International Observation | "Evil" of Europe and the United States to damage global climate governance

Xinhua News Agency, London, September 19 (Reporter Guo Shuang) "The fossil fuel economy has reached its limit." On July 14 last year, the chairman of the European Commission Feng Delin's sword pointed out traditional energy, emphasizing that energy transformation is imperative. On that day, the European Commission proposed a package of proposals involving energy and transportation to respond to climate change to make EU countries achieve carbon neutrality in 2050.

Today, many European countries intend to restore coal power generation and increase the number of liquefied natural gas from the United States. Although EU officials claim that this is only a "expedient measure" and aims to solve the problem of winter energy shortage, many experts point out that Western countries frequently "drive reversal" on the issue of emission reduction, which not only cannot solve the fundamental problem that leads to its energy crisis. It will disrupt the global emission reduction process and damage global climate governance.

European and American emission reduction "inverted gear"

Since the upgrading of the Ukraine crisis, the European Union, Britain, and the United States have imposed multiple rounds of sanctions against Russia, but its anti -phase effect has embarrassed many European countries: energy supply is tight, electricity and natural gas prices have soared significantly, the economy is high, and the people are overwhelmed.

In order to escape from the energy crisis, many European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Austria have called for abandonment of coal and advocating environmental protection, and successively announced the reinvigation of coal power plants or taking measures to support coal power projects. The EU also shows the "floating space" of its emission reduction policy. In July of this year, the European Parliament's voting support attributed investment in natural gas and nuclear energy fields that meet specific conditions as the category of sustainable economic activities. In addition, the European Union also decided to import more liquefied natural gas from the United States and find more potential fossil energy replacement suppliers in the Middle East and Africa.

On July 13, the car was driving in the center of Budapest, Hungary. Xinhua News Agency (Photo Photo by Fleje Ottlo)

EU officials who previously supported energy transformation began to flash their words when some member states turned to coal power. EU member, responsible for the internal market, recently said that as long as a country proves to other countries, it can restart the coal power plant in obtaining natural gas supply.

The British Energy Think Tank's "Unpaid Coal" research organization estimates that "restarting" coal power in many European countries will lead to an additional burning coal of 13 million tons. This winter, the European governments spend at least 50 billion euros for new and expanded fossil fuel infrastructure and energy supply, including restarting coal power plants and natural gas from overseas.

According to the US financial data provider Mingsheng, in the worst case, if Europe uses coal to replace all Russia imported natural gas, the emission volume in the first year may increase the amount of carbon dioxide 800 million tons of carbon dioxide.

At the same time, the United States is increasing natural gas exports. The United States plans to provide at least 15 billion cubic meters of liquefaction natural gas to the European Union this year, which means that the United States has increased by two -thirds of the exports of European natural gas. The US Department of Energy said in April this year that the United States is the world's largest oil and natural gas production country and net exporter of energy, and US fuel supply "should continue to play a key role in the global energy security field.

Deep reasons for the crisis

Faced with the soaring energy prices, the Italians are studying how to cook the pasta with small fires; the Germans began to hoard firewood and intend to carry the cold winter with ancient wood -burning. Poor families in Denmark were forced to refund apartments and choose tent camping; The Finnish government launched a national energy -saving activity to encourage people to shorten the bathing time; more than 20 % of British adults intend to do not open the heating throughout the winter ...

As one of the richest regions in the world, Europe has such embarrassment. American economist Jeffrey Sax believes that the important reason for rising energy prices is sanctions on Russia, not emission reduction policies. While the impact of European sanctions against Russia, it is bound to bring seriously to Europe itself. crisis.

This is the industrial area located in Chai County, Britain on September 2. Recently released data from the British Natural Gas and Electricity Market Office showing that it is expected to increase the average increase in gas and electricity in British home users in October, which may increase from January next year. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Jon Huxione)

Some experts believe that "driving reversing" in many western countries seems to be suddenly suddenly, but it is inevitable. It is essentially a concentrated reflection of Western politics addicted to short -term interest "institutional diseases". In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Energy issues of energy issues of St. Antruz University in the United Kingdom said that the energy crisis has been in the interview with Xinhua News Agency that the energy crisis has been for many years, but Britain has not been prepared.

Tang Xu, an expert in climate change in the Development Research Institute of Fudan University, said that the ability to resist risks of existing energy policies in Europe is weak. Once encountering "wind and grass" such as nature and human risks, the Domino card effect may be formed, resulting in energy shortage and energy prices soaring. The rise will affect the overall economic development and emission reduction.

Plan or cost of rights or expensive

Experts believe that the swing policy in Europe and the United States during the energy crisis will not only solve the fundamental problem that leads to the crisis, but also disturb the global emission reduction process and damage global climate governance.

In the short term, some European countries restarting coal power plants will lead to the postponing plan to eliminate fossil fuels and cause more greenhouse gas emissions, which is not conducive to the realization of carbon neutralization and climate targets. Regarding whether the EU's performance reduction schedule will be affected, Karoline Kushamko, an expert in Energy and Climate Change of Warwick University in the United Kingdom, said that "it depends on how cold this winter is, how much coal will it use in Europe this winter, how much coal will be used in Europe will use in Europe. The new renewable energy technology can be put into use as fast as possible. "

In the long run, "the accumulation of early emissions will inevitably lead to the difficulty of reducing emission reduction in the later period, increasing the difficulty of emission reduction. In the later period, it is necessary to take stronger emission reduction measures to achieve the climate goal of the Paris Agreement." Tang Xu said.This is a power plant facility of Greek public power companies shot in the city of Breyvs, Greece on June 20.Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Marios Ros)

Jane Ronuo, head of the "Supervision aid Project Organization", who pays attention to the transformation of clean energy transformation, pointed out that once the fossil fuel infrastructure is in place, companies with these assets will hope to use these assets as much as possible to ensure that investment will be obtained.Return.

A number of experts have called for the current important issue of the current international community. Europe and the United States should not only care about the interests of the eyes, but should effectively promote the global climate governance process.

(Source: Xinhua News Agency)

【Edit: Yao Hao】

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