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29 April 2021
A new study published this week by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has concluded that tightening the European Union’s emissions trading system (EU ETS) in line with the EU Green Deal could result in a complete phase out of coal use as early as 2030.
The European Union officially adopted new climate targets last week, pledging to cut carbon emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.
Greenpeace called the resulting 50% cut in real emissions a “hollow” victory, with Greenpeace EU climate campaigner Silvia Pastorelli describing Europe’s climate action as “all smoke and mirrors.”
Despite the naysayers, researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research set out to quantify the expected shifts in Europe’s electricity system stemming from the new EU climate target.
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Ambitious climate policies could reduce extreme poverty in developing countries if governments opted for robust taxes on emitters that were then fairly distributed to help the poor, new research showed on Tuesday.