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“It is extremely worrying to see that EU countries are reluctant in picking a low-hanging fruit in their efforts to tackle dangerous climate change” and reduce dependence on volatile gas imports, said Verena Bax from Climate Action Network Europe, a campaign group.

Campaigners are rightly concerned that EU countries are now playing a game of limbo with the Commission’s ‘Fit for 55’ package of climate laws, demanding more and more flexibility as a way to lower their ambition. When looking at the EU’s track record in past negotiations on the energy efficiency directive, “flexibility” is often a byword for lowering ambition. At the end of the day, reaching net-zero emissions – the EU’s legally-binding objective for 2050 – is going to require changes across the whole of society. However, we think that it’s necessary to give the member states additional flexibility for fulfilling the main objectives,” said Minister Taavi Aas.īut, as Europe’s climate ambition increases, the pick and mix of ways to reach more renewable energy capacity and improve energy efficiency drastically decreases. Estonia is in favour of the overall ambition of the directives. “Increasing the share of renewables and also more efficient consumption of energy are key components when it comes to reaching the objectives of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

“But this isn’t feasible given our national circumstance”Įstonia nailed this and indeed would have won at the Energy Council Bingo.

“Renewable energy and energy efficiency are key” to achieving the EU’s climate goals.

Watching the meeting made you wonder whether it would be worthwhile to create an “Energy Council Bingo”, with the following squares: The ministers’ statements became almost comically predictable. Turning to the energy efficiency directive, he underlined “the need for flexibilities given national circumstances”. We should keep sufficient flexibility for member states to determine the most effective mix of national policy measures,” said Dutch minister Stef Blok on the renewable energy directive. “A one-size-fits-all approach will not be best. “To be able to contribute to target, member states need high flexibility and a low degree of details,” said Swedish minister Khashayar Farmanbar – only in the job for two days but coming in strong with the ‘get off my lawn’ narrative.ĭuring the meeting, EU countries vilified aims to reduce energy consumption, increase the share of renewables in heating and cooling, and renovate more public buildings, saying these were not cost-effective or technically feasible. over 20 countries lashed out at the European Commission’s plan to align Europe’s energy consumption with its climate ambition.

Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec started the ball rolling: “Flexibility while delivering on ambition is key in many ways and seems to be a common thread in how member states view these proposals.”Īfter that, every minister mentioned the f-word, save the Irish and Italian ones – i.e. They argue they need “flexibility” – a byword for wiggle room.Īt the meeting of energy ministers last Thursday, the word took just a matter of minutes to crop up. In July, the European Commission tabled revisions of the EU’s renewable energy directive and energy efficiency directive, complete with more ambition and plenty of sub-targets to drive the energy transition, including for buildings, industry, and heating and cooling.īut EU countries feel the EU executive encroaching too much on their territory with these. When EU energy ministers met to discuss Europe’s renewable energy and energy efficiency plans last week, it seemed they had bet on who could say it most. There’s a well-known f-word in Brussels – flexibility. You can subscribe to the weekly newsletter here. Below you’ll find the latest roundup of news covering energy & environment from across Europe. Greetings and welcome to EURACTIV’s Green Brief.