
Energy Secretariat: Ministers of energy and climate agree on joint action, Ecs, 12th June 2017
Ministers of energy and climate agree on joint action at informal Ministerial meeting, Ecs, 12th June 2017 The first joint meeting of ministers responsible for energy and environmental/climate policy took place on 9-10 June 2017. The ministers discussed the best ways to contribute towards a low-carbon transition of the Energy Community region and endorsed the establishment of an Energy Community Climate Action Group composed of ministries responsible for energy and climate on the level of ministers or deputy ministers. The Group will convene twice per year and focus on integrated energy and climate planning in the Contracting Parties, to be coordinated also at the regional level. The ministers also reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to the Paris Agreement and agreed to use the Climate Action Group as a common platform to…