{"id":470944,"date":"2026-11-11T19:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/11\/von-der-leyen-alla-cop31-siamo-a-un-punto-di-svolta-globale-lue-punta-sulla-transizione-energetica\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T19:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T18:22:52","slug":"von-der-leyen-at-cop31-we-are-at-a-global-tipping-point-the-eu-is-focusing-on-the-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/11\/von-der-leyen-at-cop31-we-are-at-a-global-tipping-point-the-eu-is-focusing-on-the-energy-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Von der Leyen at COP31: \u201cWe are at a global tipping point.\u201d The EU is focusing on the energy transition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The summer that just passed was the “summer of truth” for the fight against climate change.<\/strong> This was stated by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who spoke at COP31<\/a>, addressing the leaders of the countries gathered to negotiate and define global policies against global warming. The event is taking place at a particularly delicate time, marked by the intertwining of the climate crisis and energy instability. <\/p>\n

“Floods in Nepal, drought from Sudan to Central America and, in Europe, one of the worst fire seasons on record”: these are some of the examples cited by von der Leyen to describe the increasingly evident effects of climate change. Compounding the picture<\/strong> is the energy crisis<\/strong>, with disruptions to supplies through the Strait of Hormuz that \u201care shaking global energy markets\u201d. For all these reasons, \u201cwe are at a global tipping point,\u201d warned the President of the European Commission. <\/p>\n

The latest United Nations report, Limiting Global Warming: Navigating Overshoot<\/a>, which states that exceeding the 1.5-degree threshold compared with pre-industrial levels is now inevitable<\/strong> and could occur as early as the coming years, further underscores the urgency of stepping up our efforts. This is a target that the international community had committed to pursuing under the Paris Agreement, but which current emissions trajectories are making increasingly difficult to meet. <\/p>\n

“Europe will play its part,<\/strong>” assured von der Leyen, highlighting the Union\u2019s progress towards the climate and energy targets set for 2030. The EU is \u201con track\u201d to reduce net emissions by at least 55 per cent compared with 1990 levels<\/a>, increase the share of renewable energy in total energy consumption to 42.5 per cent (with the ambition of reaching 45 per cent) and reduce final energy consumption by at least 11.7 per cent compared with baseline projections. These targets, the President explained, represent \u201can important step towards becoming the first climate-neutral continent.\u201d <\/p>\n

Electrification, which \u201cis accelerating\u201d, will also play a central role in the transition. Von der Leyen confirmed Europe\u2019s support for the global \u201c35 by 35\u201d commitment, which aims to increase the share of electricity in global final energy consumption to 35 per cent by 2035. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA)<\/a>, this is an achievable <\/strong> target, capable of delivering benefits on several fronts: reduced dependence on fuel imports, lower energy bills for households and businesses, reduced emissions and greater energy security. <\/p>\n

Finally, the Commission President highlighted the need to strengthen international partnerships. \u201cThe clean transition can only succeed if it succeeds worldwide,\u201d she emphasised, noting that the European Union is the world\u2019s leading provider of climate finance. Last year, Brussels contributed over \u20ac32 billion to support developing countries<\/strong> and, through the Global Gateway, has mobilised more than \u20ac300 billion in sustainable investment programmes. \u201cWe are helping our partners to build clean economies, because the clean transition is in our common interest,\u201d concluded von der Leyen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest United Nations report also makes it all the more urgent to step up efforts, as it states that exceeding the 1.5-degree threshold compared with pre-industrial levels is now inevitable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":470923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[35503],"tags":[36548,26079,36549,32214,35136,26746,34042,28199,35960],"class_list":["post-470944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ambiente","tag-antalya","tag-objectives-climate-en","tag-cop31","tag-crisi-climatica-en","tag-emergenza-climatica","tag-turkey-en-2","tag-un","tag-nations-united-en","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470945,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470944\/revisions\/470945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}