Florika Fink-Hooijer

Highlights - Presentation of the EU Zero Pollution Action Plan - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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Monday, May 31, 2021
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On 3 June, the Director General of the Commissions Environment DG, Ms Florika Fink-Hooijer, will present the Commission's EU Zero Pollution Action Plan.

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  • On 3 June, the Director General of the Commissions Environment DG, Ms Florika Fink-Hooijer, will present the Commission's EU Zero Pollution Action Plan.
  • This sets target reductions by 2030 for the health impacts (premature deaths) and threat to biodiversity of air pollution, the share of people chronically disturbed by transport noise, chemical pesticides, plastic litter at sea, microplastics released into the environment, and total waste generated.

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

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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​Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director-General of DG Environment, European

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​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.
  • -
    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.