pledges, we are set on a pathway towards 3-3.2°C increase in temperature. The new European Commission has promised to place the fight against climate change at the centre of its political agenda for the next 5 years with its European Green Deal and one of most important instruments- the European Climate Law…

The Danish Chamber of Commerce supports the climate ambition as set out in the European Green Deal as well as the proposed European Climate Law. Ambitious goals are important in order to set the direction and hence the Danish Chamber of Commerce supports increasing the EU’s 2030 GHG target to at least 55%.

Comments from “Asociación Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Serranía Celtibérica” On December 11, 2019, the European Commission announced the “European Green Deal” (COM 2019/640), which aims to “transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050”.

Climate change is a global crisis that demands urgent action and requires every actor in society to play his/her part in responding to the crisis. We, in the paper industry, are strongly convinced that, with the help of the new European Green Deal, we can reduce our impact on climate change while increasing production in Europe.

A 2050 framework based on a Climate Law for everybody. EuLA acknowledges the Green Deal announcement and manifests his willingness to contribute to the debate on the European Climate Law. EuLA embraces the European Commission proposal for a first European Climate Law to enshrine the 2050 climate-neutrality target.

The European Compost Network (ECN) welcomes the new initiative of the European Commission on a Climate Law that will provide for a long-term framework to the EU climate policy and contribute to the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

2020 Industrial Affairs Ref. Ares(2020)760175 - 06/02/2020 6 February 2020 Federación Empresarial de la Industria Química Española – www.feique.org Hermosilla, 31 - 28001 Madrid – Tfno: 91 431 79 64 – Fax: [phone removed] –[email removed] Feique’s comments on EU Climate Law Roadmap Basis for EU intervention (legal basis and subsidiarity check) The roadmap states that “Climate change is by its very nature a…

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PGE position on the European Climate Law The PGE Capital Group is Poland’s largest energy sector company. Thanks to the combination of its power generation and distribution networks, PGE guarantees a safe and reliable power supply to over 5 million households, businesses and institutions. PGE is consequently decreasing its CO2 exposure with the aim to reduce ca.

Climate Law recommendations UPEI is fully committed to contributing to achieving carbon neutrality through the supply of carbon-neutral fuels by 2050. This monumental ambition will have to be sustained by the regulatory consistency that businesses need to successfully deliver the transition to sustainable supply chains, mobilising funding for solutions that reflect changing market realities.

CEMBUREAU’S RESPONSE TO THE ROADMAP ON THE “EUROPEAN CLIMATE LAW – ACHIEVING CLIMATE NEUTRALITY BY 2050” CEMBUREAU, the European Cement Association, is determined to contribute strongly to the EU’s vision for a carbon neutral society by 2050 and supports the objectives of the European Green Deal.

The Swedish Forest Industries Federation represents the Swedish forest industry. Our members refine wood resources to bio-based products. These includes among others pulp, paper, board, packaging material, sawn timber, refined wood products and advanced biofuels. The Swedish forest industry fully support the objective of achieving a climate neutral EU by 2050.

Economic Chamber of Gas Position on Public Consultation on legislative proposal — Climate Law The Climate Law document addresses the strategic challenges identified by the gas industry. Given the changing attitudes and awareness of citizens, including gas infrastructure users, the climate protection context and the direction of transition of the economy identified in key EU policies, the gas industry sees it as an…

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FlixBus fully supports the European Commission's objective for Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent, and towards this end, the prioritization of the European Green Deal, its hallmark initiative. We also welcome the inclusive approach, as the Commission recognized the importance of far-reaching consultation and open debate with stakeholders in the process.

The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) supports the European Commission’s objective of net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 and welcomes the plan to present a European Climate Law to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050, as announced in the Communication on a European Green Deal .

KIMO (www.kimointernational.org) is an international association of local authorities in northern Europe with a shared concern for the state of the marine environment. KIMO was founded to give environmentally conscious municipalities a political voice at regional, EU and international level.

EMAS is a robust environmental management, auditing and reporting system and should be considered in the framework of the future EU climate change law in order to ensure a strategic and systematic approach to climate change. Both organizations and businesses must adopt such an approach to ensure that the challenges posed are maintained in a sustained manner and that the expected results are ensured.

Laflora Ltd. is one of the largest peat extraction and production companies in Latvia – producing peat products for agriculture and forestry and exporting them world-wide. The peat product - substrate is used as a growing media in horticulture - for planting food and tree plants, that creates GHG sequestration, unlike in case of peat use for energy when emissions are created.

It is good that the Union delivers an objective of emissions neutrality, but emissions should cease significantly earlier than in 2050 [1]. The level of CO2 in the atmosphere must be lowered from the current level to 350 ppm [2]. In order to avoid relying on techniques of negative emissions, which have not been tested on the scale of the scale required [3], we must benefit its own ability to absorb CO2.

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Please accept this testimony on the EU climate law from the Partnership for Policy Integrity a US-based organization working closely with allies in Europe. We support the 12 asks by WWF and Greenpeace and give further input on the use of forest biomass for energy. Phasing out fossil fuels is essential - but Europe must not replace burning fossil fuels with forest wood.

SINTEF is a Norwegian, broad, multidisciplinary research organisation with international top-level expertise in the fields of technology, natural sciences, medicine and social sciences. SINTEF employs 2000 researchers conducting contract research and innovation in partnership with private and public sectors. SINTEF is one of the largest contract research institutions in Europe.

The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) is pleased to give feedback on the European Climate Law. In the attachment ECSA is making some general remarks about the most effective and efficient way to phase out shipping emissions as quickly as possible in this centure. It also proposes concrete actions at EU level that support the shipping industry becoming climate neutral.

Energy consumption in buildings in Europe is 40% which is a huge potential to save energy. Climate change progress based on accurate climate data (2030-2050) shows that we move from high heating needs and only moderate cooling needs to a more balanced scenario in the mid- and long-term.

The Union of the French Electricity industry (UFE), the trade association for the French electricity sector, warmly welcomes the European Commission’s ambition to adopt a text that would enshrine in law the carbon neutrality objective in 2050. However, UFE believes that to achieve climate-neutrality, the right regulatory and financial framework must be in place.

Aviation is an industry with high greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, NOx and other harmful substances) .We propose a reduction of air traffic . The share of air traffic of the CO2-emissions is about 2.4i% (Ref. 1)- But the total greenhouse impact is about 3-times higher. It is forecasted that air traffic will grow further with 3%-5% p-a-.

FEDERLEGNOAREDO is the trade association of the Italian wood and furniture industry and joins Confindustria, the Italian Industry General Confederation. The companies associated with FederWoodwork have for some time been on the front line of the fight against climate change and the decarbonisation of the economy, with the use of a sustainable, circular and versatile raw material in the posts as the legno.

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POLIS is the leading network of European cities and regions committed to transport innovation, specifically to the innovations that our urban mobility systems need to become more sustainable, safe and equitable.

European climate law – achieving climate neutrality by 2050 Position paper CLIA Europe A Green Deal for the European shipping sector The shipping sector is fully committed to eradicating its GHG emissions completely, in line with the ambitious targets agreed for the sector by its global regulator, the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) as part of the initial IMO GHG strategy agreed in 2018, and consistent…

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A 2050 framework based on a Climate Law for everybody IMA-Europe acknowledges the Green Deal announcement and is notably willing to contribute to the debate on the European Climate Law. IMA-Europe welcomes the European Commission proposal for a first European Climate Law to enshrine the 2050 climate-neutrality target.

1. IFIEC Europe welcomes the EU Commission’s intent to safeguard the competitiveness of EU industries The European Union wants to become the first carbon neutral continent in 2050 which involves massive investment in all sectors of the EU economy.

Three things Industry wants to see in the European Climate Law With the "European Green Deal", the new European Commission has placed the issues of climate protection, ecology and sustainability at the centre of its political programme.

We express some concerns regarding planned Climate Law. There are already many regulatory documents in the EU regarding climate issues. Member States (MS) just have prepared National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP). Other legislation pieces, including LULUCF Regulation are in force already.

The adoption of a European ‘Climate law’ will confirm the EU’s commitment to comply with the Paris Agreement and to provide a long-term framework ensuring stability and consistency of policies, which are essential for the economic system, including SMEs, to plan the necessary investments.

(Re)insurers are especially aware of and sensitive to the risks posed by a changing climate, both as an underwriter of risk and compensator of losses; and, as Europe’s largest institutional investor helping to finance the transition towards more sustainable economies.

Consumers are affected by and will increasingly suffer from the impacts of global warming in their daily lives. The climate crisis already has tangible negatives consequences such as health threats due to increasing emissions of exhaust gases, more frequent climate disasters such as heat waves and floods, wildfires, endangered food security and more limited diets due to biodiversity loss, depletion of natural…

The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), representing 12 leading European organisations in various sectors active in the bioeconomy, welcomes that the European Green Deal puts reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as a key priority.

DIGITALEUROPE is convinced that digital technologies are key enablers for attaining the sustainability goals of the European Green Deal and contributing to the Paris Agreement and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) .

The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, SSNC (Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen) welcome that the European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has announced that tackling climate change is a top priority for the European Commission. SSNC very much welcome the initiative to put in place a Climate Law for Europe.

As the Green Deal communication recognizes, Energy-intensive industries such as chemicals are indispensable to Europe’s economy, as they supply several key value chains. Breakthrough transformation of our sectors is essential to reach a climate neutral Europe.

To whom it may concern, The Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the EU Climate Law roadmap. Please find our comments attached. CDSB works to provide decision-useful environmental information to markets via mainstream corporate reports.

Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) Europe welcomes proposals to enshrine the EU's ambition for climate neutrality by 2050 in law. Furthermore, we support aims to transform the way in which EU policies are made and to set the long-term vision for meeting the 2050 objective through all policies, in a socially-fair and cost-efficient manner. Pease find our full feedback in the attached file.

EMAS as a management and auditing instrument guarantees the organisations a systematic methodology to improve continuously their environmental performance, while promoting greater transparency in providing relevant environmental information to the public and other interested parties.

The EEB welcomes the upcoming adoption of the initiative on Climate Law, which will enshrine the commitment to making Europe the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. The overarching legislative framework will have to put European economy on a path towards a systematic and deeply transformative change to address the existential threats of climate change, biodiversity loss and other negative environmental impacts.

Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) welcomes the opportunity to give feedback on EU’s first Climate Law, which will lead the path to 2050 climate neutrality. The European energy sector and companies play a crucial role in the battle against climate change.

The European Panel Federation (EPF) warmly welcomes the European Green Deal ambitions to deliver climate neutrality by 2050 together with a circular innovative industry for a successful green transition. In this respect, and in order to help achieve the Green Deal objectives, EPF calls on the European Commission within the framework the future Climate Law to: • encourage the the cascading use of harvested wood…

It is time for stronger climate action and the opportunity is now • Vattenfall has the ambition of enabling fossil-free living within one generation. This has already led to significant changes in our portfolio. We are continuously moving out of CO2 heavy production assets, while investing largely in renewable energy and low carbon technologies.

Bioenergy Europe welcomes the European Commission’s efforts to put sustainability at the heart of its policies. The European Green Deal, presented on 11 December 2019, is a well-balanced growth plan which will steer the transition toward a carbon-neutral economy. Bioenergy Europe supports the intention to enshrine the principle of carbon-neutrality in binding legislation.

CEEP welcomes the ambition of the European Commission to propose the first-ever EU Climate Law to ensure all EU policies contribute to the European Green Deal objectives to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

Please read attached file. Below a summary of the position of EOS is provided. The European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) welcomes the European Commission’s goal to become more ambitious in reducing its CO2 emissions while, at the same time ensure that no EU citizen is left behind in the transition.

Liquid Gas Europe is a European association composed by national LPG associations, the main European LPG suppliers, distributors and equipment manufacturers. With the support of its working groups of industry experts, Liquid Gas Europe is actively involved in concrete initiatives and programmes to ensure the sustainable, safe and efficient development of LPG and renewable LPG in Europe.

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges in this millennium and the paths towards reaching the carbon neutrality objective are therefore essential to organise. In this respect, the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) welcomes the European Commission initiative to propose a European Climate law. The EU forest sector is one of the most essential actors to achieve this aim.

ACE supports an ambitious EU Climate Law aimed at reaching climate neutrality by 2050. To achieve this goal, it is crucial to address the climate impact of materials and to link climate, circular economy and the bioeconomy.

The chemical and life sciences industry wants to play an active and solution-oriented role in the transition and asks in return recognition of the size of the transformation challenge as well as coverage of the risks it entails. A proper impact assessment of the Green deal ambitions is required as well as a monitoring and adaptation mechanism in function of the evolution within the global framework.

The Andaluzia Competent Body of EMAS, recommends that the potential benefits of EMAS as an instrument to achieve climate protection are taken into account, and that EMAS is properly considered by EU law makers in the course of drafting the Climate Law.

FEEDBACK ZUR EVALUATION ROADMAP Europäisches Klimagesetz Die WVMetalle lehnt die Einführung eines Europäischen Klimagesetzes strikt ab. Gesetzlich verankerte Klimaziele wären absolut und als solche einklagbar. Aktuelle Klagewellen in Deutschland (bspw.

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In view of the climate emergency, European climate law will have to: Aiming for a greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least 65 % for 2030 and carbon neutrality for 2040. These objectives are aligned with science and with the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019 report.

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Europe has a huge role to play in tackling climate change and the deployment of renewable technologies, while keeping its industry competitive worldwide and making its society economically and socially prosperous.

Central Denmark Region supports an ambitious European climate law in order to reach climate neutrality in 2050. Central Denmark Region also supports intermediary objective of CO2 reduction in 2030. The new Danish national Law on Climate (Agreed in parliament in December 2019) sets a target of 70% CO2 reduction in 2030 and climate neutrality in 2050.

The Club EMAS Wallonie (Belgium) welcomes the Commission’s call for feedback on the upcoming draft of the Climate Law as well as its efforts to tackle climate change with the intention to reach climate neutrality by 2050. The Club EMAS Wallonie gathers organisations registered according EMAS regulation in the Walloon region of Belgium.

EMAS Competent Bodies of Belgium welcome the Commission’s call for feedback on the upcoming draft of the Climate Law as well as its efforts to tackle climate change with the intention to reach climate neutrality by 2050. EMAS Competent Bodies of Belgium would like to clearly state the necessity for EMAS to be adequately considered by EU law makers in the course of drafting the Climate Law.

TenneT welcomes the Commission's ambition to make Europe the world's first carbon neutral continent and fully supports its initiative to enshrine the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 into law. We have embarked on a transition to a sustainable society and a new energy system. This requires investments, not only in new electricity connections, but also in innovations and digitalisation.

Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 is of utmost importance if we are to respect our Paris Agreement commitments. EuroACE fully supports this objective and agrees that enshrining it into law, transforming it from a vision to an EU binding target, which all MS endorse, is key for achieving it.

Technology Industries of Finland supports enshrining the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 in a new Climate Law under the Green Deal. It is important that EU climate policy is determined for a long term with clear targets so that European industries are able to plan their investments in a stable and enabling framework.

The H&C sector represents more than 50% of the EU's total energy consumption. While energy efficiency will significantly reduce the energy demand, demand for H&C will remain important in 2050 for domestic, commercial and industrial consumers.

Europe has a role to play in tackling climate change and the deployment of renewables, while keeping its industry globally competitive and making its society economically and socially prosperous. The climate law should be focused on citizens, empowering them to engage in the required transformations in our society, from the ways we consume to the ways we produce.

Comments Climate Law (Roadmap) Association of the German Biofuel Industry 1. VDB as representative of the biofuel producers in Germany Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie e.V. The Association of the German Biofuel Industry (Verband der Deutschen Biokraftstoffindustrie e. V.

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The law must — Securing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least 65 % for 2030 and carbon neutrality for 2040. These objectives are aligned with science and with the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019 report.

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The law must — Securing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least 65 % for 2030 and carbon neutrality for 2040. These objectives are aligned with science and with the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019 report.

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Carbon Market Watch (CMW) welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a European Climate Law (CL) to enshrine the EU’s climate neutrality target into law. CMW also welcomes the proposed functions of the CL as: 1) pushing for climate mainstreaming in all policies and, 2) setting the EU target in line with the scientific consensus on climate change.

The European Green Deal and the Road map for a future Climate Law – IRU’s reaction IRU welcomes the European Green Deal initiative aimed at making Europe climate neutral by 2050, including the European Commission’s decision to draft a road map for a future Climate Law.

A GREEN DEAL ON STEEL Ref. Ares(2020)728530 - 05/02/2020 PRIORITIES FOR TRANSITIONING THE EU TO CARBON NEUTRALITY AND CIRCULARITY February 2020 A GREEN DEAL ON STEEL PRIORITIES FOR TRANSITIONING THE EU TO CARBON NEUTRALITY AND CIRCULARITY Europe has the opportunity before it to lead the transformation of its economy to a future in which it is carbon-lean, environmentally responsible, circular and able to compete…

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With the view of the European Climate Law setting the climate neutrality objective by 2050, it is imperative that the legislation does not solely focus on the long-term target but also on the regulatory framework within that is required to reach the long-term target.

European climate law – achieving climate neutrality by 2050 A European climate law provides a unique opportunity to set the framework conditions for achieving climate neutrality by 2050, or more quickly. Some of the cornerstones of the European Green Deal need to be complemented by measures to ensure both the protection of marine biodiversity and the achievement of the objectives of the legislative initiative.

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The European Association of National Metrology Institutes, (EURAMET) supports the European Green Deal and the future Climate Law. Metrology, the science of measurement, plays a crucial role in all measurement infrastructure and the International System of Units (the SI) maintained by the world’s national metrology institutes provides a firm foundation for all measurement-based policy (cf. Directive 80/181/EEC).

In view of the climate emergency, European climate law will have to: Aiming for a greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least 65 % for 2030 and carbon neutrality for 2040. These objectives are aligned with science and with the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019 report.

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HANDBOOK ON CLIMATE CHANGE In order to achieve the climate transition, we need to change our production and consumption patterns. In order to do this, we need to increase the number of “green creations”. The creation depends on citizens and citizens, start-ups, micro-enterprises, SMEs and large enterprises. Only the latter have access to intellectual property.

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In view of the climate emergency, European climate law will have to: — Securing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target of at least 65 % for 2030 and carbon neutrality for 2040. These objectives are aligned with science and with the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019 report.

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The Association of German Transport Companies (VDV) welcomes the European Commission’s plan to make Europe a climate neutral continent. This also means that by 2050 greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector must be reduced by 90 %. As a first measure, the European Commission announced a Climate Change Act to be presented in March 2020. The VDV has the following comments: Ö 1.

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The Environmental Department of the Basque Government, as Competent Body for EMAS Regulation in the Basque Autonomous Region, strongly recommends that the potential benefits of EMAS as an instrument for achieving climate protection are taken into account, and that EMAS is sufficiently considered by EU law makers in the course of drafting the Climate Law.

UITP has been an advocate for climate policies for decades. UITP welcomes the European Green Deal and the opportunity to provide input to the EU’s Climate Law. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION The climate law shall establish the European Union’s aim of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in European legislation.

Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) along with its parent company Ervia welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the “European climate law – achieving climate neutrality by 2050”. GNI affirms the view that “all sectors play their part”, and that the solution to the climate challenge will require the deployment of many technologies.

AVERE, The European Association for Electromobility, welcomes the review of the Climate Law Roadmap, given the need to transition to carbon neutrality by 2050. Within this context, the Commission should ensure that e-mobility is at the heart of Europe’s climate and industrial strategy.

The German Renewable Energies Federation (BEE), the umbrella of the German renewable energies sector, welcomes the European Commission’s (EC) initiative for a European Climate Law to legally enshrine the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 and to provide rules to ensure that all policies of the EU institutions and of the EU Member States (MS) contribute to this commitment.

The American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmCham EU) speaks for American companies committed to Europe on trade, investment and competitiveness issues. It aims to ensure a growth-orientated business and investment climate in Europe. AmCham EU facilitates the resolution of transatlantic issues that impact business and plays a role in creating better understanding of EU and US positions on business matters.

Thank you for giving your feedback on the European Commission’s roadmap on EU climate change law. In Dansk Byggeri, we believe that the EU should be guided by Denmark’s national agreement for a climate law that sets a legally binding target of 70 % greenhouse gas reduction by 2030 and climate neutrality in 2050.

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Title: Adding the right to clean environment to European Citizenship rights As a foundation advocating for citizen's rights, we, at ECIT Foundation, are supporting these proposals as we strongly believe in the need for deeper legislative guarantees regarding climate matters.

ESBG welcomes the opportunity to comment on the roadmap of a European Climate Law included in the European Green Deal with the aim of achieving Europe’s economy and society becoming climate-neutral by 2050. We acknowledge the severe consequences that climate change would have on the productivity of Europe’s economy, welfare, health, ecosystems, biodiversity and political stability, and support the need to take…

We are facing a climate emergency. As the EU Foreign Affairs Council of ministers said on 20 January: "Climate change is an existential threat to humanity and biodiversity across all countries and regions and requires an urgent collective response".

First of all, I would like to point out THERE IS NO EUROPEAN CLIMATE. There is only one planet ( https://medium.com/@michael.rada/the-single-use-planet-ea4c56419c89 ). Concentrating or limiting the activity related to climate protection on a single location is not effective and efficient.

In order to meet the challenges of global warming and to ensure the EU has a leading role in achieving a climate-neutral economy, a comprehensive long-term strategy is needed in the EU as a whole and in all MS. This can only succeed if clear goals, limits and criteria are set at an EU level and a MS level. The Climate Law must provide clear targets, milestones and trajectories for the EU and for the MS.

Henkel implements already today a long-term vision of becoming climate-positive and thus, making an active and committed contribution to climate protection. In this context, we are fully supportive of the United Nations’ Paris Agreement on climate change. In order to stop global emissions from increasing further and to make sure emissions are reduced by the required amount, it is crucial to: 1.

Paving the way to carbon-neutral transport 10-point plan to implement the European Green Deal January 2020 CONTEXT The transport sector is responsible for 22.3% of total EU greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with road transport representing 21.1% of total emissions.

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— The problem of energy poverty, especially for older people, is a problem for Poland and for Europe as a whole. — Language of some cities (e.g. Krakow) companies should develop their own plans for adaptation to climate change — No carbon tax throughout the EU, coupled with the coal dividend, cannot be achieved by 2050.

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Climate Law The first step towards carbon neutrality Europe’s flat glass sector is working in the climate neutrality direction provided by the European Green Deal published on 11 December 2019. The European flat glass sector takes it as its role to produce at a competitive price the materials essential for renovating Europe’s buildings, for supporting the clean mobility transition and for increasing the share of…

The Natural Resources Defense Council appreciates the opportunity to input into the Commission’s 2050 climate law roadmap. We agree with leading European NGOs that the target of reaching net-zero ghg emissions by 2050 is an insufficient contribution to preventing warming greater than 1.5°C, and that far more ambitious year-on-year reductions in greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions are required.

NLMK Group is the largest steelmaker in Russia and one of the most efficient in the world, employing over fifty thousand people globally. In Europe we employ 2200 people in our six production facilities in Belgium, France, Italy and Denmark, and we have invested over 1 billion euro in the EU alone.

Finnish Energy is in favor of setting intermediary targets to lay a linear path towards net-zero emissions by 2050. For us, the most important elements of the climate framework are the clarity and certainty of the 2050 carbon neutrality target as well as confidence in the Emissions Trading System to remain a central policy.

In order to achieve the objectives considered in the roadmap, it is necessary to take a systematic approach by administrations and all stakeholders, thus ensuring that issues related to climate emergency and Carbon neutrality are considered in all aspects and processes of organizations.

Pricing Carbon is the single most effective policy for addressing the majority of GHG emissions. We propose 3 basic elements with significant international evidence to achieve climate neutrality in Europe. This is at zero cost in way that incentivises the rest of the world to follow suit: 1. Price Carbon: Upstream, in a steadily increasing, transparent and economy wide way.

Record heat forecast for the next five years. There are no longer any problems on which climate policy is going to be carried out! In predictions that look at the climate trends of the next ten years, the Met Office estimates that for each year in 2020 and 2024, the temperature should be 1,06 to 1.62 °C higher than normal.

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The British Agriculture Bureau represents the National Farmers’ Union, NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland, and the Ulster Farmers’ Union, a total of over 75,000 farmers across the UK. Climate change is an enormous global challenge that is already causing unprecedented and extreme weather patterns.

The forest with 40 % of the surface area of the 27 European countries must play a key role in climate mitigation and net neutrality. In France, the forestry and timber sector moderates 130 Mtonnes of C02 per year, i.e. 28 % of the national emissions of 480 M tonnes of CO2. Forests and wood are a strategic sector to achieve carbon neutrality.

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According to the Commission LTS,the EU must halve its energy consumption by 2050.Energy efficiency therefore has to play a central role in achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. •Taking into account that the world economy will triple by 2050 and that global population will increase by nearly 2.3 billion by 2050,energy efficiency is the most cost-effective way to decouple economic growth from emissions.

Climate change will directly and significantly affect water service operators in most parts of Europe, resulting in more frequent or intense periods of drought, heat waves or rain storms, and in more places. Our sector’s response to climate change should encompass both mitigation (reducing the impact of water services) and adaptation (become resilient to its effects) measures.

The European Glass Sector Contribution to the Roadmap on New Climate Law In the context of urgent action to reduce carbon emissions, the European Commission proposes to write into law the goal set out in the European Green Deal – for Europe’s economy and society to become climate-neutral by 2050.

After the fires that have burned the forests all around the world seems incredible that still we want to continue using trees (biomass) as if they were fuel. The trees provide oxigen while they sequester CO2, cutting them for energy is like going back to primitive times when there was no choice for other energy sources.

APEP explicitly supports the aim to limit global warming to 2°Celsius, especially against the background that a major part of the world potash production is used for the cultivation of agricultural crops. The cultivation of agricultural crops will be the commercial sector that will suffer most from climate change.

I fully support the initiative of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to present an unprecedented EU climate law right! I would also expect to see local and local authorities, as well as societies, able to act in addition to the big goals.

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The EU power sector supports the ambition of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the European economy by 2050 – key enablers are needed Europe has a unique opportunity to establish its global leadership in clean technologies and sustainability in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris agreement.

Heating and cooling account for half of the energy consumed in the European Union. Despite significant and essential measures aimed at reducing demand – it is still expected to represent most of the demand in 2050. Delivering sustainable heating and cooling solutions to ever-growing cities is fundamental to achieve Europe’s climate neutrality ambitions.

1. Legal frameworks that allow diverse technological solutions To achieve our common goal of energy transition, we must choose a road that is open to different technological solutions and sources of energy. At the pace technological progress currently is developing, we are convinced that new options will arise in the near future, which is why regulations should leave room for diversified technological solutions.

Feedback on the Climate Law proposal - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam We applaud the EU initiative summarised in the ‘The European Green Deal’, which aims to transform Europe in a climate neutral region in 2050. A few aspects need to be noted as well. See our full 1.5 page feedback and references attached.

In order to achieve the objectives considered in the roadmap, it is necessary to take a systematic approach by administrations and all stakeholders, thus ensuring that issues related to climate emergency and Carbon neutrality are considered in all aspects and processes of organizations.

The German EMAS Advisory Board welcomes the Commission’s call for feedback on the forthcoming draft of the Climate Law as well as its efforts to address climate change with the intention to reach climate neutrality by 2050.

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The Roundtable for Europe’s Energy Future (REEF), constituted in 2011, comprises CEOs from leading European renewable energy companies, Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and technology providers, whose core business is to electrify Europe while mitigating climate change.

The Global CCS Institute applauds the EU’s climate ambition to become climate-neutral by 2050, its efforts to bring the first European Climate Law into force and welcomes the opportunity to submit input to the public consultation on the Climate Law roadmap. The law should be comprehensive focusing on both mitigation and adaptation to climate change.

1 (2) Date 2020-01-31 [name removed], Senior Adviser Climate Policy Department Policy and Communications [email removed] European climate law – achieving climate neutrality by 2050 Swedenergy is a non-profit industry and special interest organisation for companies that supply, distribute, sell, and store energy. Mainly electricity, heating, and cooling.

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We strongly support the European Commission’s roadmap towards a Climate Law as set out in its Communication on the European Green Deal. Ambitious climate goals, especially emissions reductions, are urgently needed to address the climate crisis and the EU is well-placed to take the lead.

EEX is the leading energy exchange in Europe and part of EEX Group, the largest electricity exchange, the second largest CO2 exchange and third largest gas exchange in the world. EEX develops, operates and connects secure, liquid and transparent markets for energy and commodity products.

RECHARGE welcomes the initiatives of the European Commission aiming to create a socially just, climate-neutral, competitive, striving and innovative European economy and society. RECHARGE will do its utmost to support the goals of the Climate Law Roadmap and will remain committed to developing a sustainable battery value chain designed to meet the needs of the future (for more information on our roadmap for…

European Climate Law should stabilise, harmonise and focus EU climate policy on four issues, given the importance of global cooperation: Ö 1. International competitiveness of climate-friendly products, taking into account the Paris Agreement and the WTO @-@ Regulations. International competitiveness is based on intra-European competition for the best solutions. Ö 2.

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FORATOM welcomes the European Commission’s goal of becoming more ambitious in reducing its CO2 emissions whilst at the same time ensuring that no EU citizen is left behind in the transition. If the EU is to achieve its zero-carbon target in 2050, then its current 2030 CO2 reduction targets may not be enough.

EU has to amend its policy towards biomass. Today EU regulations claim that burning forest fuels, the main part of bioenergy, is climate neutral. However, there is no scientific support whatsoever for that conclusion.

All human activities conducted in Europe must comply to the upcoming Climate Law. Future climate change depends on current and future greenhouse gas emissions, which in turn depend on international policy. The only option to avoid catastrophic climate change is to make rapid and fundamental changes to our energy, industrial, transport, agricultural and consumption systems such that we move towards net-zero or…

This roadmap is an important step for the transformation of the EU economy and society. Creation of value without harm for the environment and future generations but also eco-friendly life-styles have to be promoted on every level. As doctors, we already see the negative effects of a changing climate on vulnerable patients.

The German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses (Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks (ZDH, representing more than 1,000,000 crafts Enterprises from Germany) welcomes that the Commission asks for feedback upon the upcoming draft of the Climate Law as part of the Green Deal. However, we also express our concern that the Commission does not intend to initiate a comprehensive public consultation.

To become climate neutral, we MUST tax more activities that produce CO2, encourage CO2 neutral and support CO2 absorbing ones. How could it be done? Well, EU ETS is good example. Let's scale it to all economic activities. At the same time, reduce VAT for repair and etc. and give a big financial boost to activities that absorb CO2 such as tree planting.

The Sycom fully supports the European Commission’s ambition to make the circular economy a driving force for growth at EU level and welcomes the Green Deal presented in December 2019. The Syctom calls on the Commission to present, as part of its new Circular Economy Action Plan, both incentives and enforcement to ensure that consumers and market makers implement individual and collective strategies for a circular…

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The European Confederation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors – CEETTAR - represents the interests of land-based contractors in Europe. CEETTAR supports the European Green Deal and the future Climate Law.

Dear European Commission, Dear Lady/Sir, After reading the European Climate Law - Achieving Climate Neutrality by 2050, I will provide information on European Union environmental regulation below. I will provide information on European regulation on environmental impact assessments. Impact assessment is a specific decision support tool for environmental regulation.

It does not seem credible to me. Of course, we need to “do anything at the heart”, but with the presence of a man and power, the temperature to be lowered is a nonsensical point of view. The world has no thermostat button! This leads to misguided decisions such as biomass. Solving the problem is, in fact, more in terms of location of the economies.

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Immigration and climate governance can only be seen in the EU. As the science with studies itself does not show 1, but there is plenty of debate about what is at stake, I think it is straightforward to apply for strong policy. However, do the science leave it to a calm search. For as long as scientists are still not responsible for a big climate change, it is clear that policies are already in place.

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EU can produce alone all the fuels it needs, 100% clean and renewable, out of water, at a tiny cost. It can stop all the fossil fuel imports and to start, just right now, exports for billions. Which means new jobs, new businesses, new enormous incomes, entirely new quality of living.