CER podcast: The EU's climate action plan for 2030: What's inside the Fit for 55 package?

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🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Last week the European Commission presented its Fit for 55 policy package, setting out its new policies and the reforms it will undertake to meet the EU's 2030 climate goals. These include the reform and expansion of the emissions trading scheme, the creation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism, the revision of renewable energy and energy efficiency directives and the tightening of vehicle emissions standards. In this week's CER podcast, senior research fellow Sam Lowe speaks to our research fellow Elisabetta Cornago, who shares her thoughts on what Fit for 55 could mean for EU and international climate action going forward. Music by Edward Hipkins Produced by Rosie Giorgi

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0:00.0	From the Center for European Reform, this is the CIA podcast.
0:04.0	Poson us seriously the question of the
0:05.9	future that we want, and we all
0:08.0	all together to the courage to it
0:09.7	for us in Germany is the
0:11.9	Bekenness to the European Europe
0:13.6	a part of our state's resolve.
0:15.6	A strong united Europe is a necessity for the world
0:17.8	because an integrated Europe remains vital to our
0:20.1	international order. This is the moment for Europe world because an integrated Europe remains vital to our international order.
0:21.3	This is the moment for Europe to lead the way towards a new vitality.
0:27.6	Hello and welcome to the CR podcast. My name's Sam. I'm one of the senior research fellows here.
0:34.9	And today I'm going to be talking with my colleague Elizabeth Elizabeth, about the European Union's new Fit for 55 package and what's in it.
0:43.5	Elizabeth, are you excited to be talking about this?
0:46.1	Very much.
0:46.6	And I'm also excited you didn't make the joke about it,
0:48.8	something like a fitness program.
0:50.1	So that's great.
0:51.4	I left that to you.
0:52.7	Oh, yeah, great.
0:53.8	I self-annoyed myself with that comment.
0:56.8	Yeah, exactly.
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