Bratislava – The Climate Coalition, a platform of 18 environmental organizations in Slovakia, welcomes the support for the proposal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040 from the European Parliament (EP) and calls on the Slovak government to stop opposing common European solutions. According to TASR, this was reported by Lucia Szabová from the Climate Coalition.
“Just as the world climate summit is taking place in Brazil, the EU sends a clear signal: we are continuing on the path to carbon neutrality, which we have committed to achieving by 2050 at the latest. Achieving climate goals with specific content is a common task that every EU member state must contribute to,” said the coordinator of the Climate Coalition Dana Mareková.
She claims that there is a legislative framework in Slovakia and EU funds have been allocated so that the transformation can take place gradually and systematically. The organization pointed out that last week, environment ministers met in Brussels on this topic, who agreed in a joint position with the European Commission’s proposal for a 90 percent reduction in emissions. They also proposed to postpone the start of the ETS 2 system by one year and several other adjustments.
The EP also agreed with this proposal on Thursday. According to the Climate Coalition, negotiations on the final adjustment of the EU climate law can now begin.
“This law will finally clearly set another milestone on the path to decarbonization,” added Mareková.
Environmentalists reminded that the Minister of the Environment of the Slovak Republic Tomáš Taraba (nominated by SNS) along with ministers from V4 countries voted against this proposal and demanded a less ambitious climate goal.
According to Mareková, a well-designed climate law would help set responsibilities in Slovakia and support the achievement of goals.
On Thursday, EP members adopted a position on the European Commission’s proposal to amend EU climate law. They demand a new, transitional, and binding EU climate target by 2040, which is a 90 percent reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels. Achieving this level of emission reduction will help the EU reach climate neutrality by 2050. A total of 379 members voted in favor of the position, 248 were against, and 10 abstained from voting. (November 13)
