The Future of the EU’s Energy Project: Climate dimension

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This policy brief considers the climate and sustainability dimension of the EU’s energy project. It identifies several gaps in the current state of the EU’s climate and energy intersection and delves into emerging needs, concerns, priorities, and potential unintended consequences of the green transition policy.

We propose closing existing policy gaps, strengthening the climate dimension of the EU’s energy project from a holistic point of view. This includes focusing on key areas such as:

• Monitoring and long-term strategic planning of both targets and infrastructure;
• Renewed European solidarity;
• The need to look outside of the EU borders.

Contributors

• Benjamin Denis is a Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Industrial Policy Coordination at IndustriAll Europe.
• Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera is the Founder and Head of Forum Energii.
• Rosa Martínez is the State Secretary for Social Rights in Spain.
• Antoine Oger is the Research Director for Global Challenges and SDGs at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP).
• Jesse Scott is Adjunct at Hertie School Berlin and Visiting Fellow at DIW Berlin.
• Taube Van Melkebeke, Head of Policy at the Green European Foundation (GEF). She leads the different Knowledge Communities of the foundation. For further information, contact her at taube.vanmelkebeke@gef.eu.

This policy brief has been realised by the Green European Foundation with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this publication.