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This Political 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 wholistic 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.
This is the third out of four briefs that delve into different dimensions of the EU’s energy project. All these briefs are informed by expert insights and discussions within the GEF Knowledge Communities. The remaining three focus on energy security, social aspects, and democracy.
Contributors
Benjamin Denis, Core expert of this Knowledge Community and Senior Policy Advisor and Head of Industrial Policy Coordination at IndustriAll Europe.
Joanna Maćkowiak-Pandera, Core expert of this Knowledge Community and Founder and head of Forum Energii
Rosa Martinez, Core expert of this Knowledge Community, Green European Journal Board Member and State Secretary for Social Rights in Spain.
Antoine Oger, Core expert of this Knowledge Community and Research Director, Global Challenges and SDGs at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP).
Jesse Scott, Core expert of this Knowledge Community Adjunct at Hertie School Berlin and Visiting Fellow at DIW Berlin.
Taube Van Melkebeke, Green European Foundation (GEF)’s Policy Manager and Knowledge Communities lead. For further information, contact her at taube.vanmelkebeke@gef.eu.
This political 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.