Transcript European Commission ECCP II WG 1: ECCP Review Christian Egenhofer Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Brussels European Commission Brussels, 24 October 2005

European Commission ECCP II
WG 1: ECCP Review
Christian Egenhofer
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Brussels
European Commission
Brussels, 24 October 2005
Draft Mandate
… review the implementation of climate-related EU-wide policies
and measures…
- to assess their implementation in Member States
- to assess … actual and projected emissions reduction
- to discuss the further development of EU climate change
policies to achieve … obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, and
beyond
Report by March 2006
Sectors
- Energy supply
- Energy demand
- Transport measures
- Other gases
- Agriculture & forestry
Straightforward Tasks 
 GHG emissions trends by sector
2.  Evaluate implementation of the conclusions and
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recommendations of ECCP I & achievements of commitments
ECCP I
…
5.
 Develop conclusions and recommendations …
More Tasks
3.
… evaluate the concrete implementation in the Member
States of European wide policies and measures and the
actual and projected emission reductions resulting from it,
as compared to the ex-ante analysis in the ECCP, its
contribution in meeting Kyoto commitments, and
identifying best practice, evaluating cost-effectiveness,
impacts on the sectors concerned and specific gaps.
More Tasks
4.
… evaluate the progress in terms of the development of
EU climate policy and consider issues in relation to the
overall consistency, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of
future EU wide climate policy in synergy with the Lisbon
agenda.
Comments
1. Best-practice
Compare Member States experiences
… but how to ensure that Member States learn from each
other?
EU is full of examples where best-practice remains lip service!
What about best-practices group?
2. Clarify overall consistency between
- different EU climate change and environmental policies ?
- EU climate/environmental and other (economic, foreign,
development, trade etc.) policies ?
- EU and member state policies ?
- long & short-term policies ?
- domestic and international ?
3. First commitment period versus long-term
Different set of policies for short and long-term
policies
4. Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and Lisbon agenda
Cost-benefit analysis ?
5. Final comments
- How to involve economic consumer interests?
- How to involve SMEs?
- Co-ordination and mutual strengthening of ECCP with other
processes?
- Set up Study Panel to examine studies (methodologies), e.g.
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