EU CLIMATE ACTION AND ENERGY POLICY COMMITMENTS 2014-2019

EU Climate Action and Energy Policy Commitments 2014-2019

• Build an internal energy market that ensures safety, sustainability and competitiveness, and that addresses issues of security of supply
• Contribute to the implementation of the 2030 climate and energy framework
• Lead the fight against climate change and achieve ambitious goals, including making the EU the world leader in renewables, taking steps to reach an energy efficiency target of 30% by 2030, and integrating climate action in all Commission policies
• Address the environmental and socio-economic impact of shale gas and put forward ideas for new legislation
• Adopt the existing legislative proposal for a Market Stability Reserve in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and propose legislation for the distribution between Member States of the 2030 greenhouse gas emissions targets in non-ETS sectors
• Ensure efficient use of EU funding for energy networks, renewables, energy efficiency and low carbon technologies, such as carbon capture and storage
• Work with Transport to move the entire transport system towards a more efficient management of traffic flows and non-road alternative.