Climate Change and Global Warming: The European Parliament Declares Climate and Environmental Emergency: Having Done That the Parliament Has Effectively Called on the World to Take the Imperative Side on the Question of Continued Existence of the Web and Ecology of Life and Humanity on Earth: Emergency Does Not Quite Grasp the Seriousness of What Humanity Faces: We Are Facing and Headed Towards Extinction

|| Thursday: November 28: 2019|| ά. The European Parliament has declared Climate Emergency today. The Parliament says that the European Union should commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at the UN Conference. Ahead of the UN COP25 Climate Change Conference in Madrid December 02-13 the Parliament on Thursday approved a resolution declaring a climate and environmental emergency in Europe and globally.

The Parliament, also, want the European Commission to ensure that all relevant legislative and budgetary proposals are fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 01.5 °C. In a separate resolution, Parliament urges the European Union to submit its strategy to reach climate neutrality as soon as possible and by 2050 at the latest, to the UN Convention on Climate Change.

The MEPs, also, call on the new European Commission President Ms Ursula von der Leyen to include a 55% reduction target of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in the European Green Deal.

MEPs say that current aviation and shipping ambitions fall short of the necessary emissions reductions. All countries should include emissions from international shipping and aviation in their national contributions plans:NDCs, they say and urge the Commission to propose that the maritime sector be included in the EU’s Emissions Trading System:ETS.

The European Union countries should, at least, double their contributions to the international Green Climate Fund. The EU member states are the largest providers of public climate finance and the EU’s budget should fully comply with its international commitments.

The Parliament, also, notes that pledges by developed countries do not meet the collective goal of 100 billion USD per year as of 2020. Finally, the MEPs urgently call on all EU countries to phase out all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies by 2020.

“The European Parliament has just adopted an ambitious position in view of the upcoming COP 25 in Madrid. Given the climate and environmental emergency, it is essential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 55% in 2030. It also sends a clear and timely message to the Commission a few weeks before the publication of the Communication on the Green Deal.’’ said Pascal Canfin, the Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, during the debate on Monday.

Background: The resolution on declaring a climate and environmental emergency was adopted with 429 votes for, 225 votes against and 19 abstentions. The European Parliament adopted the resolution on COP25 with 430 votes for, 190 votes against and 34 abstentions.

A number of countries, local administrations and scientists have declared that our planet is facing a climate emergency. The European Commission has already proposed the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 but, the European Council has still not endorsed it as Poland, Hungary and Czechia are opposed.

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