Letter

Letter to Commissioner Cañete: EU LULUCF proposal has repercussions beyond the EU

May 20, 2016

In this letter T&E and 28 other organisations call on the European Commission to make a LULUCF proposal that recognises the role that forests, land and wetlands play in mitigating climate change in a way that does not lower any ambition to reduce emissions and recognises the multiple benefits that these ecosystems provide in feeding people, purifying air and water and providing a home to biodiversity and indigenous peoples.

To achieve this, the organisations urge the Commission to propose a separate long-term target for land and forests, as part of its own pillar in the EU’s Climate and Energy Framework, and therefore separate to the Effort Sharing Decision.

Related Articles

View All
Briefing

Is the IMO on track?

T&E's assessment of the impact of the IMO's draft Net-Zero Framework

Press Release

UN shipping agreement a victory for multilateralism but a failure for the climate

Negotiators in London agreed for the first time on a framework that will require ships to switch away from fossil fuels, but the rules as they stand w...

Press Release

‘Renewable diesel’ sold by oil majors most likely contains fraudulent palm oil - study

Study shows major irregularities in the reported consumption of palm residues used in renewable diesel (HVO) being sold by oil majors