Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsudvalget 2019-20
KEF Alm.del Bilag 146
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Input from the Danish Government for targets and policies for an
ambitious European Green Deal
Ambitious climate targets and action
In order to meet the objectives of the Paris Agreement the 2030 target must be
increased from the current 40 percent to at least 55 percent. Member States
should agree upon this in the first half of 2020 and submit it to the UNFCCC as
the EU’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution
in order to push for higher
global ambition in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow. An increased 2030 target
should be implemented in the most cost effective way.
It is of immediate urgency, that the European Council agrees on reaching climate
neutrality in the EU by 2050 at the latest. The EU should set targets and imple-
ment policies and measures to limit the global average temperature increase to
1.5 C in line with the Paris Agreement.
The revision of the Energy Taxation Directive should support the green transi-
tion. Among other things, it is a priority that the tax exemption for aviation fuel is
abolished and that energy products are taxed depending on their climate impact.
The ETS should be further strengthened for the covered sectors, as it is the most
cost effective market based instrument driving the green transition and there is
further scope for making it even more effective, e.g. through a further reduction
of the annual free allowances, adjustment of the uptake in the Market Stability
Reserve, or through a combination of reduced free allowances and uptake in the
Market Stability Reserve as well as an expansion of the ETS to cover the re-
moveal of CO2.
Increased 2030 target
Target on climate neu-
trality by 2050
Energy Taxation
Directive
A strengthend EU ETS
Green finance for the green transition
25 percent climate
mainstreaming in the
MFF
It should be ensured that at least 25 percent of the Multiannual Financial Frame-
work is targeted climate mainstreaming.
The European Investment Bank should beEurope’s
Climate Bank
and promote
EIB
as Europe’s Climate
more green investments.
Bank
More green investments
The Commission strategy on sustainable finance should include an EU green
bond standard and an ECO-label for financial products in order to avoid green
washing and expand the market for green and sustainable financial investments,
as well as it should include climate risks in risk management and credit ratings.
Green mobility to move transport to lower emissions
The Commission should present common European measures to regulate the
emissions from aviation, amongst others through a strengthening of the EU ETS.
CO2 standards for light and heavy-duty vehicles should be strengthened. The
Commission should present a concrete plan with proposals for policy initiatives
and incentives for the transition to a fleet of zero-emission passenger cars to
support the EU in reaching climate neutrality by 2050.
Denmark supports measures that strengthen regulation to reduce NOx emis-
sions in the EU. The current EU regulation on transport intended to reduce NOx
emissions is not sufficiently effective.
Aviation
Road transport
NOx pollution from pas-
senger cars, vans and
heavy duty vehicle
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Shipping
The EU should continue to work for an ambitious global solution with regard to
the climate within the IMO. It needs to be ensured that any EU measures with
regard to greenhouse gas emissions from shipping are flag neutral, avoid carbon
leakage and do not hinder the development of global rules within the IMO.
A greener agricultural sector
Farm to Fork strategy
and the Common Agri-
cultural Policy 2022-
2027
The European agricultural sector should to a larger extent live up to and produce
in line with the European ambitions and targets on water environment, biodiversi-
ty and climate:
The Common Agricultural Policy should be an active tool to support this through
a green ring-fencing across the pillars, a green definition of eligible hectare and
compensation to farmers for mandatory ambitious national or EU requirements
contributing to climate and environment objectives.
The Farm to Fork strategy should include a focus on animal welfare and should
be ambitious in regards to goals on antimicrobial resistance.
A climate neutral energy system
A green, flexible and
integrated energy sys-
tem
EU’s state aid rules for
energy
The Commission is encouraged to present strategies on sector integration
across energy systems, such as electricity, gas and heating, as well as electrifi-
cation and energy storage.
State aid rules should be set up to support a green energy transition in the EU
and take account of the development of new green technological solutions, such
as CO2-storage and wind islands in the North Sea.
A new European framework for gas should include a roadmap for phasing out
natural gas of the European energy systems. In addition to a strategy for sector
integration, this should also address how to develop a well-functioning European
market for green gasses.
New European frame-
work for gas
Expansion of renewable
The EU’s
general level of ambition with regard to renewable energy should be
energy in the EU, includ-
enhanced, e.g. through regional cooperation, such as for instance the North
ing in the North Seas
Seas Energy Cooperation focusing on the expansion of offshore wind energy.
Energy Cooperation
Focused efforts on en-
ergy efficiency improve-
ments
Energy efficiency should focus on reducing the consumption of fossil energy use.
The Commission should present an action plan with proposals for eco-design
and energy labelling that seeks to strengthen existing requirements. New prod-
ucts for example in relation to data centres should be able to deliver flexibility to
the energy system.
Industrial and business policy supporting the green economy
The upcoming industrial policy strategy should strengthen European industries
competitiveness and contribute to the furthest possible extend to the transition to
a climate-neutral EU by 2050, including through a focus on circular economy and
a more green use of state aid to IPCEIs.
A green industrial policy
strategy
The framework for responsible business conduct should be updated, focusing on
Improved reporting on
creating incentives for businesses to contribute to the green transition through
corporate social respon-
transparency and accountability measures.
sibility (CSR)
Green research and in-
Ambitious investments in green research and innovation are crucial for reaching
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novation
EU's climate target. A number of programmes funded under the forthcoming EU
budget (2021-2027) focus on RD&D in climate, energy and the environment. A
central programme is the forthcoming framework programme for research and
innovation, Horizon Europe. Denmark will work to ensure that the implementation
of the relevant programmes focus on green research and innovation throughout
the value chain, including development of the technology needed for the green
transition.
More environment and nature and a healthier everyday life
Circular economy
The Commission should propose a coherent political and legal framework for a
sustainable product policy, incorporating waste, product and chemical regulation,
and for the full implementation of the EU's plastic strategy, focusing on, among
other things, to create a well-functioning European market for recyclable plastics.
As part of the Green New Deal, a new EU biodiversity strategy should include
effective measures to stop the decline of biological diversity and restore the na-
ture. New global nature targets and a strategic plan for the Biodiversity Conven-
tion in China in 2020 must be adopted. Efforts should be made in the EU to stop
biodiversity decline and restore nature and to stop deforestation globally.
Nature and biodiversity
8 Environmental Action
A new 8th Environmental Action Programme should amongst others prioritise the
Programme
transition to a climate-neutral society by 2050, the transition to a circular econo-
my and substantially less pollution of air, soil and water, phasing out the most
problematic chemicals, and protecting and restoring nature and biodiversity.
Less pollution
–
better
health
Chemical legislation should be further strengthened, better and uniform regula-
tion of endocrine disruptors and, in the longer term, to sharpen EU limit values
for harmful substances in the air.
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Global climate action and sustainability
EU leadership in climate The EU should take a leadership role in the COP-negotiations and work for an
negotiations
ambitious implementation of the Paris agreement through robust and transparent
rules that foster greater global ambitions. The EU should lead by example with
ambitious reduction targets in line with the Paris Agreement.
Green diplomacy
The EU should promote greater ambitions at a global scale by including climate
ambitions and SDG7 in all relevant international fora, including 1) the Green
Growth Group, 2) in meetings with other regional groups and 3) through our
common climate diplomacy. It should be a concerted effort in all lines of action.
Climate and environmental concerns should to a larger extent be integrated in
the EU’s trade policy. I.e. chapters on
climate and environment in trade agree-
ments should be strengthened and toll and other barriers should be removed
from green products and services. Furthermore, the EU should analyse the pos-
sibilities to introduce a carbon border tax with due respect for WTO regulations.
Finally, the new broad Neighbourhood, Development and International Coopera-
tion Instrument (NDICI) should integrate climate concerns in all relevant projects
and at least 25 pct. of its portfolio should be climate relevant.
Green trade policy
Green EU development
policy