The European Green Deal remains the compass of the EU's COVID-19 recovery plan

​Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director-General of DG Environment, European
Commission

• The CoR holds a plenary session on 3-5 February 2021.
• During his intervention, the CoR rapporteur on the European Green Deal,
  Andries Gryffroy (BE/EA) , recalled the CoR proposal to develop a
  regional scoreboard in order to assess the implementation of the EU's sustainable growth strategy at the local level.
• Mayor Karnavos sees the 8th EAP as a
  'tool to promote a sustainable business environment and foster green investments' .
• Rapporteur Kanavos' opinion requests the EC to add the
  Technical Platform for the Environment in its 8th EAP proposal, which is currently subject to inter-institutional negotiations.
• The members of the ENVE commission adopted a draft opinion on'A Renovation Wave for Europe - greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives'.
• RapporteurEnrico ROSSI (IT/PES), former president of the Tuscany Region (2010-2020) and now councillor of Signa Municipality (Florence), said:"The European resources available in the coming years are extraordinary.
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  Local and regional authorities protecting the marine environment by
  Emma Nohrn (SE/The Greens) , the vice mayor of Lysekil Municipality.
• Read
  here
  the CoR web interview to Dimitrios Karnavos (EL/EPP) on the 8th Environment
  Action Programme (EAP).Discover the CoR's
  Green Deal Going Local
  initiative and the CoR's best practices
  online map.