• Home
  • Topics
    • Industry and air
    • Waste and TFS
    • Water and land
    • Nature protection
    • Cross-cutting tools and approaches
  • Tools
    • Permitting
    • Inspections
    • Doing the right things
    • Better regulation
    • IMPEL Review Initiative
    • PREVENT
  • Projects
    • IMPEL projects
    • IMPEL-ESIX
    • LIFE SWEAP
    • WasteForce
    • SPIDER WEB
  • News
    • Latest news
    • Press releases
  • Publications
    • Outreach material
    • IMPEL Documents
    • General Assembly Meetings
    • Conference reports
    • EU Documents
  • Events
    • Internal meetings
      • General assembly
      • Board meetings
      • Expert team meetings
    • Project meetings
    • Conferences
  • About IMPEL
    • Strategy
    • Organisation
      • Board
      • Secretariat
    • Members and observers
    • Becoming a member
    • Contact
  • 
  • 
  • 

IMPEL

European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law

You are here: Home / Latest news / New European Commissioners for Environment and Oceans and Climate Action

New European Commissioners for Environment and Oceans and Climate Action

September 14, 2019

Lithuanian Virginijus Sinkevičius has been appointed European Commissioner for Environment and Oceans by president elect Ursula von der Leyen.

A member of the Farmers and Greens Party (LVŽS), a centre-right party that sits with the Greens/European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament, Sinkevičius (28 years old) received a bachelor degree in economic and social studies at Aberystwyth University, UK, in 2012, and a masters in European studies at Maastricht University in the Netherlands a year later. Sinkevičius is also deputy leader of the LVŽS, which has formed a coalition government with the Social Democratic Labour Party in Lithuania.

Among the challenges facing him in his new role will be elaborating a new EU biodiversity strategy for 2030, realising the EU’s “zero-pollution ambition”, a new circular economy action plan, the implementation of existing rules on microplastics, and a “new approach for a sustainable blue economy”.

Current European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans is set to become EU commissioner for climate action. The climate brief is just one part of his new role as Executive Vice-President for a European Green Deal.

In addition to working closely with the Commission’s directorate for climate action (DG CLIMA), Timmermans will also work closely with the directorates for agriculture, health, transport, energy, cohesion and environment policy, von der Leyen said. The president-elect said she wants the EGD to become a “hallmark” of European policy. “At the heart of it is our commitment to becoming the world’s first climate neutral continent,” she told reporters in Brussels.

The new head of the European Parliament’s environment committee, Pascal Canfin, welcomed Timmermans’ appointment, in particular his oversight of a range of interconnected policy areas. “This new approach to the ecological transition is the right one because it will make it possible to deal with issues in a cross-cutting way,”

The appointments are still subject to approval by the MEPs in parliamentary hearings.

« IMPEL side event on 8 October 2019 on waste management and circular economy during European Week of Regions and Cities, 7 – 10 October 2019, Brussels
SCIP database will improve transparency on hazardous substances in articles »

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Join the IMPEL.eu newsletter list and stay up to date on all IMPEL.eu news.

Subscribe

News tags

Air pollution Biodiversity Circular economy Compliance Assurance Conference COVID-19 DTRT E-waste ECA ECHA EEA EIR ENPE Environmental Compliance Environmental crime European Commission General Assembly IED IED Implementation Implementation Challenge Industry and Air INECE IRI landfill Natura 2000 Nature Nature Protection NPRI Plastic waste REACH River development planning SPIDER WEB SWEAP Themis Waste Waste and TFS WasteForce Waste management Waste Shipment Regulation Water Water and Land Water Framework Directive WEEE Wildlife crime WSR

Menu

  • Home
  • Topics
    • Industry and air
    • Waste and TFS
    • Water and land
    • Nature protection
    • Cross-cutting tools and approaches
  • Tools
    • Permitting
    • Inspections
    • Doing the right things
    • Better regulation
    • IMPEL Review Initiative
    • PREVENT
  • Projects
    • IMPEL projects
    • IMPEL-ESIX
    • LIFE SWEAP
    • WasteForce
    • SPIDER WEB
  • News
    • Latest news
    • Press releases
  • Publications
    • Outreach material
    • IMPEL Documents
    • General Assembly Meetings
    • Conference reports
    • EU Documents
  • Events
    • Internal meetings
      • General assembly
      • Board meetings
      • Expert team meetings
    • Project meetings
    • Conferences
  • About IMPEL
    • Strategy
    • Organisation
      • Board
      • Secretariat
    • Members and observers
    • Becoming a member
    • Contact
  • 
  • 
  • 

IMPEL

Chemin des deux maisons 73, box 3
1200, Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +44 (0)20 3289 7442
Email: info@impel.eu
Skype: impelsecretariat


Become a member

Membership of IMPEL is open to organisations or authorities working in the public sector who implement and enforce environmental legislation. Learn all about the benefits​ of being a member to our network.
Read More

Copyright © 2021 IMPEL · Data protection · Cookie policy · Webdesign: Alva Design