The adoption by the EU Commission of the new European target for reducing climate-changing emissions for 2040, according to Stefano Ciafani, national president of Legambiente, "is an important political decision that will have a strong impact on the future of the European Green Deal".
Now, adds Ciafani, "Europe should take a further step forward and implement ambitious climate action capable of achieving zero net emissions as early as 2040 by setting a timetable (2030 for coal, 2035 for gas and 2040 for oil) for the phase-out of fossil fuels. And thus pave the way for translating the Dubai Agreement into reality through that Climate Solidarity Pact, proposed by the Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, between industrialized, emerging and developing countries to achieve zero emissions net by 2050 at a global level. The ball is now in the court of national governments and Italy's role will also be crucial in this game."
Legambiente's hope "is that it will assume an equally ambitious position as soon as possible as Germany and France have already done, which together with 9 other countries - Spain, Holland, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Bulgaria - have already expressed their views in favor of an ambitious target, crucial for a new European Green Deal".
"Europe - explains Mauro Albrizio, head of the European office of Legambiente - is facing a triple climate, economic and social crisis. To overcome this challenge we need a New European Green Deal with reforms and investments - thanks to a profound reform of the current economic governance - capable of accelerating the transition towards a European economy free from fossil fuels, circular and zero emissions.
A just transition based on a new social contract as the engine of a decarbonised, inclusive, resilient and competitive European economy at the same time. A challenge that we can and must win."
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