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The Carbon Dinosaur in Croatia

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>>	25 September 04 City of Zagreb
>>	27 September 04 City of Rijeka In Rijeka, the dinosaur protests against the Druzhba-Adria-Project that puts the Adriatic sea at high risk of oil spills -- and serves the fossil duel hunger of the industrialised countries. MORE
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CROATIAN | Croatia with its 4,5 million citizens is low down on the European list of GHG emissions per capita. Because of low CO2 emission in 1990 (8,23 tonnes eqCO2 per capita, 1990) the government expects to meet it's proposed Kyoto targets. However with the expected growth of energy consumption, it is anticipated that, in a few years time the Kyoto obligation will be surpassed. In the year 2001 Croatia had total of 17.85 million tonnes of C02 emitted from various energy sectors. The main producers CO2 are Industry, road traffic and Thermo Power Plant combustion.

Due to the transition to independence and the loss of energy sources located in other republics of the former Yugoslavia, the government requested its case be reviewed separately. Croatia put a proposal that the base year should be determined on the basis of the average CO2 emission per capita of the former Yugoslavia coming from the energy sector (5.8 tonnes CO2/year) with the addition of the emission from non-energy sources in the area of Croatia. Negotiations concerning the request of Croatia started at the 7th COP to the UNFCCC in 2001 and are still underway. An interesting fact is that a consultant in negotiations is Croatian director of Nuclear Power Plant Krsko. He has produced a public statement on a new nuclear power as a solution to reducing carbon emissions.

The policy of mitigating the effects of climate changes under First National Report on Climate Change (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning, 2002) is still at the planning stage and lacking significant implementation measures, but the adoption of new energy laws was highlighted as a positive concrete step. The National report recognized Zelena akcija as the only NGO that is continuously raising awareness on Climate changes issue, and had organized successful campaign against new coal Thermo Power Plant Lukovo Sugarje on the Adriatic Coast.

Zelena Akcija - Friends of the Earth Croatia will set up the Dino in Zagreb, the capital, and in Rijeka, the coastal town nearest to the terminal Omisalj to oppose the proposed Druzba Adria pipeline.

The purpose of this pipeline would be the export of Russian oil to the adriatic sea via Ukraine, Belarus. Hungary, Slovakia and finally Croatia. Even not directly emitting GHG, this big Carbon project will ease access of Russian oil companies to world market and induce heavier tanker traffic in Adriatic Sea, with bigger oil spill risk. Increased shipping also presents the problem of balast waters releasing harmful marine organisms which displace native species.

The dinosaur will raise awareness of the close relationship between big "carbon projects" and Climate changes, to influence the scrapping of these environmentally harmful projects, and to promote and speed up the shift to renewable energy sources and energy efficiency.

Carbon Dinosaur u Hrvatskoj

»injenica je da se Hrvatska sa 4.5 miliona stanovnika nalazi na dnu Europske ljestvice emisije staklenickih plinova po stanovniku. Niska emisija CO2 u referentnoj godini (8,23 tone ekvivalentnog CO2 po stanovniku) je po misljenju vlade i problem u dostizanju normi Kyoto protokola, koji jos nije ratificiran. Uz ocekivani rast potrosnje energije, predvidja se da se obaveze iz protokola nece moci ispuniti. Hrvatska emisija CO2 iz raznih energetskih sektora 2001. godine bila je 17,85 miliona tona. (najveci su: Industrija, Cestovni promet, i Termoelektrane)

Zbog posebnih uvjeta u vrijeme osamostaljivanja Hrvatske i gubitka dijela energetskih izvora smjestenim u drugim republikama bivse Jugoslavije, Hrvatska vlada u pregovorima unutar UNFCCC-a, zahtijeva ponovno razmatranje slucaja. Prijedlog je da se bazna godina odredi na principu prosjecne emisije iz energetskog sektora (5,8 tona CO2 godisnje) u bivsoj Jugoslaviji sa dodatkom emisija iz ne-enegetskog sektora na podrucju Hrvatske. Pregovori o zahtijevu Hrvatske poceli su na Sedmoj Konferenciji stranaka Okvirne konferencije o promjeni klime 2002 godine (UNFCCC) i jos su u tijeku. Zanimljiva je cinjenica da je savjetnik Ministarstva zastite okolisa i prostornog planiranja u klimatskim pregovorima ujedno i direktor Hrvatskog dijela Nuklearne elektrane Krsko, koji javno postavlja prijedlog gradnje nove nuklearke kao moguceg rjesenja.

Politika ublazavanja ucinaka klimatskih promjena navedena u Prvom nacionalnom izvjescu Republike Hrvatske prema UNFCCC, smatra se fazom planiranja sa nedostatkom implementacije znacajnijih mjera, ali prihvacanje novih zakona o energiji istaknuto je kao konkretan pozitivan korak. U Nacionalnom izvjescu Zelena akcija je prepoznata kao jedini NVO koji stalno radi na podizanju svijesti o pitanjima klimatskih promjena.Vazan doprinos je i organiziracija uspjesne kampanje protiv gradnje Termoelektrane na ugljen Lukovo Sugarje na Jadranskoj obali.

Moguca realizacija projekta Druzba Adrija predstavlja Hrvatski Carbon Dinosaur. Projekt obuhvaca naftovod JANAF i uvozni terminal Omisalj, koji bi sluzili za izvoz ruske nafte kroz Jadran. Premda izravno ne bi ispustao staklenicke plinove u atmosferu, veliki naftni projekt omogucio bi pristup ruskih naftnih kompanija na svjetsko trziste, pojacao bi se tankerski promet Jadranom i povecao rizik od havarije. Problem balastnih voda, koje se ispustaju iz tankera, takodjer nije rjesen, kao ni rizik od promjene smjera toka nafte (kopno - more).

Zelena akcija - Friends of the Earth, Croatia organizirati ce postavljanje Dinosaura u glavnom gradu Zagrebu i u Rijeci.

Misija je informiranje javnosti o odnosu velikih naftnih projekata i klimatskih promjena, utjecaja na odluke o neprihvacanju okolisno stetnih projekata te ubrzavanja promjene energetske politike u smjeru obnovljivih izvora enerije i energetske ucinkovitosti.