MAHA Global and IPR: Do Actions Speak Louder Than Words?
Prof. Maria da Graça Carvalho - European Commission - The EU Strategy Towards a Low Carbon Society
1. Connected Urban Development Conference San Francisco – February 21st, 2008 Prof. Maria da Graça Carvalho Principal Adviser Bureau of European Policy Advisers European Commission The EU Strategy Towards a Low Carbon Society
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6. From 2005: The Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is in place It involves only CO2 and only some industrial sectors (power generation and large combustion installations) For 2008-2012: This is the second period of the ETS It corresponds to the 1st commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto commitment is for the EU15 and there is a burden sharing agreement between the Member States After 2012 : Improvements of the ETS -20% GHG compared to 1990 Greenhouse Gas and the Emission Trading Scheme – Present Situation See next slides
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10. The main instrument of the EU to support RTD Working mainly with collaborative projects, with industry, universities, R&D centers FP7 : 50521 million € over 7 years, 2006 to 2013, 9 themes Budget (€ million, current prices) 1. Health 5 984 2. Food, agriculture and biotechnology 1 935 3. Information and communication technologies 9 110 4. Nanotechnologies, materials and production 3 467 5. Energy 2 265 6. Environment 1 886 7. Transport 4 18 0 8. Socio - economic research 607 9. Security and space 2 858 The 7th Framework Programme for Research and Demonstration
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16. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Neither the European Commission, nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of the information contained in this presentation. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission.