The Commissioner for energy Kadri Simson presented the State of the energy union report to the European Parliament. The report looks back at a number of significant steps towards delivering the European Green Deal, which happened in the course of last year. The renewable energy market has shown to be resilient to the effects of the pandemic. To increase EU energy independence, we need to keep investing in renewable energy sources, but we also need to do more to decrease our dependency on fossil fuels.

The Council of the European Union gave today its green light to the Single Basic Act, a regulation aimed at facilitating the launch of 9 new European Partnerships, namely ‘Joint Undertakings’, between the European Union, Member States and/or the industry, to deliver innovative solutions in Europe for global health, technology and climate challenges.

On 5 November 2021, countries participating at the COP26, as part of the discussions on agriculture, agreed on the need for a transition towards sustainable and climate- resilient food systems, taking into consideration the vulnerability of agriculture to the impacts of climate change.