Replacing combustion engines with electric cars and switching industrial heat from fossil fuels to electricity are among the most impactful ways to decarbonise. Yet, in exactly in these areas Europe is weakening its policies.

much of the busy agenda was taken up by proposed climate rollbacks, including the replacement of the 2035 combustion-engine phase-out with weaker CO2 standards for new cars and weakening its carbon-pricing system for industries and power production.

Europe’s own electrification path has been slow compared to some other large economies, rising only about five percent since 1990. During this time, China went from six percent to almost 30 percent

  • Hapankaali@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 month ago

    Maybe it’s worth considering that “prohibiting” lobbying would also ban or severely restrict many NGOs such as Amnesty International and Greenpeace, trade unions, the recent initiative to “Stop Killing Games” as has been discussed on this instance extensively, etc.

    Obviously politicians should be banned from accepting cocaine, hookers, chests of golden doubloons, etc. from other parties, but it can still be useful for them to consider the perspective of different groups in society, including environmental groups, citizen initiatives, but also industry advocates.

    • skaffi@infosec.pubEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      Yes, thank you. “Prohibit lobbyism” is such a dumb, populist hot take, and actually going through with it would effectively be the end of democracy.

      Instead, let’s talk about how we can make lobbyism more equitable and fair, and how we can prevent corruption. But those are complex issues, that require genuine, deliberative debate, in order to find real and better solutions.