The paper “Making EU Governance Fit for Net Zero” analyses the current landscape of climate policy governance against eight core parameters at EU level and for Member States, and identifies a number of remaining weaknesses. Improvements should address several key processes, such as updating of the NECPs in 2023-2024 and of national LTSs and the new progress and consistency assessments under the EU Climate Law.
The paper identifies a number of specific actions in 2022 and 2023 to enhance these processes:
- Targeted revisions of the Governance Regulation,e., to improve standards for NECPs and LTSs and improve the overall alignment towards the climate neutrality goal (e.g., via the ESR);
- A transparent process to develop progress monitoring based on net zero indicators to inform several processes (NECPs, LTSs, progress checks);
- An update to the EU LTS to inform overall policy and the 2040 target and to as a coordinating hub for sectoral strategies;
- A dialogue with Member States about where coordinated EU policy is needed most – and support to their efforts to improve governance (incl. greater emphasis on national LTSs).
