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🇧🇪 🇪🇺 By February, we managed to broker an agreement between the EU Council and the European Parliament on a first ever EU Carbon Removals Certification Framework, ensuring quantification, additionality, long-term storage and sustainability of permanent carbon removals, carbon farming,
🇪🇺🇧🇪@EU2024BE – A Climate Perspective #4 Green & Just Transition To prepare the EU’s future environmental and climate policy, the Belgian Presidency facilitated the adoption on June 17th of Conclusions of the Environment EU Council, reflecting inter alia the Presidency
🇪🇺🇧🇪Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #7 NECP Robust NECPs are essential for achieving the EU target of reducing emissions by 55% by 2030 and the 2050 goal of climate neutrality. While many of us were entirely committed to the Presidency over the past semester, our ‘home
🇪🇺🇧🇪 Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #8 Fossil Fuel Subsidies The 17th June Council conclusions recalled that the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies that do not address energy poverty or just transition without delay, is an important enabling condition for climate action.
🇪🇺🇧🇪 Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #9 Just Transition Just transition was one of the priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the EU and will be a key enabler for future EU climate policy. Looking ahead is important, but implementing the existing framework is just as
🇪🇺🇧🇪 Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #10 Resilience Adaptation and resilience were a key priority for the Belgian Presidency. Building on the EU EnvironmentAgency’s European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA) and the European Commission Communication ‘Managing climate risks to protect
🇪🇺🇧🇪 Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #11 Ozone layer and F-gases The twelfth meeting of the ozone research managers in Geneva in April confirmed that evidence for ozone recovery has strengthened, especially in the upper stratosphere and over Antarctica. At the end of May
🇪🇺🇧🇪 Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #12 Green Claims In the lead-up to the June meeting of the EU Council our team contributed to finding consensus on the Council’s position for the negotiations with the European Parliament on the Green Claims Directive. The directive aims at
🇪🇺🇧🇪🇺🇳 Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #13 UNFCCC Throughout the 6 months of Belgium's Presidency, the Federal Climate Change Department coordinated EU participation in international climate diplomacy. Starting in Ghent in January with the traditional informal workshop, our
🇪🇺🇧🇪🇺🇳🇭🇺 Belgium in the EU – A Climate Perspective #14 Final As Hungary 🇭🇺 takes over the Presidency of the EU Council, we extend our best wishes for a successful and impactful semester, moving us closer to a climate-neutral and climate-resilient Europe that leaves no one behind, an
