2.1.1. Overview

2.1.1. Overview

The integration of environment and climate change in EU cooperation must start as early as possible and be carried forward throughout the intervention cycle. The later the greening efforts start, the more limited the opportunities for transformational change will be.

This section indicates the entry points for the integration of environment and climate change in the different phases of the intervention cycle.

It indicates the greening measures/actions that should be taken, and the tools available. Although this section is common to all implementation modalities, greening opportunities specific to budget support and investments (blended finance and budgetary guarantees) are developed in sections 2.2 and 2.3 of this toolbox.

The greening of EU cooperation should be a driving force starting from the early stages of policy dialogue that informs multi-annual programming, through to the definition of priority areas and objectives for each programme, the identification and formulation of flagships, Team Europe Initiatives, investment pipelines, and individual actions and investments, their implementation and monitoring, and up to the evaluation phase.

Figure 4. Overview of key greening entry points and tools in the intervention cycle

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