NewClimate – Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability gGmbH
NewClimate Institute is a non-profit organisation working in Climate Policy and Global Sustainability, where we generate ideas on climate change and drive their implementation.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to EU vision for enhancing global climate and energy transition
5 Sept 2025
NewClimate Institute has closely examined and advised on the EUs approach to climate diplomacy and partnerships. Our work has assessed flagship EU initiatives and we have provided recommendations to better integrate climate across EU foreign policy and partnerships and proposed approaches for Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships. Based on our work, we propose priority areas where the EU Global Climate and Energy Strategy can achieve transformational impact. Partnerships that align EU interests with partner country priorities must be the cornerstone of the EUs climate and energy strategy. To achieve this, the EU can: Identify and build on areas of shared interest between the Clean Industrial Deal and partner countries industrial strategies. Reaffirm the EUs long-term commitment to climate action and sustainable development and the link between the Clean Industrial Deal and the EU Green Deal. Scale up international finance. Unlock new, additional finance and utilise financial instruments innovatively. Encourage enabling conditions for private finance investment and mobilise large-scale finance. Increase transparency and accountability through investment roadmaps including funding pools and regular reporting. Embed monitoring and evaluation to track finance, progress, and outcomes, ensuring lessons are learned and credibility is maintained. Support long-term resilience by pairing finance with capacity building, technical assistance, and international peer to peer learning. This could include assistance with regulatory alignment, for example, structured dialogue on CBAM should be coupled with technical assistance on monitoring, reporting and verification systems and support for carbon pricing schemes. Strengthen Multilateralism and Global Alliances: The EU must use its diplomatic weight to uphold multilateralism and accelerate ambition in the run-up to COP30 and beyond. We recommend: Reaffirm international commitments, including the pledge to end public finance for fossil fuel infrastructure abroad and the COP28 UAE Consensus to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, as well as the tripling of renewable energy capacity and doubling of energy efficiency by 2030. Support more inclusive representation of emerging and developing economies in international institutions their governing bodies. Support existing alliances in multilateral fora to sustain ambition and defend climate objectives against backsliding in the global system. Champion enhanced access to finance with a focus on: Advancing reforms of international financial institutions to increase climate finance, enhancing concessional lending, and unlocking more affordable capital for emerging and developing countries. Supporting mechanisms that reduce barriers to finance for the most climate-vulnerable countries and populations. Address disinformation risks in partnerships by supporting partner governments and civil society in countering false narratives about EU climate initiatives. Strengthen Institutional Capacity for Climate Diplomacy: Implementation of the strategy can be supported by improving the EUs internal machinery for climate diplomacy. We recommend: Address climate expertise staffing gaps in Brussels and in EU delegations by encouraging secondments of climate experts from Member States. Mainstream climate expertise across all portfolios by providing trainings and other capacity building to staff across Commission services and the EEAS. Create an inter-service Strategic Climate and Energy Communications Task Force (EEAS, DG CLIMA, DG ENER, DG INTPA, DG TRADE, DG TAXUD, DG GROW) to: Maintain a unified narrative on EU climate and energy diplomacy. Support delegations in communicating the EUs partnerships abroad, with greater transparency in Global Gateway and Team Europe Initiatives. Enhance coordination on climate between different DGs.By considering these recommendations, the strategy can ensure that EU diplomacy drives real change.
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