{"id":9534,"date":"2019-05-16T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/politics\/eu-countries-still-have-a-chance-to-improve-their-climate-plans.html"},"modified":"2019-05-16T10:37:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T08:37:42","slug":"eu-countries-still-have-a-chance-to-improve-their-climate-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sonnenseite.com\/en\/politics\/eu-countries-still-have-a-chance-to-improve-their-climate-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"EU countries still have a chance to improve their climate plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Net zero emissions economies will not come about by chance: dedicated focus and planning, with a clear eye to the end goal, will be needed.<\/p>\n

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National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) represent an opportunity for EU Member States to chart their next steps on the road to a climate-secure future, and to reap the economic and social benefits which come with that. Clear and robust NECPs can serve as advertisement to large and small investors and engage stakeholders in implementation, as well exposing where additional efforts will be needed. However, the draft plans presented by governments at the start of 2019 are in acute need of improvement.
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These are the findings of a new report conducted by Ecologic Institute<\/a> and Climact<\/a> and commissioned by the European Climate Foundation. It is part of the Net-Zero 2050 series<\/a>, an initiative of the ECF with contributions from a consortium of experts and organisations.<\/p>\n

This report assesses all the Member States’ draft integrated National Climate and Energy Plans submitted to the European Commission and scores them according to<\/p>\n