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European Green Dealand opportunitiesfor the Regions
Andrea Bianchini (DG ENV, E1)
Waste
Management Consumption
Secondary
raw
materials
A new vision
Priorities of the Commission 2019 - 2024
“I will propose a European Green Deal in my first 100 days in office”
Ms Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European
Commission
TheEuropean
Green Deal
The European Green Deal
Mobilising industry for a clean and circular economy
Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
From ‘Farm to Fork’: a fair, healthy and environmentally
friendly food system
Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient
way
Accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility
Increasing the EU’s Climate ambition for 2030 and 2050
Supplying clean, affordable and secure energy
A zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment
A European Climate Pact
The EU as a global leader
Mobilising research and fostering innovation
Leave no one behind (Just Transition)
Financing the transition
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Climate-neutrality by 2050
Climate-neutrality by 2050 The response
• European ‘Climate Law’ enshrining the 2050 climate neutrality objective in legislation by March 2020
• Comprehensive plan to increase the EU’s climate target for 2030 to at least 50% and towards 55% in a responsible way by October 2020
• Review and revise where needed all relevant legislative measures to deliver on this increased ambition by June 2021
• Proposal for a revision of the Energy Taxation Directive by June 2021
• Carbon border adjustment mechanism for selected sectors by 2021
• A new EU Strategy on Adaptation in 2020/2021
Increasing the EU’s Climate ambition for 2030 and 2050
A new industrial policy based on the circular economy
The challenge
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A new industrial policy based on the circular economy
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A new Circular Economy Action Plan by March 2020 to help modernising the EU’s economy.
• Efforts will focus on resource-intensive sectors such as:
• The new Circular Economy Action Plan will include a sustainable product policy that will prioritise reducing and reusing materials before recycling them.
The response
Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
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The challenge
The IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services finds that around 1 million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades, more than ever before in human history.
The five direct drivers of change in nature with the largest relative global impacts so far are, in descending order: (1) changes in land and sea use; (2) direct exploitation of organisms; (3) climate change; (4) pollution and (5) invasive alien species.
Europe’s nature: 60% of EU protected species and 77% of habitats have unfavourable conservation status. Biodiversity loss – a continuing downward trend in populations of species, such as farmland birds and pollinators, including grassland butterflies and wild bees
Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity
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The response
• EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 in March 2020 in preparation for the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, China, in October 2020
• Follow up with concrete measures in 2021 to address the main drivers of biodiversity loss
• A new EU Forest Strategy in 2020
• Measures to support deforestation-free value chains from 2020
A Zero Pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment
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The challenge
• Air pollutions is the biggest environmental health risk in Europe. 400.000 deaths per year as a result of air pollution (EEA, 2019)
• Externalities of air pollution alone on health amount to 24 billion euros of direct costs per year in the EU.
• Industry is still a significant source of pollutant releases to Europe’s environment. Soil contamination in Europe is also linked to industrial activity.
• Only 40% of the surface water bodies in Europe have a good ecological status.
• A large majority of emitted chemical remain unmonitored in the environment.
A Zero Pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment
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The response
• Zero pollution action plan for air, water and soil in 2021.
• Address industrial pollution from large industrial installations in 2021.
• Chemicals strategy for sustainability in summer 2020.
From Farm to Fork: designing fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems
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The challenge
Food waste88 million tonnes of food is lost along the supply chain or wasted at the household level (Fusions, 2016)
HealthUnhealthy diets contribute to increasing levels of obesity, and more than half of the EU populations in 2014 was estimated to be overweight.
EnvironmentThe increasing demand of food has a negative impact on land use, natural resources and biodiversity.
From Farm to Fork: designing fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems
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The response
European food must remain safe, nutritious and of high quality. It must be produced with minimum impact on nature.
Enabling Support
Sustainable Europe Investment Plan and the Just Transition Mechanism
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The European Green Deal Investment Plan
To achieve the goals set by the European Green Deal, the Plan will mobilise at least €1 trillion in sustainable investments over the next decade. Part of the plan, the Just Transition Mechanism, will be targeted to a fair and just green transition.
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The Just Transition Mechanism
The Just Transition Mechanism is specifically targeted at the regions that will be most affected by the transition. This will make sure that the transition towards climate-neutrality works well for everybody.
Enabling instruments
Public sector loan
facility
with the EIB
to mobilise
€25-30 billion investments
InvestEU
Dedicated Just
Transition Scheme
to mobilise up to
€45 billion investments
Just Transition Mechanism
at least EUR 100 billion investments to support and finance regions most exposed
to transition challenges in all Member States
Provides primarily grants Crowds in private investment Leverages public financing
Just Transition Fund
to generate financing of
€30-50 billion
• New Just Transition Fund of €7.5 billion
• Transfers: for each €1 from JTF €1.5-3
from ERDF/ESF+
• National co-financing
Objectives
• Alleviating the social and economic costs of transition towards climate neutral economy
Does not aim per se at supporting transition but contributes to its achievement
Main features of the JTF
Specific programming process
• Territorial just transition plans shall be prepared and annexed to programmes entailing JTTF
support
• Preparation steered by European Semester – adopted by Commission decision with programmes
Embedded in cohesion policy
• Specific objective, distinct from other policy objectives
• Dedicated programmes / priorities
• Transfers from ERDF and ESF+:
Minimum 150% and max 300% (but not more than 20% of each Fund national allocation)
Not taken into account for the thematic concentration
Amounts transferred to be justified in the programming process
Eligibility
• All Member States eligible
• Support concentrated on most affected territories
Support of cohesion policy to environment
Cohesion policy 2021-2027
5 policy objectives in ERDF and CF regulations:
• PO1: A smarter Europe (by promoting innovative and smart
economic transformation)
• PO2: A greener, low-carbon Europe (by promoting clean and fair
energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular
economy, climate adaptation and risk prevention and
management)
• PO3: A more connected Europe (by enhancing mobility and
regional ICT connectivity)
• PO4: A more social Europe (implementing the European Pillar of
Social Rights)
• PO5: A Europe closer to citizens (by fostering the sustainable
and integrated development of urban, rural and coastal areas
and local initiatives)
Territorial Cohesion: ETC programmes
European Territorial Cooperation Programmes 2021-2027 are now under preparation
Nature conservation and biodiversity, including green infrastructures particularly in the urban context are widely considered, especially in the PO2: “a greener, low-carbon Europe”
PO5, «a Europe closer to citizens», will offer the opportunity for cities to foster participative projects on environmental topics
- Embedding of the EU MRS into the programmes of EU
cohesion ongoing…
- EUSBSR (Finnish presidency) has revised the action plan
- Strategy’s governance under revision
- All the MRS will agree, building on the EUSBSR experience,
on a sentence to be included in the partnership agreements
and the OP of the ERDF/CF programmes addressing the MRSs
priorities
The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR)
Supporting Cities to tackle key Environmental Challenges
Cohesion Policy support to cities in 2021-2027
Investments in sustainable urban development:
• Minimum 6% of ERDF to sustainable urban development
• Policy Objective (5) Europe closer to citizens
Minimum requirements for integrated territorial/urban development:
• Integrated territorial/urban strategies in place
• Territorial/local bodies involved in selection of operations
European Urban Initiative:
• Explanatory Memo of 18 March 2019
https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm?action=publications.details&languageCode=en&publicationId
=1282
The LIFE programme
LIFE proposal for 2021-2027
budget is likely to increase from €3.46 bn. to €5.45 bn.
two main fields of action
sub-programmes:
Environment(€3.5 bn)
Climate Action
(€1.95 bn)
Circular Economy & Quality of
Life
(€1.35 bn)
Climate change
mitigat. & adaptation
(€0.95 bn)
Clean Energy
Transition
(€1.00 bn)
Nature & Biodiversity
(€2.15 bn)
Green City Accord
• A visionary urban environmental initiative to engage city authorities to step up efforts in five key environmental policy areas (Air, Water, Waste, Nature/Biodiversity and Noise).
• A common methodology with a tailored approach - 150 cities to agree on a commitment and take actions/measures.
• Will complement other key initiatives (Covenant of Mayors)
Green City Accord
• Supports implementation of the European Green Deal by mobilising cities to take further action to protect the well-being of their citizens from environment-related risks and impacts.
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It will also support SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
Support
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