{"id":920,"date":"2017-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/uncategorized\/920\/eu-energy-plans-wont-meet-paris-climate-commitments\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T09:34:10","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:34:10","slug":"eu-energy-plans-wont-meet-paris-climate-commitments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eu-unit\/issues\/climate-energy\/920\/eu-energy-plans-wont-meet-paris-climate-commitments\/","title":{"rendered":"EU energy plans won\u2019t meet Paris climate commitments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"leader\">\n\tToday the European Commission releases its report on the progress of the European Union\u2019s energy plans, the \u2018State of the Energy Union\u2019. Greenpeace has criticised the EU\u2019s energy plans as inadequate to meet the challenge of climate change and the commitments made at the 2015 Paris climate conference.<br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<div><strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"events-box small-box left\">\n<div class=\"frame reset-padding\">\n        <a class=\"open-img EnlargeImage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2018\/08\/59fe69d2-59fe69d2-portugal-res.jpg\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ctl00_cphContentArea_Property3_ctl00_ctl02_Image1\" class=\"Thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eu-unit-stateless\/2018\/08\/59fe69d2-59fe69d2-portugal-res.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"border-width:0px;\"><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden\">\n        <span class=\"date\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Greenpeace EU energy policy adviser Sebastian Mang<\/strong>\u00a0said:\u00a0<em>\u201cThe EU\u2019s current energy plans don\u2019t come close to the scale of action needed to meet the threat of climate change. To keep global warming below 1.5 degrees, as agreed in Paris, the EU must accelerate its move to 100 per cent renewable energy, and it must scrap subsidies for fossil fuels. Most of all, the EU must ensure that all citizens can access, benefit from and contribute to renewable energy.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><strong>Greenpeace is calling on the European Union to:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Respond with urgency to the climate change crisis, by accelerating its transition to 100 per cent renewables and the phase-out of coal. The EU must exceed its current climate and energy targets, in order to meet its commitments made at the Paris climate change conference.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritise and incentivise renewable energy and smart and efficient energy use, including by giving citizens control over their energy use and production. Not least, because this will deliver sustainable jobs and make economic sense: the renewable energy sector employed over one million people in Europe in 2015 and this figure is steadily growing.<\/li>\n<li>Divest from fossil fuels, not least by halting harmful subsidies for fossil fuel and nuclear power, e.g. in the form of \u2018capacity payments\u2019 that keep dirty power plants in business.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Contacts:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>Sebastian Mang, Greenpeace EU energy policy adviser<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:+32%20479%2060%2012%2089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">+32 (0)479 60 12 89<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sebastian.mang@greenpeace.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sebastian.mang@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>Greenpeace EU press desk<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"tel:+32%202%20274%2019%2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">+32 (0)2 274 1911<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pressdesk.eu@greenpeace.org<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>For breaking news and comment on EU affairs:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1485985321298000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQGblnUCMeH-1lT6TKZPTOVXK5Eg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/GreenpeaceEU<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>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.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the European Commission releases its report on the progress of the European Union\u2019s energy plans, the \u2018State of the Energy Union\u2019. 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