Hvorfor ivrer Danmark, EU-Kommissionen og lande som Holland for at EU skal indtage en ledende rolle i den grønne omstilling? Hvor den grønne omstilling for ikke så længe siden var forbundet med risici, omkostninger og usikkerheder er situationen i dag, at stadig flere politiske beslutningstagere og erhvervsfolk har fået øjnene op for de muligheder, der økonomisk, socialt og geopolitisk kan ligge i et rettidigt engagement i den grønne omstilling.
Med sin annoncering af the European Green Deal i 2019 og den efterfølgende pakke af politiske værktøjer – “Fit for 55” – i 2021 blev EU first-mover og den første globale aktør til at udarbejde konkrete planer om at reducere sine netto drivhusgasemissioner med mindst 55 procent i 2030 forhold til 1990.
Det er ingen hemmelighed, at internationale handelspartnere (og konkurrenter) er skeptiske og betvivler EU’s reelle hensigter. De mistænker, at EU har økonomiske motiver for at gå efter first-mover fordele og at EU bruger klimapolitikken som facade for selviske interesser.
EU’s bebudede grænsetold på CO2 – carbon border adjustment mechanism, CBAM – bliver derfor betragtet med den største mistænksomhed af verdenshandelens store spillere som USA og Kina, men også af udviklingslande i Afrika.
2012 - Independent Professional
2003 - 2012 Minister Counsellor FAO at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Rome
2000 - 2003 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1995 - 2000 Director General, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1991 - 1995 Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy Denmark
1990 - 1991 Chef du Cabinet, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1983 - 1990 Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1979 - 1983 Head of section, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1978 - 1979 Military Service, Representative of drafted army personel
1976 - 1978 National Bureau of Statstics Denmark
- Chair EU Working Party on FAO Coordination
- Chair of various Intra Ministerial Committees on Energy taxation
- Member of FAO Finance Committee
- Danish Representative to various missions to Eastern European countries, Burundi, Mozambique, Thailand and Cambodia.
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines to support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
- Responsible for Danish EU Presidency 1993, 2002 and 2012 regarding FAO matters.
- Head of Danish delegations to meetings in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Budget Committee of the International treaty on Plant genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Danish-India Commission on Bilateral Energy Cooperation
Head of Danish delegations to meeting in International Energy Cooperation (IEA, CEM, MEF ect)
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Soren Skafte, Former Permanent Secretary 