Bio-based industries and primary production

Bio-based industries and primary production

ECRN Conference 20 February 2020

Brussels

Maila Puolamaa

DG GROW Unit C2 – Energy-intensive Industries and Raw Materials European Commission

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

(Legal disclaimer: some of the issues presented in these slides may not necessarily represent any official position of the European Commission).

The European Green Deal

The

European Green Deal

Mobilising industry

for a clean and circular economy

Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity

Leave no one behind (Just Transition)

From ‘Farm to Fork’: a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system

Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way

Accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility

Increasing the EU’s Climate ambition for 2030 and 2050

Supplying clean, affordable and secure energy

Financing the transition

A zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment

A European Climate Pact The EU as a

global leader

Mobilising research and fostering innovation

Transforming the EU’s economy for a sustainable future

And leave

No one behind

Climate:

- European ‘Climate Law’ enshrining the 2050 climate neutrality objective in legislation (March 2020), Comprehensive plan to increase EU’s climate target for 2030 (October 2020), A new EU Strategy on climate Adaptation in 2020-21

Energy:

- Assess the ambition of the final National Energy and Climate Plans (June 2020), doubling the renovation rate for the building sector in 2020, A review of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Directive (June 2021)

Industry:

- Industrial Strategy (March), A new Circular Economy Action Plan, including a sustainable products policy (March)

Bio-diversity:

- Revised EU Bio-diversity Strategy 2030 (March), Forest Strategy (December) and Measures for deforestation-free value chains (2020)

Pollution: Zero pollution action plan (2021), Review Industrial Emission Directive (2021)

Finance: Proposal for a Sustainable Europe Investment Plan and a Just Transition Mechanism (2020), Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy (2020)

Education & training: Pro-active re-skilling & up-skilling via the proposed European Social Fund+

Green Deal Industry-relevant

initiatives 2020-21

Bioeconomy –

One of the seven Building Blocks of

the Long-term Strategy 2050

Thank you! Merci! Danke! Kiitos!

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