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The agreement aims to amend the European Union's Climate Law.
This Sunday, 1 February, marked four years since the Climate Framework Law (LBC) came into force. However, to a large extent it remains a law yet to be implemented. Various stakeholders in the sector highlight the lack of action and call for greater alignment between climate targets and budgets, noting that the lack ...
PAN submitted a proposal to put the Lei de Bases do Clima into effect, which was rejected; the government says it will nevertheless keep pursuing the matter and not abandon the topic.
The Social Democrats argue in the Assembly of the Republic that this legislation is strategic, while the Liberal Initiative seeks to act against what it calls “climate populism”.
Inês de Sousa Real says the government has been captured by the Chega party and is falling behind on implementing the Climate Law and on measures to reduce carbon emissions.
Water supply is also expected to start reaching some parishes during the day. Also, parliament debates today draft bills from PS, IL, Livre and PAN on the Framework Law on Climate.
Among the liberals' proposals are removing the concept of a 'climate emergency', reducing climate targets, and allowing new oil and gas prospecting.
The environmental organisation fears the measures could result in the 'devaluation' of climate action in Portugal. The Assembly of the Republic will debate amendments to the Climate Framework Law on Friday.
The environmental organisation WWF Portugal says that Iniciativa Liberal's bill to revise the Climate Framework Law (LBC) weakens 'essential pillars of Portuguese climate policy' and recommends the 'complete rejection' of the document.
Coalition calls on Parliament to reject the IL bill and to 'reaffirm Portugal's commitment to a robust, fair and science-aligned climate and environmental policy'.
Iniciativa Liberal proposes replacing 'renewables' with 'clean energies' to include nuclear energy and lift bans such as deep-sea mining. Environmentalists reject this as a 'step backwards'.
A coalition of seven environmental organisations (C7) rejects changes to the Framework Law on Climate proposed by the Liberal Initiative, considering them a “significant setback” and an “attempt to remove the State's accountability for climate action”.
A coalition calls on the Assembly of the Republic to reject IL's bill.
