Priorities of Ursula von der Leyen on climate & environment
ATTN: ALL FULL MEMBERS
Dear Members,
Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected President of the European Commission. She was officially supported by EPP (centre-right), S&D (centre-left), Renew (liberals) and the Greens.
You may note below details of the priorities of Ms von der Leyen on climate and environment:
- A legally binging 90% emission-reduction target for 2040 will be introduced in the European Climate Law.
- To achieve this, Ms von der Leyen proposes to translate the European Green Deal into an industrial strategy. The main elements of this strategy will include among others:
- An Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act, which will be prepared to support industries and companies through the transition.
- The scale-up of investments in clean energy infrastructure and technologies.
- This will include renewables and low-carbon technologies, grid infrastructure, storage capacity and transport infrastructure for captured CO2, as well as energy-efficiency measures, the digitalisation of our energy system and the deployment of a hydrogen network.
- The focus is put on hydrogen, as no other fuel type is mentioned in her priorities.
Further information can be found in her political guidelines in the following link: https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/e6cd4328-673c-4e7a-8683-f63ffb2cf648_en?filename=Political%20Guidelines%202024-2029_EN.pdf
Kind regards
Emmanuel Vergetis
