ENVE

The ENVE Commission for the Environment, Climate Change and Energy is of central importance for the PES Group, as it will notably deal with a substantial port of the consultative work related to the European Green Deal and will thus largely shape the Committee of the Regions’ position on the fundamental transitions which are necessary to make the EU climate neutral by 2050. Climate and environmental criteria will have to be mainstreamed throughout all policy areas, both practically and financially and this in turn requires the need to build capacities at local and regional level on how to implement the green transition and  protect biodiversity. From a progressive point of view, it is essential to ensure a just transition so that the implementation of the Green Deal leaves no region and no one behind. The ENVE commission also coordinates activities related to the Covenant of Mayors, involving local and regional authorities in the fight against climate change and for sustainability. The PES ENVE chair is also chairing the Comittee’s horizontal working group on the Green Deal Going Local. The ENVE Commission mirrors the work of several parliamentary committees in the European Parliament, notably ENVI and ITRE. ENVE interacts with different Directorates-General (DG) of the European Commission: Climate Action (CLIMA), Environment (ENV) and Energy (ENER).

The remit of the Commission for Environment, Climate Change and Energy covers the following fields:

• European Green Deal
• Climate Change: Adaptation, Mitigation and Finances
• Environment Policy
• Energy Policy and Trans-European Energy Networks
• Space Policy for Territorial Development (including Galileo and GMES/Copernicus)