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Media Partnership: EDF’s Net Zero scenario - A pathway to a competitive, sovereign and decarbonized Europe

15-04-2026

Media Partnership: EDF’s Net Zero scenario - A pathway to a competitive, sovereign and decarbonized Europe

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The EDF 2050 Net Zero scenario for Europe outlines the contours of a possible energy future. This new edition projects us into a Europe that firmly chooses competitiveness and sovereignty, while accelerating its path towards carbon neutrality. In a context where geopolitical tensions, energy costs and climate imperatives reshape priorities, EDF unveils an optimized pathway towards a continent that is more independent, more efficient and decarbonised by 2050. A pathway built on reducing final energy demand through large scale electrification of uses, and decarbonisation of energy supply with all low carbon energy sources.

The scenario highlights that climate neutrality is not only an environmental goal: it is also a major economic opportunity, enabling a lasting reduction of total energy costs, a significant decrease in fossil fuel imports, and value creation at the heart of European industries. Through new analyses, in depth projections and fresh insights into flexibility needs, electrification and the central role of nuclear power, this 2026 edition sheds light on the decisions that must be taken today to build a competitive, sovereign and low carbon Europe.


Organised by: EDF
Media Partner: Euractiv

Location

Hybrid
Brussels Network Office - International Press Centre
1 Bd Charlemagne // 2nd floor

Panellists

Antonio Lopez-Nicolas
Chief Economist at DG ENER, European Commission

Andrea Wechsler
MEP

Simone Tagliapietra
Senior Fellow specialist in EU climate, energy and industrial policy at Bruegel

Katharina Umpfenbach
Director, Infrastructure & energy system at DENA - German Energy Agency

Catherine Bauby
Executive Director, Group Strategy at EDF

Charles Weymuller
Group Chief Economist at EDF

Moderator

Jennifer Baker
Euractiv

Schedule

12:00 – 12:30 Welcome and light lunch

12:30 – 13:00 Presentation of the EDF EU Net Zero scenario

13:00 – 14:00 Panel debate

Followed by a light networking reception.

Contact

Sébastien de Decker
sebastien.dedecker@euractiv.com