Environmental organizations demand Portugal’s withdrawal from energy treaties – Sociedade
Environmental organizations Trocam Zero and for a fair demand this Thursday the withdrawal of Portugal from the Energy Charter Treaty, a multilateral fair negotiation that “protects investment in fossil fuels” and “blocks the energy transition”.
The position is expressed in a joint statement after Wednesday the Netherlands was announced to withdraw from the treaty. A week ago in Spain he did the same, after Poland.
According to Zero – Sustainable Earth System Association and the Platform for a Fair Trade, the treaty, whose update is being negotiated for four years, “protects investments in fossil fuels and delays, increases the price and the energy transition”.
Both organizations argue that “it is time for European governments to make a commitment to the climate and environment, leaving the treaty in a coordinated manner”.
The Member States of the European Union, with the exception of Italy, which in 2016 withdrew from this agreement, signed by 53 European and Asian countries, have to decide by mid-term whether or not to approve the update of the treaty.
To take effect, an update to the treaty has to be unanimously accepted by the subscribing countries.
In force since 198, the Energy Charter Treaty, especially as derivatives whose fossil sources, sue their countries consider to be against their interests.
According to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the treaty is a “serious obstacle to mitigating” the effects of the global set.
The Zero and Exchange Compatible with the Greenhouse Effect is in Paris, 2015, which sets goals for the reduction of gases with the Greenhouse Agreement, at the origin of the global whole.
“The European Union’s joint exit from the Energy Charter Treaty is urgent (…). In Europe alone, fossil infrastructures worth more than 340 billion euros”, points out activist Ana Moreno, from the Troca platform, citing none of the communicated.
According to the president of Zero, Francisco Ferreira 2050, “five times more to comply with the temperature than possible for the European Union its carbon budget in order to keep the increase below 15ºC”, according to the goals.
Zero e a Troca, which stands out in Portugal, has a subscription with more than two thousand departures claimed, one leaving the treated country and another throughout Europe with more than one million subscribers.
By definition, the Energy Charter Treaty aims to “promote security through more open and adequate energy markets, the principles of sustainable and autonomous development over energy resources”.