Committees · Environment, Climate and Food Safety

ENVI

3 ESN seats

Environment, Climate and Food Safety.

The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety deals with legislation on climate, the environment and food safety.

ESN seats

Members total

Subcommittees

2024–29

10th term

Mandate & Tasks

What This Committee Handles.

Its remit includes air, water, soil, biodiversity, chemicals, pesticides, waste and the circular economy, as well as the Emissions Trading System, emissions from buildings and transport, and carbon-dioxide standards for vehicles. It also scrutinises the work of bodies including the European Environment Agency, the European Chemicals Agency and the European Food Safety Authority.

Key facts · ENVI

Full name

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Size

90 members

ESN seats

3 of 90

Subcommittees

Meeting cycle

Legal basis

Annex VI of the EP Rules of Procedure

ESN in ENVI

ESN will focus on environmental simplification, reform of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

— ESN Committee Booklet · Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Remit

Four Policy Areas of the Committee.

ESN Position

Our Line in the Committee.

The Group’s priorities in this committee, as set out in the ESN Committee Booklet.

National Sovereignty and Technology Neutrality

ESN's work in ENVI is guided by national sovereignty, subsidiarity, technology neutrality and market-based solutions.

Affordable Energy and Less Bureaucracy

Its priorities include affordable energy, competitiveness, protection of farmers, consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises, less bureaucracy and greater national discretion.

Realistic and Proportionate Environmental Measures

ESN challenges the assumptions and economic consequences of EU climate legislation and argues that environmental measures must be realistic, proportionate and compatible with prosperity, industrial capacity and democratic control.

ESN Members in ENVI

Three Seats in This Committee.

The three ESN seats in ENVI are held by the Members listed below. The named assignment is updated at the start of each session period.

Full Member

Anja ARNDT

Full Member

Ivan DAVID

Full Member

Marc JONGEN

As of 2026 · Full list with named assignments available on request from the secretariat

Track record

Key Achievements.

Since July 2024, ESN coordinator Anja Arndt has maintained a clear and active presence in committee and plenary. She coordinates the ENVI delegation, oversees 17 of 35 reports and opinions, and leads work on files including the Climate Law, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the EU Deforestation Regulation, the circular economy for vehicles and simplification of industrial regulation. ESN secured a committee debate on the Nature Restoration Act, highlighting implementation costs and consequences for farmers, foresters, landowners, local authorities and rural areas. The delegation also tabled amendments to 12 ENVI dossiers.

ESN in action

Secured a committee debate on the Nature Restoration Act.

Tabled amendments across major climate and environmental dossiers.

Pressed for lower costs, less bureaucracy and technology neutrality.

Outlook

Looking Ahead.

ESN will focus on environmental simplification, reform of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the Emissions Trading System, automotive legislation, corporate fleets, the Industrial Accelerator Act, the Biotech Act, the EU Deforestation Regulation, the Methane Regulation and the 2028-2034 EU budget. It will oppose fast-track procedures that weaken competences, property rights, public participation, environmental assessment or democratic control, while defending technology neutrality and national energy choices.

Documents

From the Parliament.

Studies, briefings and meeting documents of this committee, published by the European Parliament.

Draft Report · 2026

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2015/757 and (EU) 2023/1805 to simplify and streamline monitoring, reporting and verification and to align with revisions of the EU Emissions Trading System

Draft Report · 2026

Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards driving competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation

Opinion · 2026

General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 - all sections

Provisional Agreement · 2026

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Chemicals Agency and amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) No 649/2012 and (EU) 2019/1021

Opinion · 2026

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the conditions for the implementation of the Union support to the Common Fisheries Policy, to the European Ocean Pact and of the Union’s maritime and aquaculture policy as part of the National and Regional Partnership Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP Fund] for the period from 2028 to 2034

Opinion · 2026

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities

Provisional Agreement · 2026

Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards the market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors

Draft Opinion · 2026

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework of measures for the acceleration of industrial capacity and decarbonisation in strategic sectors and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2024/1735 and (EU) 2024/3110

Related committees

Also of Interest.

Three closely related committees in which the ESN Group is represented.

SANT

Public Health

The Committee on Public Health is responsible for EU action in public health, where the Union mainly complements and coordinates the policies of the Member States.

PECH

Fisheries

The Committee on Fisheries is responsible for EU fisheries policy, including the Common Fisheries Policy, conservation and management of marine biological resources, fisheries agreements, fleet measures, market rules, aquaculture, control and enforcement, and the socio-economic conditions of coastal communities.

AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development plays a central role in shaping European agricultural policy.