02/06/2021 (Agence Europe) – Member States’ ambassadors to the European Union (Coreper) were in agreement on Wednesday 2 June over conclusions on the ‘Renovation Wave’ strategy intended to at least double the annual rate of building renovations in the EU by 2030 (see EUROPE 12581/10). As previously detailed in our articles (see EUROPE 12721/35, 12717/10), the draft conclusions called on the European Commission, among other things, to “examine all options for phasing out fossil fuels in heating and cooling in the most cost-efficient way that is aligned with the achievement of EU climate neutrality by 2050”. The draft conclusions will now be submitted to the Energy Ministers for the Member States in order to be finally adopted on 11 June at the next ‘Energy’ Council. Read the draft conclusions: https://bit.ly/2SOfCM7 (DG)