Konferenzband 
China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
Entstehung
Einzelbild herunterladen
 

80 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation of1degree whileinthecountriesoftheNorth evenathreedegreerisecould leadtogrowthinagriculturalproductionandenergysavingsinthe winter. ClimatechangecouldcausehungerintheLACregion asgrainsarethemost susceptiblecrops mainlycorn riceandcoffee inthisrespect.Forinstance theIPCCpredictsa70percentdiminutionofthesecropsinBrazilandMexicoby 2050.Thesituationcouldturnouttobeevenmoreserious however asthe costs of water pumping will make the exploitation of water reserves unsustainableby2030. 4.犈犝犔犃犆犚犲犾犪狋犻狅狀狊狅狀犈狀犲狉犵狔犪狀犱犈狀狏犻狉狅狀犿犲狀狋犪犾犐狊狊狌犲狊 TheEU andthe LAC regionareengagedin dialogueonsustainable development.ItwasoneofthetopicsdiscussedattheEULACLimaSummit in May2008 togetherwithpovertyandsocialcohesion andalsoatthe Madrid SummitinMay2010fromtheperspectiveoftechnologyandinnovation.Three topicsareofparticularimportancewithregardtosustainabledevelopment:the environment climatechangeandenergy.Thisdialogueisintendedtoproducea globalenvironmentalandenergypact. Withregardtoenvironmentalandenergyissues relationsbetweenLatin AmericaandtheEuropeanUnionarebasedonthefactthatLACisthesupplier andtheEU thecustomer.Inenergy markets thisrelationshipendowsLAC withenormousadvantages:theEUisdependentonexternalenergyandtheLAC regionisautonomousinthatrespect the EU haslimitedcapacitiesfor agriculturalbiomassdevelopmentandLAChasenormouscapacityforenergy production bothrenewableandfossil. IncontrasttotheLACregion theEUdoeshaveacommonenergypolicy anda 20 20 20Plan aimedatreducinggreenhousegasesby20percentby2020in comparisonto1990levels increasingrenewableenergyuseby20percentandreducing energyconsumptionby20percent.By2020 biofuelsshouldrepresent10percentof totalfuelconsumptionintheEU.Toachievethis alargeshareofbiomasswillbe importedfromtheSouth especiallyfromLatinAmerica Fritz2008:4 LACistheonlyWesternregioncapableofsupplyingitsownfirstgeneration biofuelneeds whiletheEU aswellastheUnitedStates willfacesignificant shortandmediumtermproblemsinthisrespect CEPAL2008:21 .Inthis sense theEUneedstheLACregiontomeetitsgoals. AccordingtoECLAC in2005theEUwasalreadyusing60percentofthe landdedicatedtomajorcropsforbiodieselproduction andwouldhavetotriple theareatomeetthe2020demand.TheEUsnonfoodcropcapacityisabout8.2 millionhectaresandasimilarquantityoflandislyingfallow butforits2020