(? )We have 3 questions for you
ELISA FERREIRA
Are you in favour to include aviation and maritime transport in the European Emission Trade System?
Yes, the European Parliament has proposed to include both aviation and maritime in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). At the moment, it has been agreed in Council to maintain the current Directive on Aviation, passed last year and in relation to maritime it has been agreed to implement it into to the system by 2013 or earlier in case an agreement is reached by the International Maritime Agency agrees on an earlier date. In these sectors like in many others it is important that effective internal reductions by the EU-based enterprises are matched with equivalent and proportionate efforts by all the major partners in the world, which can only be achieved with a major diplomatic effort by the EU in that sense.
Is the European Union doing the best concerning deforestation and forest degradation and biodiversity loss?
There is a lot of progress still to be made in what concerns the practical inclusion of these strategic issues in the overall climate package. These issues are, nevertheless, gaining momentum in the climate negotiations in Poznan and it is important that before Copenhagen an effective proposal with adequate financial support favouring the involvement of most vulnerable countries is put in place capable of overcoming their financial weaknesses. Most importantly, we need a proposal that is accessible and refutes red tape policy.
Give us a super-idea to save the Planet.
Don’t compromise the planet, make serious compromises on how to save it and act on it - at home, abroad, and at political level! Go back to what has been promised before: Human rights declaration, Millennium Development Goals and see what has been done for these, if not enough, then go back, improve them and DELIVER;
It is within all of us to do our part for the planet, to use the old time cliché – action is stronger than words – so ACT!
Yes, the European Parliament has proposed to include both aviation and maritime in the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). At the moment, it has been agreed in Council to maintain the current Directive on Aviation, passed last year and in relation to maritime it has been agreed to implement it into to the system by 2013 or earlier in case an agreement is reached by the International Maritime Agency agrees on an earlier date. In these sectors like in many others it is important that effective internal reductions by the EU-based enterprises are matched with equivalent and proportionate efforts by all the major partners in the world, which can only be achieved with a major diplomatic effort by the EU in that sense.
Is the European Union doing the best concerning deforestation and forest degradation and biodiversity loss?
There is a lot of progress still to be made in what concerns the practical inclusion of these strategic issues in the overall climate package. These issues are, nevertheless, gaining momentum in the climate negotiations in Poznan and it is important that before Copenhagen an effective proposal with adequate financial support favouring the involvement of most vulnerable countries is put in place capable of overcoming their financial weaknesses. Most importantly, we need a proposal that is accessible and refutes red tape policy.
Give us a super-idea to save the Planet.
Don’t compromise the planet, make serious compromises on how to save it and act on it - at home, abroad, and at political level! Go back to what has been promised before: Human rights declaration, Millennium Development Goals and see what has been done for these, if not enough, then go back, improve them and DELIVER;
It is within all of us to do our part for the planet, to use the old time cliché – action is stronger than words – so ACT!
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