In the run-up to his confirmation hearing at the European Parliament on 7 November, the current European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, who is the candidate for another mandate as head of the Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth portfolios, has stated that he wants to continue working towards climate neutrality with “favourable conditions for our companies to embark on the transition”, using instruments such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
In his answers to...