Upcoming Broadcast

On Tuesday 22 September, from 9.00 - 12.00, ENVI and ITRE will be holding a joint public online hearing on the critical issue of "How to secure access to COVID-19 vaccines for EU citizens.".

On 10-11 September, the ENVI committee voted on the so-called Climate Law, a legal framework proposed by the Commission in March 2020 to establish the 2050 climate neutrality goal and prepare the EU climate target update for 2030. Jytte Guteland, rapporteur for ENVI, had published her draft report on 29 April.

The ENVI Committee voted on 2 and 3 September on a revamped proposal on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and its rescEU instrument: a key MFF file also in the EU response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The workshop brought together four leading, independent experts in the field of deforestation from two renowned institutions (Environment Agency Austria and Cambridge Econometrics), in order to inform the ENVI Committee Members of the most important concerns in this area and to provide a forum for discussion. Due to the on-going COVID-19 working modalities, the webinar was held in remote format on Thursday, 10th September 2020 from 14h00 – 16h00 on the WebEx platform.

On 7 September, ENVI Members debated with Sandra Gallina, Deputy Director General of DG SANTE on the state of play of the EU vaccines strategy and the Vaccines Advance Purchase Agreements. The aim of the European Vaccines Strategy, adopted by the Commission last June, aims to secure for all European citizens high-quality, safe, effective and affordable vaccines within 12 to 18 months.

On 2 September, the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Dr Andrea AMMON, have given an update to the ENVI Members on the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU.