The EU was questioned in the process of carbon reduction.

Xinhua News Agency, London, July 22 (International Observation) EU was questioned in the carbon reduction process to implement "dual standards"

Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Shuang Zhang Yirong Kangyi

Germany announced a new package of energy security plans on the 21st, including restarting brown browning power generation. In order to cope with the energy crisis that might exceed the expected, many European countries have recently announced restarting the abandoned coal power projects. International observer believes that these "expedient measures" aimed at alleviating economic dilemma are disrupting the EU's new energy development plan, hindering that it will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and it is suspected of "double standard" in carbon reduction.

Policies backward+dual standards

The EU's emergency measures in energy have caused a lot of concerns and controversy in the international community, arguing that the EU's re -restarting coal power and other practices are contrary to long -term carbon reduction targets. Some experts believe that the European Union seems to be "loosening" for themselves, and in sharp contrast to the requirements for carbon reduction in other countries, the European Union's decision -making decision -making is disappointing.

Lei Mianzhang, an academician of the German Academy of Engineering and chief scientist at the University of Petroleum University of Petroleum, believes that once the (Russia) natural gas is disconnected, Europe will be re -enabled by coal -fired power generation. The original energy transformation and carbon emission reduction policy will inevitably be affected.

Kenya international problem scholar Kavans Adehir said that the EU sanctions on Russia "cleverly become clumsy". In order to seek energy security, he turned to fossil energy and seriously violated global climate actions. "European countries, the main beneficiary of carbon pollution, have adopted an energy policy that significantly affects environmental protection, which is a manifestation of dual standards."

"The poor country was forced to the corner by the wealthy country," Adehir said. "As the European countries shift to fossil energy, the efforts of Kenya and other countries are now facing a major risk of backstur."

Shelef Galilee, a professor of politics and international relations at the University of Abuja University in Nigeria, said that European high -amount "carbon tariffs" levied on African export products are not conducive to the economic development of African countries. For a long time, the main destination of crude oil exports such as Nigeria and other African countries is Europe. The European Union has intentionally relaxed its requirements for itself, but does not relax the requirements for carbon emissions in other countries and regions. This is a typical "dual standard" behavior.

Multi -nation frequently push the "expedient measures"

In order to "get out of trouble" from the energy crisis, many European countries such as Germany, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Denmark have strongly called for abandonment of coal and advocating environmental protection have recently announced the re -opening coal power plants or took measures to support coal power projects. The European Union also shows a certain "space" on related issues.

On the 6th of this month, the European Parliament's voting support attributed investment in the natural gas and nuclear energy fields that meet specific conditions as the category of sustainable economic activities in environmental friendly. In essence, "green labels" are attached to natural gas and nuclear energy. "Fossil energy and nuclear energy investment damage the EU's reputation in dealing with climate change.

In addition, the European Union also decided to expand its imported natural gas from the United States and use more potential fossil energy replacement suppliers in the Middle East and Africa.

The European Commission's Climate Action and Energy Affairs spokesman Tim Mcfi acknowledged that due to new changes in the European energy pattern, EU member states' energy structure and related plans will be adjusted, including restarting some coal production capacity.

EU officials who previously supported energy transformation also flickered their words when some member states turned to coal power. EU member, responsible for the internal market, recently said that as long as one country proves to other countries, it can restart the coal power plant in obtaining natural gas supply.

Energy dilemma or exceeding expectations

Europe's high dependence on Russia's energy supply is very obvious due to the Ukrainian crisis. Since the beginning of this year, European natural gas and electricity prices have soared to a record high, and the rise in energy prices has led to a large -scale inflation, which has caused a severe impact on Europe and the world economy.

Overall, the European energy crisis is difficult to break the situation in the short term. American economist Jeffrey Sax believes that the culprit of the Ukrainian crisis is the United States. decline". At the same time that the Russian sanctions have hit the Russian economy, it will inevitably bring a serious crisis to Europe itself.

Guo Jiangwen, a senior researcher at the Royal Institute of International Institute of International International Issues, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that "the duration of the energy dilemma of Europe may exceed expectations and bring significant inflation in the medium and long term."

In an interview with the experts of energy and climate change in Warwick University in the United Kingdom, in an interview, whether the European Union's performance reduction schedule will be affected in an interview, "it depends on how cold this winter is, how much Europe will be used in Europe, and how much will it use in Europe to use Coal and new renewable energy technology can be put into use quickly. "

In order to cope with the energy crisis, the EU seeks to increase the import of fossil energy from a substitute, which may not only bring high cost and long working period, but also squeeze the resources of the EU investment in renewable energy and increase European dependence on fossil fuel. Andreia Zardi, a professor of environmental economics in Italy, believes that this move may significantly postpone the EU's process of transition from sustainable energy.

[Editor in charge: Wang Yan]

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