18/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – The Commission has just launched an online public consultation, to run until 9 October, on the long-term EU strategy for implementing the Paris Agreement. All interested citizens and stakeholders are invited to submit their contributions on the types of transformations required, the level of ambition and key actions. The Commission goal is twofold: to gather views and opinions on the technological and socio-economic pathways that should be explored for a long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategy; to collect factual information, data and knowledge, including drivers, opportunities and challenges relevant to the long-term strategy. Ahead of the COP 24 in Katowice (3-14 December), the Commission will bring forward a document that will be more a vison than a strategy (see EUROPE 12049 and 12047). The European Council called for a strategy by March 2019 (see EUROPE 11986). (AN)