PES proposes Oil Forum for the EU

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Published Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 14:59
by Editor (1310 views and 2 comments)

Breaking Europe’s dependence on oil should be the focus of an ‘Oil Forum’ bringing together politicians, industry, scientists and EU institutions say PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and Swedish Social Democratic Party Leader Mona Sahlin.

The Forum would draw up a programme to reduce Europe’s dependence on oil – identifying where EU-regulations come into conflict with efforts to end the dependence on oil, and propose new policies at the EU level.

“Oil, together with other fossil fuels, contributes up to 90 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions” said Mona Sahlin. “To tackle climate change we must break our dependence on oil.”

“The rising cost of oil poses a major threat to our economies” said Poul Nyrup Rasmussen “and has the potential to cause instability and conflict.”

Read the full press release and the letter from Rasmussen and Sahlin to Commission President Barroso.

What do you think about the idea of a European ‘Oil Forum’?

Tags: environment, oil, PES

Comments

1. Oil Forum by Adam B Join PES activists on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 18:41

This all sounds very good but how do we lay pressure on the Council and the Commission so that this will be adopted as binding law? It is at all possible with the way the EU works today?. Moreover, will this not just lead us into defiency when USA refuses to adopt common enviromental measures? Just look at the Bali. We must be stronger in critizing.

2. Work by nanne in berlin on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 20:21

It's always good to have a discussion, and to have all stakeholders on the table (speaking of which, what about NGOs?). But the point of such a forum can easily become the postponing of measures we already know to work, and continuing to support measures we know don't work.

So, there a couple of things that should be done right away. One is halting all support for biofuels. Another is renewing and then strengthening the focus on a 'modal shift' away from road transport in transport policy. For example.

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