Europese Green Deal

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Op 11 december 2019 lanceerde de Europese Commissie de Europese Green Deal, die een extra impuls geeft aan het vastberaden streven van de EU om klimaat- en milieugerelateerde uitdagingen aan te pakken; dat is de belangrijkste taak van deze generatie. Het doel van de Europese Green Deal is de EU om te vormen tot een moderne, hulpbronnenefficiënte en concurrerende economie die er garant voor staat dat:

  • er uiterlijk in 2050 geen sprake meer is van een netto-uitstoot van broeikasgassen;
  • de economische groei is losgekoppeld van het gebruik van hulpbronnen;
  • geen enkele persoon en geen enkele plaats wordt achtergelaten.

Voor de verwezenlijking van de Europese Green Deal voert de EU een uitgebreid pakket initiatieven uit, waaronder beleids- en wetgevingsvoorstellen en de ontwikkeling en modernisering van financieringsinstrumenten.

Onder verwijzing naar het nauwe verband tussen de Green Deal en sociale rechtvaardigheid dringt het EESC aan op een “Green and Social Deal”. Om ervoor te zorgen dat de duurzame en concurrerende bedrijven van morgen in een gezonde omgeving kunnen opereren is het van essentieel belang dat de stem van alle belanghebbenden wordt gehoord.

In de Europese Green Deal ligt de nadruk op investeringen en op de financiering van de groene en duurzame transitie. De Green Deal is Europa’s ontsnappingsroute uit de COVID-19-pandemie. De Green Deal wordt bekostigd door een derde van de 1,8 biljoen euro aan investeringen uit het herstelplan NextGenerationEU en de zevenjarige begroting van de EU. De bedoeling van al deze financieringsmogelijkheden is om de crisis aan te grijpen als een kans om de toekomst van Europa anders vorm te geven.

Het EESC speelt hierbij een cruciale rol: het houdt toezicht op de uitvoering van de initiatieven en maatregelen in het kader van de Europese Green Deal. Het EESC stelt adviezen op en organiseert activiteiten (zie het menu links op deze pagina) om ervoor te zorgen dat de EU-instellingen op de hoogte zijn van de standpunten van het maatschappelijk middenveld en dat de Green Deal-initiatieven stroken met de economische, sociale en maatschappelijke omstandigheden in het veld.

De Europese Green Deal is zo transversaal en allesomvattend dat alle afdelingen van het EESC en de CCMI zich ermee bezighouden.

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  • Goedgekeurd on 02/12/2020 - Bureau decision date: 28/10/2020

    Protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work

    Referentie
    SOC/659-EESC-2020
    Referral
    COM(2020) 571 final 2020/0262 COD
    COM(2020) 571 final 2020/0262 COD
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  • Goedgekeurd on 02/12/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020

    Towards an EU strategy for enhancing green skills and competences for all (own-initiative opinion)

    Referentie
    SOC/636-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Tatjana BABRAUSKIENĖ
    Workers - GR II
    Lithuania

    This opinion is being prepared at a time where the shift to a low-carbon economy is more urgent than ever and where new "green" occupations emerge and existing jobs need to be "greened". This implies needs for new skill sets, which necessitate updated curricula or even new qualifications across education and training levels. These new "green skills" can range from very technical and job-specific skills to "softer" skills such as responsible use of resources, which can be relevant across occupations, levels of hierarchy and sectors. While the "greening" of the economy creates skill needs, particularly in specific sectors such as energy and resource efficiency, construction and manufacturing, moving towards a circular economy creates "green" skill needs across the board.

    Download — advies EESC: Towards an EU strategy for enhancing green skills and competences for all (own-initiative opinion)
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  • Goedgekeurd on 29/10/2020 - Bureau decision date: 28/05/2020

    The Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2020 (additional opinion)

    Referentie
    ECO/520-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Philip VON BROCKDORFF
    Workers - GR II
    Malta

    This additional opinion updates and complements the proposals made in the original ASGS opinion, adopted in February this year. The EESC welcomes the step forward towards embracing a more social, inclusive and sustainable economic model, particularly given the economic and social effects of COVID-19. To support the economic recovery and public investment, and in support of a digital and green transformation, the EESC believes that a revision of the Stability and Growth Pact, flexibility in state aid rules and a rethink of tax policy is necessary. Well-resourced public health measures and social security systems are likewise of vital importance. The EESC also welcomes the Commission's proposals for Next Generation EU and sees the ASGS as an opportunity for the EU to shift towards an economic model that gives equal weighing to both economic and social objectives.

    Download — advies EESC: The Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2020 (additional opinion)
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  • Goedgekeurd on 27/10/2020 - Bureau decision date: 18/02/2020

    Updated skills agenda

    Referentie
    SOC/637-EESC-2020
    Referral
    COM(2020) 274 final
    COM(2020) 275 final 2020/0137 NLE
    COM(2020) 275 final 2020/0137 NLE
    Rapporteur
    Tatjana BABRAUSKIENĖ
    Workers - GR II
    Lithuania
    Download — Information memo: Updated skills agenda
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  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 09/06/2020

    ESF+/Amended proposal

    Referentie
    SOC/655-EESC-2020
    Referral
    COM(2020) 447 final 2018/0206 COD
    Rapporteur
    Krzysztof BALON
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Poland
    Co-rapporteur
    Carlos Manuel TRINDADE
    Workers - GR II
    Portugal
    Download — advies EESC: ESF+/Amended proposal
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  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 02/04/2020

    Digitalisation and Sustainability – status quo and need for action in civil society perspective (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

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    NAT/794-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Peter SCHMIDT
    Workers - GR II
    Germany
    Co-rapporteur
    István KOMORÓCZKI
    Employers - GR I
    Hungary
    Download — advies EESC: Digitalisation and Sustainability – status quo and need for action in civil society perspective (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)
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  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 02/04/2020

    Sustainable supply chains and decent work in international trade (Exploratory opinion at the request of the German presidency)

    Referentie
    REX/532-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Tanja BUZEK
    Workers - GR II
    Germany

    Key points

    Global supply chains (GSC) are key and complex in economic activities across the world and in global trade. Economic growth, job creation and entrepreneurship are also contested by evidence of negative implications for working conditions as well as for sustainability in some supply chains.

    The COVID-19 crisis has unveiled the serious downfalls related to highly fragmented and undiversified supply chains. It exposed the vulnerability of workers' health and safety, and it highlighted violations of human rights. Trade will have to play a key role in promoting a sustainable economic recovery. However, stronger instruments need to deliver on a socially and environmentally responsible business, trade and investment agenda.

    GSC need to become more resilient, diversified and responsible, and ambitious actions need to ensure they contribute to a fairer economic and social model, based on sustainability and decent work.

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  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020

    Digital Mining in Europe: New solutions for the sustainable production of raw materials (own-initiative opinion)

    Referentie
    CCMI/176-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Marian KRZAKLEWSKI
    (Poland
    Co-rapporteur
    Hilde VAN LAERE
    (Belgium

    Securing sustainable access to raw materials, including metals, industrial minerals and construction raw materials, and particularly Critical Raw Materials (CRM), is of high importance for the EU economy. However, the EU is confronted with a number of technological and environmental challenges along the entire production value chain of primary and secondary raw materials.

    Download — advies EESC: Digital Mining in Europe: New solutions for the sustainable production of raw materials (own-initiative opinion)
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  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020

    Carbon markets: Emergence, structuring and challenges for European industry (own-initiative opinion)

    Referentie
    REX/531-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Emmanuelle BUTAUD-STUBBS
    (France
    Download — advies EESC: Carbon markets: Emergence, structuring and challenges for European industry (own-initiative opinion)
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  • Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020

    Towards structured youth engagement on climate and sustainability in the EU decision-making process (own-initiative opinion)

    Referentie
    NAT/788-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Cillian LOHAN
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Ireland

    This opinion will look into the possibilities to engage with young people in a formal way at institutional level and provide the building blocks for a new structured approach to youth engagement at EU level.

    Download — advies EESC: Towards structured youth engagement on climate and sustainability in the EU decision-making process (own-initiative opinion)
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