EU Covenant of Mayors suggest accelerating energy transition as a response to COVID-19
EU Covenant of Mayors suggest accelerating energy transition as a response to COVID-19
კვირა, 07 ივნისი 2020 13:01

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The European Covenant of Mayors Board shared an open letter suggesting turning the current crisis into an opportunity to accelerate the energy transition. The key messages from the board included using the European Green Deal and other EU recovery efforts as a tool to make the cities better equipped to tackle the ongoing climate emergency. The key messages also highlighted that the EU’s investment packages should contribute to the energy and climate transition at the local level.

"Local communities, cities and regions remain on the frontline of the response to the crisis. They have taken extraordinary and unprecedented measures with significant social and economic consequences, while reorganising their citizens’ everyday life.”

“Even though, at the moment, the focus is on containment and protection measures, national governments and the EU are already preparing relief packages intended to get the economy back on track. To best support cities and regions in their recovery efforts while accelerating the energy and climate transition, these investments should be channelled towards the transformation to a climate neutral society. A Green Recovery Strategy should therefore be strategically oriented towards the future challenges of the societal transformation. Every euro spent on overcoming the crisis should be used to increase resilience to future crises. Putting an end to fossil fuel subsidies should be an additional step of the EU/national governments to redirect financial flows towards cities’ climate action”.

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