Date: Thursday 10 June 2021

Time: 10:30 – 12:00 CET

Background:

EU member states submitted their final National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) in December 2019. However, these plans quickly became outdated as the EU launched its Green Deal with the goal of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The plans were also supposed to set a clear path up to 2030 for the decarbonisation of the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR) sectors - such as transport, agriculture and buildings, but generally lacked quantified and detailed measures to get there.

In the framework of the PlanUp project, we use an energy and emission simulation tool (the Pathways Explorer) to propose credible decarbonisation pathways for five EU member states - Poland, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Romania. These are designed to tap into the full potential of both technical and behavioural measures and reach the member states’ greenhouse gas reduction targets for the ESR sectors.

At the event, we will discuss the key insights from our analyses, explore how national policies and measures can be integrated into the webtool and how this can help governments to ensure that their actions on the ESR sectors are in line with Europe’s new climate ambition and the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

Agenda

10:30: Introduction: PlanUp project and the wider context – Sam van den Plas, Policy Director at Carbon Market Watch

10:40: The Pathways Explore and the use of quantitative tools - Julien Pestiaux, partner at Climact

11:00: Two case studies:

The transport sector in Spain

• Spanish NECP transport policies - Cristian Quilez, Public policy officer at ECODES
• Scenario creation for transport in the Pathways Explorer - Sacha Breyer, consultant at Climact

The buildings sector in Poland

• Polish NECP Buildings policies - Maciej Wereszczyński , Project Coordinator at the Polish Green Network
• Scenario creation for buildings in the Pathways Explorer - Benoît Martin, consultant at Climact

11:15: Key insights from the analysis of the 5 EU member states - Benoît Martin

11:30: Q&A

11:55: Wrap-up and concluding remarks -  Agnes Kelemen, Manager South East Europe & Hungary at ECF