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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  • Compatibility of EU trade policy with the European Green Deal (own-initiative opinion)

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    NAT/791-EESC-2020-EESC-2020-01349
    Rapporteur
    John BRYAN
    (Ireland

    This opinion deals with three of four megatrends at the heart of the new Commission priorities: climate change, biodiversity loss and globalisation. While the European Green Deal will result in higher environmental standards with, for instance, stricter climate change targets, it is important that all Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are not undermining these improvements by contributing to deforestation or biodiversity loss in other countries. As one of the world's largest importer of energy, agricultural goods and raw materials, the EU has contributed to deforestation and biodiversity loss in other countries.

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  • Towards an EU strategy on sustainable consumption (own-initiative opinion)

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    NAT/789-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Peter SCHMIDT
    Workers - GR II
    Germany
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  • Towards structured youth engagement on climate and sustainability in the EU decision-making process (own-initiative opinion)

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

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  • "From farm to fork": a sustainable food strategy

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 18/02/2020
    Referentie
    NAT/787-EESC-2020-994
    Referral
    COM(2020) 381 final
    COM(2020) 381 final
    Rapporteur
    Peter SCHMIDT
    Workers - GR II
    Germany
    Co-rapporteur
    Jarmila DUBRAVSKÁ
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Czech Republic
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  • Between a trans-European super grid and local energy islands – the right mix of decentralised solutions and centralised structures for an economically, socially and ecologically sustainable energy transition

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    TEN/706-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Lutz RIBBE
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    Co-rapporteur
    Thomas KATTNIG
    Workers - GR II
    Austria
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  • Universal access to housing that is decent, sustainable and affordable over the long term

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    TEN/707-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Raymond HENCKS
    (Luxembourg
    Co-rapporteur
    András EDELÉNYI
    Employers - GR I
    Hungary

    The health, economic and social crisis of COVID-19 has intensified the severity of the affordable housing crisis that Member States have been facing for years, particularly for homeless people, overcrowded households, residents of working class neighbourhoods and seasonal workers and immigrants – victims of housing conditions that have directly affected the infection rate in society. Although housing policy remains the competence of the Member States, the shortage of decent and affordable housing in the European Union requires a European action plan on housing that includes a comprehensive set of measures, which are easy for people to understand, to help Member States, regions and cities in Europe to sustainably boost the supply of social and affordable housing and effectively combat homelessness.

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  • Contribution of civil society to the Green Agenda and sustainable development of the Western Balkans as part of the EU accession process (own-initiative opinion)

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    REX/528-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Dragica MARTINOVIĆ DŽAMONJA
    Employers - GR I
    Croatia
    Co-rapporteur
    Pierre Jean COULON
    Workers - GR II
    France

    On 5 February 2020, the European Commission published its Communication Enhancing the accession process – A credible EU perspective for the Western Balkans, proposing a new methodology for candidate countries of the Western Balkans with the objective to render the accession process more coherent, respond to concerns of certain Member States expressed in October 2019 and enable the enlargement process to continue.

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  • Decent minimum wages across Europe

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 21/01/2020
    Referentie
    SOC/632-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Stefano MALLIA
    Employers - GR I
    Malta

    This exploratory opinion was requested by the European Parliament with a view to a forthcoming Commission initiative on fair minimum wages. The question of Decent minimum wages across Europe is a complex and sensitive issue. It is important that any EU action is based on accurate analysis and understanding of the situation and sensitivities in the Member States and fully respects the social partners' role and autonomy, as well as the different industrial relations models.

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  • 2030 biodiversity strategy

    Goedgekeurd on 18/09/2020 - Bureau decision date: 21/01/2020
    Referentie
    NAT/786-EESC-2020-00896
    Referral
    COM(2020) 380 final
    COM(2020) 380 final
    Rapporteur
    Antonello PEZZINI
    (Italy
    Co-rapporteur
    Lutz RIBBE
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Germany
    • FAO: Highlights of FAO’s upcoming work on biodiversity
    Download — advies EESC: 2030 biodiversity strategy
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  • Fostering competitiveness, innovation, growth and job creation by advancing in global regulatory cooperation, by supporting a renewed multilateral trading scheme and by reducing market-distorting subsidies (own-initiative opinion)

    Goedgekeurd on 15/07/2020 - Bureau decision date: 20/02/2020
    Referentie
    CCMI/175-EESC-2020
    Rapporteur
    Georgi STOEV
    Employers - GR I
    Bulgaria
    Co-rapporteur
    Thomas STUDENT
    (Germany

    Disruptions like coronavirus (COVID-19) threaten to bring the world economy and social life to a standstill. Its impacts include recessions in the USA, the EU, Japan and other regions of the world, extremely slow growth in China and huge losses in terms of output. Governments have to offset economic damage with fiscal and monetary policies and cope with the expected changes of the economic paradigm. The EESC stresses the need for efficient business models and trade defence mechanisms, in particular with regard to Asia, and notes that 36 million jobs in the EU depend on the EU's exporting potential, and that the share of EU employment supported by sales of goods and services to the rest of the world in relation to total employment increased from 10.1% in 2000 to 15.3% in 2017. The fiscal, economic and social response to the crisis is necessary for preventing its negative impact on these and other sectors.

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