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• Discontinue all subsidies to and promotion of fossil energy production and the
construction of new thermal power stations, in order not to impede the develop-
ment of climate-friendly forms of energy.
• Large-scale funding of energy generation from sun, wind, water and biomass, on
condition that general sustainability criteria are complied with.
• Introduce minimum-efficiency standards for energy-consuming cross-application
industrial technologies, such as drive trains, compressors or lighting installations.
• Introduce and harmonise consumption-based energy taxes as an incentive to en-
ergy saving without excessively burdening socially weaker groups.
b. Transport
• Speedily impose a moratorium on the EU objective of reaching 10% biofuel blend-
ing by 2020. In light of recent studies and the current, worldwide food crisis biofu-
els are not a suitable means for climate protection, since the ratio between
achievable net emissions and incidental ecological costs is unacceptable.
• Tax vehicle tail-end emissions under a merit rating system with a view to achiev-
ing a limit value of 120g CO 2 /km by 2012 and of 80g CO 2 by 2020.
• Amend the Eurovignette Directive with a view to introducing an emission-based
tax on goods transport and to specifying upper limits for transit regions.
• Introduce an RFI (Radiative Forcing Index) factor based on state-of-the-art re-
search findings as a criterion for the intended inclusion of the aviation industry into
the EU Emission Trading System, as of 2012.
• Cut public funding of motorway construction and discontinue public subsidies to
the upgrading of airports.
• Subsidise the upgrading of the Europe-wide rail network and of high-speed rail
operation and harmonise operational and fare systems of border-crossing rail
transport.
• Promote traffic-calming regional planning and increased use of information and
communication technologies in networking and harmonising the fare systems of
public transport.
• Expand the funding programmes for research on and development of energy-
efficient transport technologies.
c. Construction industry
• Modify the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings to ensure Eu-
rope-wide application of the passive-house standard to new buildings as well as
strict energy efficiency standards when overhauling building stock.
• Extensive funding programmes for overhauling building stock in the member
countries.
• Monitor the implementation of the EU Directive on the Energy Performance of
Buildings in the member countries.
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