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<DIV dir=ltr>Dear all,
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<DIV>Following your support for our previous appeals for signatures on the EU
Taxonomy, we are coming back to you with a further update and a slightly
worrying warning.</DIV>
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<DIV><B>State of Play</B></DIV>
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<DIV>You may have seen that, last month, the EU's Technical Expert Group (TEG)
published their recommendations on the EU Taxonomy of Sustainable
Activities - see the<A
href="https://ec.europa.eu/knowledge4policy/publication/sustainable-finance-teg-final-report-eu-taxonomy_en"
target=_blank> 'Technical Annex'</A> here.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>The report is relatively science-based and it integrated quite a number of
issues that you helped us raise last September in the previous <A
href="https://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/joint_ngo_statement___ten_priorities_for_the_taxonomy_consultation_sep_2019.pdf"
target=_blank>Ten Points Statement</A>. Crucially, nuclear is out, fossil fuels
are out, and waste incineration is also out. For more detail on our reaction to
the report, see <A
href="https://www.wwf.eu/what_we_do/sustainable_economies/?uNewsID=360753"
target=_blank>here</A>.</DIV>
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<DIV><B>What happens now?</B></DIV>
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<DIV>We have put together another, updated, '<A
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EaNUuUzj04K6X150vWUs2MI4SjUZVB0swNn_QwgKYYc/edit?ts=5e7361cf">Ten
Points</A>' text, which we will soon ask you to sign, so we can forward it
informally to key advocacy targets inside the Commission. </DIV>
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<DIV><B>However, the urgent thing is the Commission's consultation on the
TEG technical recommendations, which closes next Monday 27/04</B>. It is the
last chance for public input before the Commission turns the criteria into the
definitive taxonomy law (known as a delegated act). The page to submit this
input is <A
href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12302-Climate-change-mitigation-and-adaptation-taxonomy"
target=_blank>here</A>. </DIV>
<DIV><BR><B>Now for the worrying bit. The nuclear and gas lobbies have
already flooded this consultation page with answers</B>, demanding that nuclear
be re-included, asking for weaker thresholds on emissions, looking for more
exemptions for biofuels... the usual!</DIV>
<DIV>European environmental NGOs must respond. It is important that we send lots
of replies: the Commission will not read these consultations in detail, but will
instead simply look at which activities are most discussed and whether their
criteria are broadly opposed or supported. <U>We need to make sure the
Commission understands that nuclear, gas, and incineration do not belong
in the sustainable taxonomy. </U></DIV>
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<DIV><B>What can I do?</B></DIV>
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<DIV>Attached, you will find a template response to the consultation.
Its length is adapted to the consultation's strict 4000-character
limit. </DIV>
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<DIV>Could we ask you to</DIV>
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<LI style="MARGIN-LEFT: 15px">Slightly modify/adapt the responses so they do
not appear completely identical - copy-pasting weakens individual responses).
<LI style="MARGIN-LEFT: 15px">Go to the consultation response page -
click <A
href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12302-Climate-change-mitigation-and-adaptation-taxonomy/addFeedback?p_id=7646923"
target=_blank>here</A> - you may have to register, but please do!
<LI style="MARGIN-LEFT: 15px">Submit your answers!</LI></UL>
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<DIV>Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need any clarification or if
we can assist with this process - we are happy to help.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes,</DIV>
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<DIV>Henry</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=heviston@wwf.eu href="mailto:heviston@wwf.eu">Henry Eviston</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 22, 2020 11:16 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> URGENT: we need your voice on Commission's consultation on
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