From Green Industrial "Plan" to action: Net Zero Industry Act, Critical Raw Materials Act and electricity market design reform
This package of European Commission proposals comes hot on the heels of the February communication on a Green Industrial Plan.
Aiming for Zero: mapping the impact of the EU's Action Plan on Pollution on its ‘green’ trade policy
The EU Action Plan 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' (let’s call it the “ZPAP”) has the objective of:
“including pollution prevention in all relevant EU policies.”
Given the transboundary and cross-cutting nature of pollution, it’s unsurprising that many of the measures canvassed have an external dimension. Here’s an overview of how some of the pathways to ‘zero pollution’ may interact with the EU’s ‘green’ trade policy.
