Today, the European Youth Delegates demand for the EU Climate and Energy Package.
When the EU committed to keep climate change well below 2 degrees Celsius, together with concrete commitments in the Bali Road Map last year, the EU was showing leadership in international negotiations. These commitments were a huge step forwards and set the benchmark for others to follow. For the first time, we had a real chance to move towards an agreement that would avoid the most serious impacts of climate change.
12 months have passed and the EU is apparently going back on their promises. The climate and energy package currently on the table will put us on a path to a world well above 2 degress of warming, endangering the future of every young person in the world today. In addition, the EU had so far failed to come up with credible proposals to finance the Bali roadmap.
In their actions today, the European Youth Delegates came together to present the following items to be included in the energy package.
- At least 40% domestic GHG reductions by 2020
- Additional, binding and sufficient financing for mitigation and adaption in the South.
The European heads of state will have the opportunity to shape the world and hopefully will take into serious consideration what the youths have to say.
