The EU is a leader in addressing climate change through its policies, financing, and international cooperation. It was one of the key architects of the Paris Agreement and aims to cut emissions 55% by 2030 and become climate neutral by 2050. While the EU has made progress, current projections still fall short of its goals, so it is taking additional measures like increasing climate funding to spur green economic transformation post-COVID. International cooperation will remain essential to achieving global climate objectives.

1. EU CONTRIBUTION
TO FIGHT CLIMATE
CHANGE

2. PARIS AGREEMENT03
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE01
EU CLIMATE ACTION02
EU PROGRESS ASSESSMENT04
TABLE OF CONTENTS
05
EU CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL
STOCKTAKE:
● Mitigation
● Adaptation
● Means of Implementation
CONCLUSION

3. WHAT IS
CLIMATE
CHANGE
01

4. result of human activity.
WHAT IS CLIMATE
CHANGE?

5. Global warming
CLIMATE CHANGE
GLOBAL WARMING
Climate change
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

6. →
→
GLOBAL
TEMPERATURE
RISE
SHRINKING
ICE SHEETS
WARMING
OCEAN
THE EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

7. GLACIAL
RETREAT
EXTREME
EVENTS
SEA LEVEL
RISE
THE EVIDENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

8. WHAT ARE THE
CAUSES?
greenhouse
effect

9. WHAT ARE THE
CAUSES?
CO2

10. industrial activities high probability
THE ROLE OF HUMAN
ACTIVITY

11. THE EFFECTS
Effects
extent climate change
effects

12. EU CLIMATE
ACTION
02

13. EU FOR CLIMATE
ACTION

14. ●
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KEY AREAS FOR
CLIMATE ACTION

15. KEY POLICIES AND
LEGISLATIONS
● (EU ETS)
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● Funding climate action.

16. EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL
It’s the plan to make the EU's
economy sustainable. It
provides an action plan to
boost the efficient use of
resources by moving to a clean,
circular economy, restore
biodiversity and cut pollution.
2030 CLIMATE AND
ENERGY FRAMEWORK
As part of the Green Deal, it
propose to raise the
greenhouse gas emission
reduction target to at least
55%. It include EU-wide
targets and policies:
● At least 40% cuts in
greenhouse gas
emission
● At least 32% share for
renewable energy
CLIMATE STRATEGIES AND TARGETS
2050 CLIMATE NEUTRAL
The EU aims to be
climate-neutral by 2050: an
economy with net-zero
greenhouse gas emissions. This
objective is at the heart of the
European Green Deal and in
line with the EU’s commitment
to global climate action under
the Paris Agreement.
It’s the first European Climate
Law to enshrine the 2050
climate-neutrality target.

17. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The EU and its member countries take
part in international efforts to fight
climate change under the UN climate
convention.
These efforts include international
agreements, taking part in the United
Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings,
and participating in other international
fora.

18. POLICIES AND
INITIATIVES AT EU AND
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
UN CLIMATE CONVENTION
FINANCE
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
BILATERAL RELATION WITH
NON EU COUNTRIES

19. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The EU and its member countries are
required to report the UN on their
greenhouse gas emissions, climate
change policies and measures, and
progress towards targets.
The EU is actively working with other
countries and regions to achieve the
goals of the Paris Agreement.
The Paris Agreement adopted by all
UNFCCC Parties in December 2015 is
the first-ever universal, legally binding
global climate agreement.

20. PARIS
AGREEMENT
03

21. ● 1992 →
● 1997 →
● 1998, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2015 →
● 2009 →
● 2012 →
● 2015 → Paris Agreement
● 2020+ →
THE ROAD TO THE PARIS
AGREEMENT AND BEYOND

22. To achieve this
long-term temperature
goal, countries aim to
reach global peaking of
greenhouse gas
emissions as soon as
possible to achieve a
climate neutral world by
mid-century.
WHAT IS THE PARIS AGREEMENT ?
Its goal is to limit
global warming to
well below 2,
preferably to 1.5
degrees Celsius,
compared to
pre-industrial levels.

23. 175 countries
22 April 2016.
STATE PARTIES OF PARIS AGREEMENT

24. KEY PROVISIONS OF
THE AGREEMENT
1.5 °C2 °C
ALL COUNTRIES TO
REPORT REGULARLY
REVIEW EACH COUNTRY’S
CONTRIBUTION TO GHG
5
$100BN
UNTIL 2025

25. STRENGTHENED CLIMATE POLICY AND
EMISSION REDUCTION AMBITIONS

26. 1. Implementation of the Paris
Agreement requires economic and
social transformation, based on the
best available science.
2. The Paris Agreement works on a
5- year cycle of increasingly
ambitious climate action carried
out by countries.
3. By 2020, countries submit their plans
for climate action known as
nationally determined
contributions (NDCs).
INCREASINGLY
AMBITIOUS
CLIMATE
ACTION
5 - YEAR CYCLE
HOW DOES THE PARIS AGREEMENT WORK?

28. Comprehensive →
mitigation adaptation means
of implementation finance
capacity building, technology development transfer
Facilitative →
Party driven →
Transparent, balanced and holistic →
FUNDAMENTALS

29. TIMING: An Enduring Framework for Progress: ‘We Will Always
Have Paris’

30. GLOBAL STOCKTAKE → 3 SECTORS:
MITIGATION
ADAPTATION
MEANS OF
IMPLEMENTATION

31. What is mitigation?
reduce
1. MITIGATION

32. Mitigation policy Mitigation technology
Energy supply sector ● Reduction of fossil fuel subsidies
● Taxes or carbon charger on fossil
fuels
● Switching fuel from coal to gas
Waste sector ● Financial incentives for improved
waste and wastewater
management
● Renewable energy incentives
● Obligation and waste management
Regulations
● Waste incineration with energy
recovery
● Composting of organic waste
● Controlled of wastewater treatment
and recycling
● Waste minimization
Buildings sector ● Appliance standards and labeling
● Building code and certification
● Efficient lighting and daylighting
● More efficient electrical appliance
● Heating and cooling devices

33. What is adaptation?
2. ADAPTATION
Assess impact,
vulnerability
and risk
Monitor and
evaluate
adaptation
Implement
Adaptation
measures
Plan for
adaptation
Adaptation
process

34. 3.MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION
#FINANCE #TECHNOLOGY #CAPACITY-BUILDING
How are countries supporting one another?
Paris Agreement Provide a framework for

35. 1. The Paris Agreement reaffirms that developed
countries should take the lead in providing
financial assistance to countries that are less
endowed and more vulnerable, while for the first
time also encouraging voluntary contributions by
other Parties.
2. Climate finance is needed for mitigation, because
large-scale investments are required to
significantly reduce emissions.
3. Climate finance is equally important for
adaptation, as significant financial resources are
needed to adapt to the adverse effects and reduce
the impacts of a changing climate.
#FINANCE

36. FUND & FINANCIAL ENTITIES

37. The Paris Agreement focus on fully realizing
technology development and transfer for
both improving resilience to climate change
and reducing GHG emissions. It establishes a
technology framework to provide
overarching guidance to the well-functioning
Technology Mechanism.
The mechanism is accelerating technology
development and transfer through it’s policy
and implementation arms.
#TECHNOLOGY

38. Not all developing countries have
sufficient capacities to deal with many
of the challenges brought by climate
change. As a result, the Paris
Agreement places great emphasis on
climate-related capacity-building for
developing countries and requests all
developed countries to enhance
support for capacity-building actions in
developing countries.
#CAPACITY-BUILDING

39. ●
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AN EMPHASIS ON TRANSPARENCY

40. 04
EU Progress Assessment

41. Tracking the progress is a way to monitor and control the
efforts put in place, whether legislative, financial or at the
implementation phase.
Progress is a way to see further, address the issues, correct
and recover.

42. KEY TRANSPARENCY RELATED PROCESS

43. Nationally Determined Contribution ( NDC )

44. INDUSTRY EMISSION INTENSITY

45. ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS INTENSITY

46. ZERO EMISSION FUELS FOR DOMESTIC TRANSPORT

47. How is it going for the EU ?
climate leader
stands out
weakness
decarbonising
hydrogen economy.
No.

48. “We can be confident in our progress, but this is
no time to rest on our laurels. We need to step
up our efforts across all sectors of the economy.
The European Green Deal policies will drive our
green transition and allow us to cut greenhouse
gas emissions faster, with a goal of reaching 55%
below 1990 levels by 2030. The transition is
feasible if we stick to our commitment and seize
the opportunities of the recovery to reboot our
economy in a greener, more resilient way and
create a healthy, sustainable future for all.”
Frans Timmermans
European Commission Executive
Vice-President for the European
Green Deal

49. GAS EMISSION
SITUATION
55%
60%
65%
first
compatible
37%
COVID-19
48%
decrease in energy demand

50. post-COVID-19
€547
billion
Covid-19 urges increase in the budget for an economic recovery

51. increase in the budget
transformation.
economic growth
additional measures
September 2020
energy

52. n order to determine and assess
EU’s contribution to climate change, it was
necessary to find its positioning in comparison to
the rest of the world.
The European Union’s position is definitely a leader. In the
matter of financing the cause, legislative effort, international
involvement and offering support to developing countries.
The European institutions are working continuously on the
betterment of their policies, monitoring and providing statistical data
to the respect of the Transparency reporting.
The results are yet not satisfactory to their ambitious goals to
tackle climate change issue, but the EU is adamant to stick
by its commitment to the cause. But also, making use of
it to create and boost economic growth.

53. ● NASA
● European Commision
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● UNDP
● OECD
● UNFCCC-
REFERENCES:

54. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!