
Léa Pilsner
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Léa Pilsner
@Lea_Pilsner
Senior Policy Analyst @Environmental Defense Fund Europe bxl, PhD 🇪🇺🇨🇳sustainable energy relations, former @e3g - personal capacity #EU #climate #energy











🌍The EU’s achievement of its 2020 green targets was partly due to external factors such as the effects of the pandemic, which helped to reducing emissions. The 🇪🇺performs well by global comparison in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but does not account for all its emissions.




Economic security is the key focus nowadays. Notably, the Swedish PM expressed strong support for the "de-risking" agenda during his speech at @ECFR yesterday, despite Swedens traditional hesitancy towards economic security measures. politico.eu/article/eu-urs…


Green transition = biggest opportunity for prosperity, jobs. But many countries/communities feel excluded, especially given economic nationalism of biggest nations/blocs. More of the same: "green" just for those that can fund it. One commodity trap to another? Let's fix this!

While global clean energy investment is seeing strong momentum, this growth has been uneven. More than 90% of the increase in recent years is in advanced economies & China Mobilising greater financing for emerging & developing economies is crucial ➡️ iea.li/42g6hKW






