{"id":2044,"date":"2019-05-28T21:02:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/?p=2044"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:33:37","slug":"top-eu-appointments-must-reflect-voters-call-for-climate-action-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/uncategorized\/2044\/top-eu-appointments-must-reflect-voters-call-for-climate-action-greenpeace\/","title":{"rendered":"Top EU appointments must reflect voters’ call for climate action, Greenpeace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brussels, 28 May 2019<\/b> \u2013 The choices for the EU\u2019s top jobs and the bloc\u2019s immediate priorities should be guided by voters\u2019 calls for urgent climate action, said Greenpeace.<\/span><\/p>\n

EU heads of government are meeting at a post-election summit in Brussels. The climate and ecological crisis featured as a major concern for voters in the recent European Parliament elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenpeace EU policy director Franziska Achterberg <\/b>said: <\/span>\u201cThe election results clearly show that Europeans, especially young people, want the EU to act now to stop catastrophic climate change and ecological breakdown. EU leaders can no longer drag their feet. They must support steeper EU emission cuts ahead of a crucial UN summit in September, and choose a Commission president who is ready to ramp up EU climate action. We have no time to lose.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

European leaders will discuss the EU\u2019s climate plans at another summit in June, ahead of a crucial <\/span>UN climate meeting<\/span><\/a> in New York in September.<\/span><\/p>\n

France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal, Denmark, Latvia and Luxembourg have called on the EU to commit to achieving <\/span>net-zero greenhouse gas emissions<\/span><\/a> by 2050 and to increase its 2030 climate target. The countries want the EU to announce these measures at the UN meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

The European Parliament also wants to see the EU ramp up its commitments, calling for an increase of the 2030 climate target from 40 to 55%.<\/span><\/p>\n

Greenpeace is calling on the EU to <\/span>cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 65% by 2030<\/span><\/a>, and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, in order to fulfil Europe\u2019s commitment to the Paris climate agreement and limit global temperature increase to 1.5\u00b0C.<\/span><\/p>\n

Current EU greenhouse gas reduction pledges would result in well over 3\u00b0C of global warming and devastating impacts on people and the natural world. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contacts<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Franziska Achterberg<\/b>: Greenpeace EU democracy policy director: +32 (0)498 36 24 03, <\/span>franziska.achterberg@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Greenpeace EU press desk<\/b>: \u00a0+32 (0)2 274 19 11, <\/span>pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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For breaking news and comment on EU affairs:<\/span> www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. Greenpeace does not accept donations from governments, the EU, businesses or political parties.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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