When nice rhetoric counts more than concrete action, sustainable development is put at risk

The European Commission fails to deliver: When nice rhetoric counts more than concrete action, sustainable development is put at risk

Today, the European Commission recognised in very nice words the importance of renewable energy for a sustainable future. The Energy Strategy does not draw the right conclusions. The Commission misses the opportunity to deliver concrete measures to support their lip-service, it also endangers renewable energy development in Europe.
The Commission’s proposals in the renewable energy roadmap would effectively change the existing, successful sectoral approach to renewables legislation, by proposing vague measures and ambiguous commitments.
“This energy package is another major step on the Commission’s road to becoming the world leader in pure announcements and lip-service. In fact for renewables it means a re-nationalisation of existing, effective European legislation. Instead of strengthening what already delivers good results in renewables electricity and biofuels, the Commission puts this at risk for vague and ambiguous announcements. In addition, the long announced and expected legislation in renewable heating is disappointingly missing.” said EREC Policy Director Oliver Schäfer.

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