Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 is the EU’s long-term objective. In the shorter run, all focus is on the Fit for 55 package of legislation to revise and update current climate, energy and transport-related legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 and to become independent from expensive and polluting fossil fuels from Russia well before 2030.
1st June 2022
10:05 Opening
– Pascal Canfin (Renew, FR) , Chair of ENVI Committee
Q&A
10:30 Emissions: Trade & Targets
– Peter Liese (EPP, DE) , Member of the ENVI Committee, Rapporteur on the revision of the EU emission trading system (ETS)
– Mohammed Chahim (S&D, NL) , Member of the ENVI Committee, Rapporteur on the proposal for a regulation establishing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
– Jan Huitema (Renew, NL) , Member of the ENVI Committee, Rapporteur on the amending Regulation (EU) 2019/631 as regards strengthening the CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles
Q&A
11:20 Climate Change and Energy: Taxonomy and other aspects
– Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA, NL) , Vice-Chair of ENVI Committee and Rapporteur for the Taxonomy Regulation
11:45 Time for interviews
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14:00 Energy perspectives
– Lina Gálvez Muñoz (S&D, ES) , Vice-Chair of ITRE Committee
Q&A
14:20 Energy in(dependency): How does the war in Ukraine impact the Fit for 55 ambitions?
– Christian Ehler (EPP, DE) Coordinator of the EPP position in ITRE Committee
– Niels Fuglsang (S&D, DK) Member of ITRE Committee, Rapporteur on the proposal for a Directive on Energy Efficiency (recast)
– Ciarán Cuffe (Greens/EFA, IE) , Member of ITRE Committee and Rapporteur on Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Q&A
15:10 END
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