{"id":48930,"date":"2023-07-20T15:43:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=48930"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:47:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T15:47:46","slug":"frans-timmermans-dutch-climate-change-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/07\/20\/frans-timmermans-dutch-climate-change-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Frans Timmermans steps down from EU’s climate leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

EU climate chief Frans Timmermans on Thursday said he wants to become the next Dutch prime minister and will contest a parliamentary election in the Netherlands in November, meaning he will no longer lead the EU’s climate policy at home and abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Timmermans has led the climate policy of the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, since December 2019. He led the EU’s delegation to three Cop climate talks but he will not do so at Cop28 in December.<\/p>\n

His successor currently unknown but may be just a stop-gap until the next set of commissioners come into power next year, around June. One commissioner from each country is nominated by each of the EU’s member states.<\/p>\n

Under Timmermans leadership, the EU pushed internationally for measures to cut methane emissions<\/a> at Cop26, ended<\/a> its long-standing opposition to a loss and damage fund at Cop27 and is pushing for a commitment to phase out fossil fuels<\/a> and ramp up renewables<\/a> at Cop28.<\/p>\n