PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
The Consultation Forum for Sustainable Energy in the Defence and Security Sector (CF SEDSS) has provided since its initiation in 2015 a unique opportunity to increase the momentum towards sustainable energy models in the defence sector. To address the emerging and future challenges in the field of energy as well as to meet the expectations of the Council of the EU, and consequently of the EU ministries of defence (MoDs), the Consultation Forum will continue pursuing in Phase IV the implementation of the EU legal framework on energy and will reaffirm the CF SEDSS as an appropriate vehicle for addressing at the European level common energy considerations in the defence and security sectors. As a LIFE Programme action, the Consultation Forum in Phase IV will facilitate the shift towards a sustainable, circular, energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and resilient defence sector. To address this objective, the project will foster even further the interactions and collaboration between experts from the defence and energy-related communities to share information, expertise and best practices and enable the decision-making process of the MoDs to develop, adopt or implement national defence energy strategies and policies and undertake the required measures to address the following core areas: • energy efficiency and building performance; • renewable energy sources; • protection and resilience of defence-related critical energy infrastructure; • cross-cutting: energy management and policy, innovative energy technologies, research and innovation and financing/funding defence energy-related topics.