Considerations on COM(2017)175 - Authorisation of the opening of negotiations on an agreement with the Global Green Growth Institute

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dossier COM(2017)175 - Authorisation of the opening of negotiations on an agreement with the Global Green Growth Institute.
document COM(2017)175 EN
date May 12, 2017
 
(1)Only a small number of Union countries are currently members of the Global Green Growth Institute ('GGGI') 1 . It is therefore unlikely that the full range of Union experience on green growth issues are brought into the GGGI, and that the organisation is used to a maximum extent for the aims of the Union climate diplomacy strategy.

(2)Climate change is a trans-boundary issue. Coordination of climate action both at the global and European level is necessary and Union action is justified in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity. Article 191 TFEU specifies Union competencies in the area of the environment including climate change.

(3)Union membership would allow for the sharing of GGGI's knowledge and best practices amongst all Member States. It would also permit Union efforts to spread policy and diplomatic messages regarding climate change as widely as possible with its international partners.

(4) Since the GGGI focuses on comprehensive green growth strategies, Union membership of the GGGI would also help to exploit the synergies between climate objectives and the sustainable development goals adopted as part of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. 

(5)The Commission should therefore be authorised to open negotiations on behalf of the European Union with a view to concluding an agreement on Union membership of the GGGI.