{"id":44162,"date":"2020-12-10T12:21:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/pressiteated\/riigikogu-discussed-green-transition-as-a-matter-of-significant-national-importance\/"},"modified":"2020-12-10T12:21:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T10:21:01","slug":"riigikogu-discussed-green-transition-as-a-matter-of-significant-national-importance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riigikogu.ee\/en\/pressiteated\/riigikogu-discussed-green-transition-as-a-matter-of-significant-national-importance\/","title":{"rendered":"Riigikogu discussed green transition as a matter of significant national importance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reports were heard from the Chairman of the Environment Committee Erki Savisaar<\/strong>, the European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson<\/strong>, and the Coordinator of the Just Transition Platform of the Association of Local Authorities of Ida-Viru County Hardi Murula<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Erki Savisaar<\/strong> described the green transition as a huge challenge for Estonia, but also as an extraordinary opportunity to do away with old dependencies and achieve a complete energy autarky. \u201cBy nature, green transition is a strategy aimed at bringing about a structural change in the economy and social organisation,\u201d he said. \u201cThis strategy should make Europe energy-autarkic and environmentally sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chairman of the Environment Committee said that the green transition starts on the local level through local actions, and referred to the example of the Farm to Fork strategy that emphasises the need to support small and organic businesses, and the significance of short supply chains. \u201cThe strategy serves a double purpose \u2013 on the one hand, a cleaner nationally produced food, and on the other, food security. Our ability to produce food and raw food products is vital because we depend on it daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another important aspect is circular economy, i.e. increasing resource recovery, including reducing refuse, waste, and pollution. He identified two major questions that need to be solved in Estonia to ensure the functioning of circular economy \u2013 biodegradable waste and plastic. He also thinks that a balance should be found between reusable and singe-use packaging, which should be as adaptable as possible to circular use or recycling.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, Savisaar highlighted energy, which needs to be more sustainable and carbon neutral. While transport has been dependent on oil and power and heat generation on oil shale, he would like to see these replaced with sun, wind, hydrogen, methanol, biofuels, and \u2013 for good measure \u2013 waste. He stressed that this did not mean closing down manufacturing or power plants with massive carbon emissions but that it was possible to capture this carbon.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last years, the price of CO2<\/sub> has reached such a high point that the power produced from oil shale is no longer competitive on the market. The forecasts show that the price will go up further, and faster than before. This means that we must definitely find new methods for generating power. However, in practice, we are still missing a functional solution to oil shale industry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Savisaar concluded with a few remarks on hydrogen. \u201cOn the one hand, hydrogen is clearly a fuel for the future, but on the other hand, it is also an excellent way to store energy,\u201d he said. He emphasised that Estonia could contribute to hydrogen energy, especially by developing and testing a complete system. He explained that the next year\u2019s budget had planned EUR 5 million for the purpose, with another at least EUR 25 million added in the near future. \u201cOver the next five years, I would like us to reach a level where at least 25% of transport and energy in Estonia is based on hydrogen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In her report, Kadri Simson<\/strong> presented the European Union Green Deal, new initiatives, and the Just Transition Fund.<\/p>\n

Simson said that the purpose of the Green Deal was to turn Europe into the first climate neutral continent by 2050. \u201cThis is a growth strategy which covers all the fields, beginning with transport, environment, health care, and life in rural areas. However, the most important aspect of the Green Deal is energy, because up to 75% of the current CO2<\/sub> emissions in the European Union come from energy,\u201d Simson said.<\/p>\n

She stressed that the Green Deal would remain a long-term priority of the European Commission even regardless of the crisis because the need to clean up European economy and make it more competitive has not gone anywhere. \u201cAs we are in a situation where the economy needs a pick-me-up and we can do this through additional investments, the conditions are more than ripe for the green transition,\u201d she said. \u201cStudies show that renewable energy creates more jobs and added values than injecting funds into chains that start with fossil fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Energy iterated the clear recommendation of the European Commission to the Member States to use 30% of the EU long-term budget as well as the new recovery package for climate goals related investments.<\/p>\n

She pointed to Ida-Viru County as being by far in the most precarious situation in the Estonian context, as it depends largely on the oil shale industry. Simson explained that the region would avoid a decline with the help of the new Just Transition Fund that offers assistance to regions that depend on fossil fuels mining or industries with large CO2<\/sub> missions. <\/p>\n

Simson confirmed that Estonia\u2019s share of the total EUR 17.5 billion is EUR 340 million, with additional resources for technical assistance. She hastened to add that Estonia would receive the highest per capita support in Europe. \u201cThese funds can be used in Ida-Viru County, preferably to retrain and train the working age population so that they would find employment in some other field whose ecological footstep is smaller. These funds can and must be used to create new jobs as well,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

As the latest developmental directions in European energy, Simson highlighted the higher emission reduction goals of the EU for 2030, and the strategies for integrating energy systems, hydrogen energy, renewed methane energy, off-shore renewable energy, and wave of renovations. \u201cFor us \u2013 Estonia and the countries around the Baltic Sea more broadly \u2013 wind energy could very potentially give a massive advantage in cheaply producing hydrogen,\u201d she said and added that hydrogen was also an excellent method to store renewable energy or electricity.<\/p>\n

Hardi Murula<\/strong> introduced the possibilities of green transition in Ida-Viru County.<\/p>\n

He explained that the population numbers of Ida-Viru County have significantly decreased over the recent years, as have the per capita relative wellbeing and relative GDP. \u201cWe really treasure our people and we want to maintain their wellbeing, help them find motivation to remain in our County, and contribute to the transition,\u201d Murula said.<\/p>\n

Although the oil shale industry might not play the biggest role in the County\u2019s economy in absolute employment figures, the industry does pay the highest salaries and does provide the largest added value. \u201cIf we remove this one industry from the equation, all the others stand to suffer as well,\u201d Murula said. \u201cWe hope that the transition will increase our share in the national wealth of Estonia, raise our salaries, and ensure a sufficient budget for our local governments to accept these challenges; if not, it would be a clear failure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Murula stressed that the transition must be spread out over a longer period and follow an agreed plan. He also said that it was not possible to close and replace the existing structures overnight. A new alternative and the relevant business sector should be built up next to the existing one; after that, the regulations and the changes in the economic environment would contribute to reducing the importance of the oil shale sector in the economy of the County.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Just Transition Fund, Murula emphasised that 90% of its assistance should be directed towards the development of the business sector, including research and development, and 10% into the living environment. He also thinks that Ida-Viru County should receive a guaranteed regional loan, which would help to develop the business sector. Murula also mentioned the need to guarantee a specification in the regional labour taxes through the national level regulations as a way of developing entrepreneurship and ensuring wellbeing and economic growth.<\/p>\n

Siim Kiisler <\/strong>(Isamaa), Dmitri Dmitrijev <\/strong>(Centre Party), Katri Raik <\/strong>(Social Democratic Party), Yoko Alender <\/strong>(Reform Party), Imre Soo\u00e4\u00e4r <\/strong>(Centre Party), Mihhail Lotman <\/strong>(Isamaa), Keit Pentus-Rosimannus <\/strong>(Reform Party), and Tarmo Kruusim\u00e4e <\/strong>(Isamaa) took the floor during the debate.<\/p>\n

Verbatim record of the sitting (in Estonian)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Photos of the sitting<\/em><\/a> (Author: Erik Peinar, Chancellery of the Riigikogu)<\/p>\n

Video recordings of the sittings of the Riigikogu can be viewed on <\/em>the Riigikogu YouTube channel<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Please note that the recording will be uploaded with a delay.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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