“Fit for 55" European Commission Comes with Climate Plans
Big revolutions are hard. In times when we get swallowed by hyperobjects we don't see the future and too many leaders quickly choose the simplest explanation. That's what makes desperate: we understand what's going on, the climate is on the brink of the abyss, the pandemic is unstoppable, and no one, even the government, seems to be able to do anything about it. We cannot, or want, see the unthinkable until it's irrevocable.
By 2050, the European Union must be climate-neutral, but if the Member States remain on the current path, it will be far from being achieved. And so a tooth is being added. Even more teething, in a series of bills called FitFor55, submitted by Commissioner Frans Timmermans in the framework of the European Green Deal. That package includes a whopping thirteen proposals.
which Member States and the European Parliament should vote. The most sensitive thing is that to link the price of fuel for cars and home and office heating to their CO2 emissions. In the long term, this will lead to a transition to cleaner fuels, but in the short term it means higher petrol and gas prices.
1. A price tag for home and car emissions
2. Air traffic and shipping should also contribute.
3. A 'fair playfield' thanks to the border tax
4. Farewell to the combustion engine car
5. Biomass Rules and Carbon Absorption
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