ZEI Monitor: EU Progress 2019-2024
ZEI follows policy progress in the ten areas which have priority for EU institutions over the period 2019-2024:
Commission Priority 1: A European Green Deal
Policy areas
Clean energy
Sustainable industry
Building and renovating
Sustainable Mobility
Biodiversity
From Farm to Fork
Eliminating Pollution
European Commission Work Program:
Please click on the respective policy objective to learn more.
2020 (revised after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic)
The European Green Deal
As the second biggest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, reducing methane gas emissions is essential for achieving the EU's goal of climate neutrality by 2050. The Commission plans to work with the EU's international partners and industry to cut emissions along the supply chain. Therefore, the EU's methane strategy will focus on more accurate measurement and reporting of methane emissions (1) and the introduction of effective measures to reduce them (2): (1) Measurement and reporting
(2) Emission reduction measures
First, a more "cycle-oriented" energy system, of which energy efficiency is a central component. The strategy sets out concrete measures for the practical application of the "energy efficiency first" principle and for more effective use of local energy sources in buildings or communities. Significant potential is offered by the reuse of waste heat from industrial plants, data centers or other sources, and energy recovery from biowaste or sewage treatment plants. The "renovation wave" will be an important part of these reforms. Second, more direct electrification of the end-use sectors. As the share of renewable energy is highest in the electricity sector, the EU should, if possible, make increasing use of electricity, for example for heat pumps in buildings, electric vehicles in transport or electric stoves in certain industries. A network of one million charging stations for electric vehicles should be among the visible results, along with the expansion of solar and wind power. Third, for those sectors where electrification is difficult, the strategy proposes the use of 'cleaner fuels' such as renewable hydrogen, sustainable biofuels and biogas. The Commission plans to propose a new classification and certification system for renewable and low-carbon fuels.
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Financing the sustainable transition
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Sustainable production and consumption |
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Protecting our environment
Achieving the priority objectives of the 8th EAP will require an effective integration of environmental and climate sustainability in the European Semester of economic governance, including in the National Reform Programmes and National Recovery and Resilience plans; Phasing out environmentally harmful subsidies at Union and national level, making the best use of market-based instruments and green budgeting tools. The Commission, supported by the European Environment Agency and the European Chemicals Agency, shall assess and report on the progress of the Union and the Member States with regard to achieving the priority objectives. |
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Sustainable and smart mobility |
ZEI Studies on Energy and Climate Policy
Carola Logan, EU Energieunion. Antrieb, Fortschritte und Hindernisse für „das nächste große europäische Integrationsprojekt" (Schriftenreihe des Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, Vol. 82), Nomos: Baden-Baden 2020 (Abstract). ISBN 978-3-8487-6910-0
Robert Stüwe, Das Machtproblem der EU-Energieaußenpolitik. Von der Integration zur Projektion beim Erdgasimport? (Schriftenreihe des Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, Vol. 81), Nomos: Baden-Baden 2020 (Abstract). ISBN 978-3-8487-6882-0
Sanni Kunnas, Priority 3: Driving European integration under the Spotlight of Climate: Shifting Policy Strategies under the Juncker Commission's Climate and Energy Agenda?, in: Stüwe, Robert / Panayotopoulos, Thomas (eds.): The Juncker Commission. Politicizing EU Policies (Schriftenreihe des Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, Vol. 79), Nomos: Baden-Baden 2020, p. 107-119. ISBN 978-3-8487-5597-4.
Amy Briffa, Covid-19 Pandemic and the Water Sector in the Mediterranean, in: Robert Stüwe / Sally Brammer (eds.): ZEI-MEDAC Future of Europe Observer. Post Pandemic Prospects in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, Vol. 8 No. 3 November 2020, p. 6-8. (Download)
Aiveen Donnelly, Commission Priority 1: The European Green Deal, in: Robert Stüwe / Liska Wittenberg (eds.): ZEI Future of Europe Observer. Von der Leyen: Europe's New Deal Despite Corona?, Vol. 8 No. 1 April 2020, p. 2-3. (Download)
Cilian O'Gara, European Energy Security (ZEI Disucssion Paper C 260) Bonn 2020 (Abstract) (Download)
Robert Stüwe, EU External Energy Policy in Natural Gas: A Case of Neofunctionalist Integration? (ZEI Discussion Paper C241) Bonn, 2017 (Abstract) (Download)
Alexander Gee, Competition and the Water Sector, in: Christian Koenig / Ludger Kühnhardt (eds.): Governance and Regulation in the European Union. A Reader (Schriftenreihe des Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung, Vol. 77), Nomos: Baden-Baden 2017, p. 281 - 287, ISBN: 978-3-8487-4462-6
Günther H. Oettinger, Europeanising EU Energy Policy (ZEI Discussion Paper C 202) Bonn 2010 (Download)
Klaus W. Grewlich, Pipelines, Drogen, Kampf ums Wasser - greift die EU-Zentralasien-Strategie? Neues „Great Game“ von Afghanistan bis zum Kaspischen Meer? (ZEI Discussion Paper C 200) Bonn 2010( Download)
ZEI Insights Policy Brief Series (2014-2019)
Jurisprudential Publications on Energy and Competition Law