#91 FEPS Talks: From Fit for 55 to COP26: delivering on the European Green Deal
Jul 15, 2021•34 min•Ep 91•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Diederik Samsom, Head of Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, in charge of the European Green Deal, talks with Saïd El Khadraoui, FEPS Special Adviser on the Green Deal, just one day after the adoption of the Fit for 55-package by the European Commission.
Diederik Samsom emphasises the importance of the European Climate Law that made the EU’s commitment to make its economy climate-neutral by 2050 and reduce its emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990, legally binding. The Fit for 55-package builds on previous climate instruments, but expands the scope of the EU’s climate action in order to make everyone and all sectors contribute.
The social dimension and fairness are integrated with the introduction of a new Social Climate Fund. His next priority will be to secure a good outcome of the negotiations with co-legislators and shift attention to the EU’s role on the global scene to accelerate the climate transition at the international level, in the run-up to COP26.
