EU High Representative Josep Borrell and EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson will co-chair the EU-US Energy Council Ministerial Meeting in Brussels on Tuesday with the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and the US Deputy Secretary for Energy, David Turk.

They will discuss how to ensure energy security while accelerating the green transition, said an EU statement Monday.

In particular, they will touch upon the energy outlook for next winter, including the situation in Ukraine and Moldova, as well as how to accelerate decarburization through clean-energy technologies and energy savings, while ensuring that the clean energy transition is socially just, it said.

As initiators of the Global Methane Pledge, they will also exchange on their ongoing work to reduce methane emissions.

The EU and the US are strategic partners working closely together to push globally for ambitious climate action and net zero emissions, as well as enhance energy security and promote energy diversification.

It added that the ministerial-level EU-US Energy Council is the main cooperation framework between the two sides to address mid- and long-term issues.

Source: Kuwait News Agency