EU sustainable finance taxonomy – ACT to eliminate hydropower
There is a current consultation on the EU sustainable finance taxonomy, which aims to define which activities can be classed as “sustainable finance”. Pippa Gallop from Bankwatch alerted us and we ask you to contribute to EC consultation on sustainable finance activities, stating that hydropower should not be included.
The public consultation is open until Friday 18 December.
The main thing of interest is that the draft act has thrown out an earlier proposal to exclude all small hydropower from the definition of sustainable finance. So we need to mobilise to get that back in again. But there are several other issues as well- bioenergy, forestry, inland waterways, waste in cement kilns…
How to do it?
The link to the consultation is here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12302-Climate-change-mitigation-and-adaptation-taxonomy/addFeedback?p_id=16015203
You need to register, but apart from that it is simple. You have a box fitting only 4000 characters, and if you like you can attach a separate file.
We’ve tried to make it easy for you by making a sample text that you can either copy-paste as it is, or make your own version with the issues that most interest you:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qSpR9X3C795d0CUgzty-iYcRgC9L5V_XXz9S13UDTZ8/edit?usp=sharing
If you have a favourite photo of a dried up riverbed as a result of small hydro, you might like to attach that as a separate file as well.
It would be great if you are able to mobilise your colleagues – the consultation is open to individuals or organisations.
Pippa would be happy to hear if you managed to submit! email her at pippa.gallop@bankwatch.org
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mHE nisu “održivi investicije” – Javni uvid u EU o definiciji “održivi investicije”
Pozdrav svima,
Nadam se da ste dobro.
Trenutno je u toku javni uvid u nacrt EU legislativi o održivi investicije. Ideja je da se napravi ujedinjenu definiciju što se može smatrati održiva investicija, na osnovi kriterije koji se odnose na pojedniačkih sektora. Nije samo za EU, tak da je relevantno i za Zapadni Balkan.
Javni uvid traje do petka 18. Decembar.
Najzanimljivije nama je da je ranije prijedlog kriterije sadžio odredbe da se mHE ispod 10 MW ne može smatrati održiva investicija uopšte. A novi prijedlog više nema tu odredbu. Tak da se moramo boriti da se vrati. A postoji i drugi probleme sa nacrtom – biomasa, šumarstvo, regulacije rijeke, spaljivanje otpad u cementarima…
Kako sudjelovati?
Link za javni uvid je ovdje: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12302-Climate-change-mitigation-and-adaptation-taxonomy/addFeedback?p_id=16015203
Treba se prijaviti, a osim toga je jednostavno. Možete staviti do 4000 slove, a postoji mogućnost dodati poseban falj.
Kako bi stvar bilo jednostavnije, napravili smo predlog teksta komentare. Možete staviti cijeli tekst ili prilagoditi prema vaše područje interese:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qSpR9X3C795d0CUgzty-iYcRgC9L5V_XXz9S13UDTZ8/edit?usp=sharing
Mislim da bi bilo fora dodati i slike suhe korite zbog mHE kao poseban falj.
Javite se ako nešto nije jasno i ako uspete poslati nešto. Biti će nam jako drago.
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