On 25. March 2022, the NSPA Steering Committee adopted a position paper on the Delegated Act on Article 27(3). The NSPA welcomes the ambition of the RED II Directive in the forthcoming Delegated Act linked to Article 27(3), and the forthcoming RED III revision to increase Europe's hydrogen production. However, we would like to highlight that some parts of the DA could have the opposite effect than intended, and slow down the transition instead.
The NSPA welcomes the updated EU Arctic Policy launched 13 October 2021. The European Union is an important actor on Arctic issues together with its regional partners and stakeholders in the European Arctic of North Sweden, East and North Finland, and North Norway.
That was the very clear message from EU Commissioner Elisa Ferreira during her live keynote speech to the NSPA Forum participants last week. - You have succeeded in turning challenges into opportunities, and you are the experts in the EU on the European Green Deal.
We wish to welcome you to the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) Forum of 2022.
In November 2021, the NSPA adopted a position on the EU Climate Package, highlighting the importace of a regional dimension which rewards already sustainable regions.
We wish to welcome you to the NSPA forum of 2022. The forums of 2020 and 2021 was inhibited due to the pandemic. This time we hope that as many as possible will be able to join for a gathering to reconnect to each other and take the important common NSPA agenda further.
On December 18, Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) adopted a position on the proposed EU classification system for green investments (taxonomy). The position focuses on the proposed delegated regulation on a climate change mitigation and adoption taxonomy, presented by the European Commission in November 2020.
This year, the Arctic Futures Symposium was organized for the eleventh year in a row by the International Polar Foundation and its partners. The conference was held online and lasted for three days. Thomas Norvoll, next Chairman of NSPA between 2021-2023 and Chair of the Board at North Norway European Office, participated as speaker on the third day.
On December 2, Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) met for the last steering committee meeting of the year. The network adopted a position on the final negotiations of Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 and one on the EU initiative for a long-term vision for rural areas. The meeting was also the last for Nils-Olof Lindfors as a chairman before the presidency goes over to North Norway in 2021. North Sweden’s interns got to change a few words about his two past years as the chairman of the NSPA
