Policy for net zero Sample Clauses

Policy for net zero what do policy makers need to know?‌ The final session of the conference was a panel session, Chaired by Xxxx Xxxxx (University College London) with Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx (XXXXX) and Xxxxx Xxx (European University Institute) presenting their thoguhts on what they have heard over the day, and attempting to answer the question posed in the session title. Xxxx Xxxxxx (The New Institute) was also shcheduled to speak, but was unable to attend at the last minute. Xxxxx Xxx sought to highlight five key problem areas. These were: (1) The finalisation of the European Climate Law, which reopened previously closed issues; (2) the CBAM proposal, which is a new innovative approach, which will take time to ‘bed-in’, with a risk of turbulence from third-country opposition; (3) the EU ETS extension to buildings and transport, which will bring much greater issues of justice and equity than has previously been induced; (4) the stringency of the EU ETS, which must become tighter through some mechanism to achieve new 2030 targets; and (5) LULUCF regulation, which at the moment is not very stringent, and must move to encourage or require net negative emissions. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx agreed with many of the points that Xxxxx Xxx raised, but had a few other reflections. She highlighted that the energy transition is beyond simple fuel replacement – it is instead a whole new system. She also highlighted that in general, although there are some specific areas of uncertainty, we know where we are going in broad terms with regard to technology, and that this breaks down ultimately into six renewable energy resources. This can completely change the perception of energy security, in a positive way, as every country has renewable resources of some manner. A further point is tht sectoral divisions are becoming blurred, with various deep interactions, which needs cross-sectoral policy making that many countries are currently lacking. It is also very important to consider how to overcome the practical issues with impleneting effective policy frameworks for the low-carbon transition.
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