Karsten Neuhoff ha compartido con nosotros este fin de semana su resumen de los principales mensajes del acuerdo de coalición alemán para la política climática europea, y por tanto, española:
The German coalition agreement has been published on Thursday and will likely be approved by the three parties (social democrats, liberal democrats and greens) over next tens days. Here are the three main messages:
1. Strong wording on implementing CCfDs at the scale necessary to achieve climate objectives (following recent French announcements on CCfD and Dutch SD+, it becomes clear that unless other EU member states wake up to ask for EU scale action, climate neutral investments will be focused on few countries in the North West of Europe).
2 Commitment to support for EU level CBAM mechanism or comparable effective instrument, which should (i) be designed to be WTO compatible (ii) not put export industry at disadvantage (iii) avoid greenwashing (iv) be implemented with limited administrative effort in the framework of EU ETS.
3. There was wording on climate clubs in two parts of the agreement.
* The industry section committs to the use of international fora together with European partners to create a climate club which is open to all countries and comprises a common minimum carbon price and a common carbon border adjustment.
* The section on climate and energy foreign policy suggests that upcoming G7 presidency should be used for an initiative to create climate partnerships and climate clubs that are open for all countries. The goals would be climate neutrality, massive expansion of renewable energy and its infrastructure, production of hydrogen. In this section furthermore the aspiration of a global emission trading system was mentioned with the aim to achieve in the mid-term a common carbon price. There is a strong interest in the German debate (and also signals from Brussels) to better understand how CBAM options can contribute to or be part of international climate action.
Los mensajes pues para el gobierno español:
- Si no nos ponemos las pilas con la política industrial y las tecnologías de descarbonización de la industria, ya sabemos quién se va a llevar todo el know-how: los alemanes, los holandeses, y los suecos (ver mi entrada de mañana). Los contratos por diferencias de carbono, y el resto del paquete que propusimos desde la CFMP, son esenciales para poder tener algo que decir. Si no, mucho de todo ese valor añadido que iba a crear la transición se lo llevarán otros.
- Con el CBAM nos jugamos mucho. O empezamos a representar bien nuestros intereses en Bruselas, o nuestros sectores exportadores sufrirán con la propuesta actual. Saber que los alemanes tienen los mismos intereses ayuda.
- Hay que aprovechar también el tirón alemán de los clubes climáticos, pero con cuidado para que no nos la líen, ya que nuestros intereses comerciales no siempre coinciden con los suyos. Y la política comercial es central para un club climático.
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