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The [[European Commission]] has developed the '''2050 low-carbon roadmap''', that aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the EU to 80% below 1990 levels.<ref>"2050 low-carbon roadmap", retrieved from: https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/strategies/2050_en</ref> The EU has set itself targets to put itself on the way to achieve the transformation towards a low-carbon economy as detailed in the '''2050 low-carbon roadmap''' through actions in all main sectors, concluding it is feasible and cost-effective in the long run, as long as innovation and investments are present.
In terms of International Cooperation, in order to achieve the [[UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development|UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development]] the first step is the '''mapping exercise of external policies'''. It also needs to identify the real gaps that exist between current external policies and the future ones. The future ones should include in a balanced and fair way, the economic, social and environmental pillars of the 2030 Agenda. For this, the EU needs to make civil society organisations in third countries '''real partners in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.''' The [[European Commission]] has drafted a [http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/swd-key-european-actions-2030-agenda-sdgs-390-20161122_en.pdf document] establishing the '''priorities, policies, funds and other actions''' cover all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This document assures they provide a '''significant contribution''' to the implementation of the SDGs, both within the EU and through EU external action. The EU has created and supported internal and international projects and funds to help climate vulnerable countries and to support alternative energy development, but can it '''use its soft powers to influence major emerging economic powers to follow the same path'''?
The supreme decision-making body of the [[United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC )|UNFCCC]] - the [[Conference of the Parties|COP]] - has representants of all the countries that are part of the Convention and is the biggest annual meeting to debate climate change. '''[[Conference of the Parties|COP]] 22''' took place in Marrakech in 2016 and marked the transition from the main discussion being developing the [[Paris Agreement]] to how to better implement it. '''[[Conference of the Parties|COP]] 23''' will take place in Bonn in November 2018 and will for sure debate the best '''international approach''' to dealing with the opting out of the [[Paris Agreement]] by the United States of America and the '''future of the Agreement'''. What should the EU's stance be in COP 23?
'''<big>Other Important Stakeholders</big>'''
- [[Climate vulnerable countries]]