Policy Proposals and Statements

CLC makes policy proposals for governments and other stakeholders in order to speed up the green transition and the green recovery with systemic soulutions and long-term climate policies.

CLC’s statement on the Green Deal Industrial Plan

On 1 February 2023, the European Commission published the Green Deal Industrial Plan to provide a framework for the transformation of EU industry for the net-zero age. The Plan aims to enhance and protect European industrial competitiveness and manufacturing capacity...

CLC Statement on the IPCC report and the urgency of climate action

IPCC published its sixth Working Group III assessment report on 4 April. The report summarises the latest information on climate change mitigation and assesses methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Based on...

CLC’s statement on the Government’s position on EUETS review

On 14 July 2021, the European Commission adopted the ‘Fit for 55’ package, which includes proposals that will implement the obligations of the European Climate Law: to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions in the EU to at least 55% below the 1990 levels by 2030 and to...

A proposal for carbon footprint development for products and materials

Executive summary Materials, manufactured products and construction contributed 32% of the EU’s total carbon footprint of 6.7 tonnes CO2 per person in 2019, and the share of imported materials and intermediate and final products was 15% – 1.0 tonnes/person (1). The...

The EU needs a holistic strategy for land use and the bioeconomy

To achieve climate neutrality by 2050, the EU must reduce emissions by about 90% compared with 1990. In this regard, the solar economy, electrification and hydrogen-based solutions and the circular economy will have key roles. Land use and bioeconomy will be important...