In favor of the goals to tackle the phenomenon of climate crisis in the EU, Greece is in favor, as summarized by the Minister of Environment and Energy, Mr. Stavros Papastavrou at the informal meeting of the 27 European Union Environment Ministers, which was completed in Aalborg, Dania, in Dania.

Mr. Stavros Papastavrou, “gave the present” accompanied by the Secretary General of the Natural Environment and Water, Mr. Petros Varelides.

The main issue that concerned the meeting of the Ministers of the Environment was the revision of European climate law and the aim of 2040. In its basic intervention during the meeting, Mr Papastavrou made a special mention of the fact that some member states are clearly in favor of the EU goal. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, and there are some states that are particularly negative in this strategic choice, considering these goals unrealistic and hindered in development.

As the minister said, Greece supports this goal in principle, but in terms of realism in its implementation, in a way that will take into account the real consequences for households and competitiveness of businesses and industry, and will also have the necessary flexibilities, in order to be able to deal with any uncertainty.

At the same time, Mr. Papastavrou made special reference to the painful consequences that our country has experienced from climate change in recent years, such as the devastating fires in Evros, Euboea and Rhodes, the floods in Thessaly, as well as the costs that our country has paid to human lives. “For Greece, the treatment of climate change is non -negotiable, so we have made progress jumps over the last 20 years, in the midst of a fierce economic crisis,” he stressed, noting that our country from its almost complete dependence on 90% in 2005 and in 2005. 60%.

“The reason this energy transition has achieved is because we have supported and actively supporting the areas affected to maintain social cohesion. We must do the same by 2040: to set an ambitious goal, but realistic, that can be achieved and will not let countries or parts of society stay behind, while not burdening the competitiveness of industry. That is, it should be implemented in terms of pragmatism and welfare for social cohesion, “he concluded.

In addition, on the sidelines of the meetings in which he participated, Mr. Papastavrou had bilateral meetings with the European Commissioner for the Climate, Mr. Wopke Hoekstra, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and Competitive Circular Economy, Mr Jessika Roswall -with whom he discussed the issue of the American Cast -Circular Economy – Western Macedonia-, the Minister of Denmark for Climate and Energy, Mr Lars Aagaard-who will have the presidency for the next semester at the 27 EU Ministers of Environmental Ministers-the Minister of Environment, Circular Economy and Energy of Hungary, Mr. Norway’s Deputy Minister of the Environment, Mr. Kristoffer Hansen, as well as the Deputy Minister of Finland for the climate, Mr. Mika Nykänen.

At the same time, Mr. Papastavrou participated in a discussion of the Ministers of Environment on the Green Transition and the opportunities and challenges it brings to the European Union policies on the environment, agriculture and climate. In this context, the Danish Minister for climate and energy, Mr Lars Aagaard, presented his country’s “Agreement on a Green Denmark”.