Thread by @EU_Commission

A modern, resource-efficient economy and climate-neutral by 2050. This is our objective.

This week we kept delivering on Europe’s climate targets with new #EUGreenDeal proposals.

⚡️Energy and climate
🚆Efficient and green mobility
⚖️Combating environmental crimes

➡Europe needs to decarbonise the energy consumed.

Our proposals will help cut emissions by:

🔸facilitating the uptake of renewable and low carbon gases, including hydrogen
🔸ensuring energy security for all citizens in Europe.
🔸removing regulatory barriers

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➡️Europe needs to curb methane emissions.

In a first-ever EU legislative proposal to reduce methane emissions in the energy sector, we will require the oil, gas and coal sectors to:

🔸measure
🔸report, and
🔸verify methane emissions

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➡️Europe needs to balance out the impacts of CO2 emissions.

We need to:

🔸drastically reduce our reliance on fossil carbon
🔸upscale carbon farming to store more carbon in nature
🔸promote industrial solutions to sustainably remove and recycle carbon

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➡️Europe needs more efficient buildings - they are the single largest energy consumer in 🇪🇺.

Our proposal on the energy performance of buildings aims to boost the rate of energy renovation across the EU.

Stimulating renovation also creates new job opportunities.

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➡️Europe needs to decarbonise the transport sector.

We propose a transition to smart and sustainable mobility across Europe and in urban areas.

Faster rail connections, improved public transport, and better infrastructure for walking and cycling.

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➡️Europe needs a stronger law for environmental criminal offences.

If law-breakers act with impunity, all the progress made for a greener world will be lost.

We proposed a new law to give enforcement authorities the tools to act more effectively across the EU.

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