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C20 Working Group on Environmental Sustainability and Energy: Position paper After considering topics on: - Energy renewable energy, energy efficiency, conventional energy subsidies; Climate change and energy; Global Marine initiative, offshore oil and gas development including Arctic; “Green Growth” in terms of sustainable energy and conservation of sustainable ecosystems the Working Group developed, collected and put to vote about 30 recommendations. Taking into account the need of urgent transition to new energy sources and energy use, 4 top and 5 high priority recommendations to the G-20 were selected. Top priority recommendations 1. Demonstrate continuing progress in phasing out fossil fuel subsidies (production and consumption). (Specified recommendations of Civil-20 are separate). 2. To urge the Governments to stimulate the identification of ecologically and biologically significant and sensitive areas and granting these areas appropriate use and management regimes. The most significant and sensitive areas shall be protected from use regimes with potential environmental harm (e.g. extraction of mineral non-renewable resources, intensive transportation). In particular to recognize the environmental challenges posed by the exploitation of Arctic shelf oil reserves and re-think and phase-out planned oil projects on the Arctic shelf. 3. To recognize the environmental and social challenges posed by all new large plains rivers hydro with dams, projects that increase the level of existing hydroelectric plants’ reservoirs, and new nuclear power stations and act relatively, in particular: - to recommend to the MDBs to adopt in their policies a ban of new coal and oil projects as well any new nuclear, new large plains rivers dam hydro projects; - expand the scope of energy subsidies to which the G-20 commitment applies to include nuclear energy, large plain rivers hydro (power stations with dams at plains rivers or projects that increase the level of existing hydroelectric plants’ reservoirs). 4. Elaborate and implement new international norms on specific energy consumption in industries with the highest energy consumption. In particular, introduce harmonized international limiting standards for maximal specified fuel consumption for newly manufactured cars. High priority recommendations 1. Nuclear operators and waste licensees should be required to have all financial means in place, through insurance and other financial instruments, to meet the full cost of damage caused to people and the environment by accidents at their facilities. 2. To expand the scope of energy subsidies to which the G-20 commitment applies and subsidies to biofuels that a) compete with food uses for the same feedstock crops and/or b) impact our limited resources – water, lands, soil; c) have negative impacts on the environment. Phase out subsidization of nuclear energy production, large hydro and biofuels accordingly. G20 countries also to stop biofuels mandates. 3. Set G-20 members’ timeframe and road map for hybrid and electric car development. 4. The G-20 should strongly support the provision of climate financing of 100 bil dollars annually for developing countries. Financing should be balanced between adaptation and mitigation with the majority of funds going to the “Green Climate Fund”. Generate finance from the following and other sources: - Phase out of developed countries’ subsidies for fossil fuels, large plains rivers hydro using dams and nuclear energy; - Taxation of financial transboundary transactions (FTT); - Payments for greenhouse gas emissions from bunker fuel use. 5. Given that the World Bank and other MDBs (EBRD etc) have either recently engaged in or are currently undergoing a revision of their investment lending safeguards policies, we call on the G-20 to promote the highest quality levels of transparency, access to information, and public participation in regards to infrastructure and energy project planning, at both the donor and borrower level. Require donors and borrowers to institute mechanisms to assure public participation and transparency in planning process, for example, as the stage of World Bank advisory services and public private partnership support for the development of new projects.