We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Policy & Advocacy Officer to join our team and lead CDM Watch’s EU policy work as of May 2011. For more information check the vacancy announcement.
Applicants should send their CV, references and a strong cover letter, addressing the competencies required to [email protected].
Closing date: 15 April 2011. Interviews will be held on 20 April 2011.
Although the European Commission is meant to carry out a thorough impact assessment before proposing new policies, the European Union’s policymaking process is increasingly being influenced by business lobbies and guided by political expediency and whim. This approach will result in serious negative consequences.
The European Union has struck a deal on its 2040 climate target which, on paper, maintains the headline goal of slashing emissions by 90% but allows loopholes and backdoors that will result in hundreds of millions of tonnes of additional domestic emissions.
As the European Union institutions prepare to embark on the final negotiations around the bloc’s diluted 2040 climate target, there is one last chance to shore up some of the goal’s loopholes for the good of the environment and society.
At the COP30 climate conference, countries that have cooled on climate action are set to exploit carbon markets to take the heat to act off themselves. But carbon markets are no substitutes for real emissions cuts and no replacement for climate finance.
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