The EU spending on fight against climate change

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.The report was drafted as a background document for a hearing on 'The EU Budget and the Paris Climate Agreement' of the European Parliament BUDG and ENVI Committees. It aimed at providing an introduction to the topic, looking at the EU commitments in the field of climate from a budgetary angle.

It contained a brief overview of the policy context, a presentation of budgetary aspects, including a short part on methodology of tracking the climate-related expenditure and on distinction between adaptation and mitigation measures, and finished with concluding remarks on the state of play as regards EU budget for fight against climate change.