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Enhancing EU security & resilience via energy efficiency: 2023 in review
The EU-ASE 2023 Activity Report delves into the advocacy and outreach efforts of the European Alliance to Save Energy, aimed at enhancing energy efficiency in the EU’s energy policies and integrating the water-energy nexus into mainstream considerations. 2023 can be viewed as a continuation of the previous one, marked by escalating...
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Open letter to Executive Vice-President Timmermans on European climate law
Broad cross-sectorial coalition of stakeholders calls for EU climate law to recognize the role of energy efficiency and renewables to reach climate neutrality by 2050 Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans,The European Green Deal is a particularly positive...
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European climate law must not be an empty shell
by Monica Frassoni, President of the European Alliance to Save Energy This op-ed was published on Euractiv European climate law risks being just an empty shell if it does not show the choices needed to reach climate neutrality. Furthermore, this would weaken the whole...
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EU-ASE response to European Commission consultation on climate law
According to the Commission LTS, the EU must halve its energy consumption by 2050. Energy efficiency therefore must play a central role in achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. Considering that the world economy will triple by 2050 and that global population will...
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EU-ASE contributes to Coalition’s Energy Efficiency package for the European Green Deal
The EU and its Member States have committed to achieving a significant reduction of their overall energy demand by agreeing on 20% and 32.5% energy efficiency targets for 2020 and 2030 respectively. Those targets set by the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) are...
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At Climate law conference Monica Frassoni highlights importance of energy efficiency to decarbonise Europe
Speech by EU-ASE president Monica Frassoni at High-level public conference on implementing the European Green Deal and Climate Law Brussels, Tuesday 28 January 2020 “The production and use of energy across economic sectors account for more than 75% of the EU’s...
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Open letter from the Coalition for Higher Ambition on Cohesion Policy
24 January 2020 OPEN LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: EUROPE NEEDS AND WANTS AN AMBITIOUS, EFFECTIVE AND FOSSIL FUEL FREE COHESION POLICY DELIVERING ON CLIMATE NEUTRALITY President of the European Council, Charles...
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