Next Commission's priorities in Energy, Climate and Environment

On August 22, Politico.eu leaked a document containing proposals and plans from across the Commission’s departments (or DGs) for policies for the next term. Even though the European Commission dismissed the internal paper arguing that it should be given “zero credence” because it was not “mature enough”, Solar Heat Europe wants to briefly outline the main points of the next Commission’s priorities in Energy, Climate and Environment that are relevant for the sector.

The European Commission said an internal document outlining EU policy ideas should be given “zero credence” and was not “mature enough” to make it to Ursula von der Leyen’s desk https://t.co/M6jPbQ7riF

— POLITICO Europe (@POLITICOEurope) August 23, 2019

Next Commission’s priorities in Energy, Climate and Environment

DG ENER

Boosting Performance of buildings in Europe
Boosting e-mobility by deploying fast charging e-infrastructure in urban areas

DG ENV

Building a fair and sustainable future
A Common EU model for separate waste collection
A new pact for a fair, resilient and sustainable Europe
Addressing the ecological crisis: post-2020 global and EU biodiversity policy
Towards a zero-pollution Europe

DG CLIMA

Protect people and prosperity:
1 million electric cars charging points on European Roads
Revenues from polluters for a fair transition

Other relevant DG’s priorities

DG AGRI

Sustainable Food Policy
Food and Farming 4.0

DG BUDG

Action Plan for a Fair Green Transition

TAXUD

General Review of the Energy Taxation Directive

DG REGI

“Green and Fair New Deal: towards a carbon-neutral EU by 2050”: an overarching long-term strategy agreed at EU level to reach EU complete carbon neutrality, focused mainly in transport and manufacturing.
Transparency and ethics: open EU open data

DG RTD

3 Big Ideas of a Research, Innovation and Investment (R&I&I) Agenda for Sustainability within the first 100 days of the new Commission.

Initiatives:

a) Clean Steel for Carbon-neutral Industry

Within the 100 days of the new Commission the project “Research in reduction of CO2 emissions in steel production” will be launched.

b) European Future Fund

A EU Sovereign Wealth Fund that would launch a €100bn sovereign wealth fund to finance European industrial champions to compete with US and China tech-companies.

c) Cancer Mission to mobilise and steer a broad spectrum of actors and activities on order to defeat cancer

A cancer mission in Horizon Europe would address and mobilise and steer a broad spectrum of actors and activities to defeat cancer, setting an achievable goal such as 75% survival rate by 2030.

For more detailed information about the next Commission’s priorities in Energy, Climate and Environment you can read this article.

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