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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear Henry:</FONT></DIV>
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">The
Rivers without Boundaries International Coalition (RwB) signs the
statement.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I regret we were not notified when the NGO analysis of the
draft DA was taking place. As a result the analysis misses demands on extremely
harmful "<SPAN
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for water transport" (dredging, canalization and building water engineering
structures on rivers).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 107%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Please,
see below our own preliminary comments on Draft DA , any feedback in next 3 days
will be very welcome. We are not experts on the EU legislative process,
therefore could miss something important.</SPAN><B><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT size=4><B><SPAN
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Simonov</SPAN></B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr class=gmail_attr>On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 3:49 PM Henry Eviston
<<A href="mailto:heviston@wwf.eu">heviston@wwf.eu</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear all,<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>The European Commission has published its draft law (delegated act in EU
jargon) with criteria on the climate taxonomy.</DIV>
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<DIV>This document sets out the technical criteria which will actually give
the taxonomy its final shape.</DIV>
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<DIV>It's not good. Among others, lobbyists on bioenergy, hydropower,
incineration, and transport have all been doing their worst and the criteria
have been weakened compared to the Technical Expert
Group's recommendations.</DIV>
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<DIV>We are reacting: here is a <B><A
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MUSnB_sjGjPpLnrtaLL2qOJAcKNLqV43Z1EFaXrgrzU/edit?usp=sharing"
target=_blank>ten point Civil Society statemen</A><A
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MUSnB_sjGjPpLnrtaLL2qOJAcKNLqV43Z1EFaXrgrzU/edit?usp=sharing"
target=_blank>t on the Taxonomy</A></B> which is <B>open for
sign-ons until Sunday 13 December, for a public media/social media launch
on Monday 14 December. </B></DIV>
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<LI><B>If you can, please sign it today using the Google Form provided</B>
<LI><B>Could you please also share this with contacts</B> who could
support it? </LI></UL></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,0)" color=#000000>Please
support us if you can! We need civil society to mobilise, strengthen the
criteria, and kick harmful activities out of the Taxonomy for
good!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>These ten points were based on a <B><A
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tp67NSrGSacUnhkGxL6dMG5Qj18vz-ngjU1bfJQn5gk/edit?usp=sharing"
target=_blank>joint NGO analysis of the draft Taxonomy Climate Delegated
Acts</A> </B>which<B> </B>includes a scorecard on page 5 which
scores the criteria of 50 activities in a simple way (green / orange / red -
they correspond to the colour of the recommendations provided for each
activity analysed in the document).</DIV>
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<DIV><B>We appreciate that neither the analysis nor the statement may be
perfect</B>.<B> </B>They were compiled in a short amount of
time and deal with very long and highly technical documents. <B>The
time constraint comes from the need to influence the Commission on this
crucial process.</B></DIV>
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<DIV>Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes,</DIV>
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<DIV>Henry and Sebastien</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=esimonovster@gmail.com href="mailto:esimonovster@gmail.com">eugene
simonov</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 13, 2020 6:48 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Please support! Ten Points Statement on Taxonomy
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