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An EU Sustainable Taxonomy MUST be Rooted in Climate and Environmental Science and not include Small Hydro
15 December 2020
by WWF
-- last modified 15 December 2020
The global climate strikes have consistently made a simple demand: listen to the science. We agree. Just as experts and evidence have been key assets in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, so too must they, and not sectoral interests, determine our policies to fight the climate crisis.
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WWF Central and Eastern Europe, along with a coalition of NGOs, think-tanks, experts and scientists, representing millions of citizens in Europe and the global South stress our strong support for an EU Sustainable Taxonomy rooted in climate and environmental science. This is why we would like to voice substantial concerns that the European Commission's draft Delegated Act on the EU Sustainable Taxonomy (DA) has ignored or weakened the recommendations of the Commission's Technical Expert Group's (TEG) scientific advice for several activities, including recommendations on hydropower.