Beskæftigelseskommissær Roxana Mînzatu
Klimakommissær Wopke Hoekstra
Ministeren
Dato
27-06-2025
J nr.
2025-2363
Akt-id
580678
Notification from Denmark to the Commission on the delay of the Danish
Social Climate Plan
Dear Executive Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu and Commissioner Wopke
Hoekstra
The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities shall notify the Commission
that Denmark is not going to make the deadline of the Social Climate Plan on
the 30th of June 2025.
The delay is due to Denmark having been in dialogue with the Commission on
the framework and allocation criteria for the withdrawal of funds. In the past year
we have been in dialogue with both DG CLIMA and DG EMPL about the imple-
mentation of the Social Climate Fund.
As you may know, the fund has been difficult to fit into a Danish context, given
that Denmark already has a comprehensive social security net and several
measures securing a green transition for Danish households.
Denmark has also found the criteria regarding additionality and targeting in the
SCF to be quite narrow, making it difficult to implement given the Danish tradi-
tion of not mixing climate and social policy.
Best regards,
Lars Aagaard
Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities
Klima-, Energi- og
Forsyningsministeriet
Holmens Kanal 20
1060 København K
T: +45 3392 2800
www.kefm.dk
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