[{"bbox": [82, 146, 1142, 377], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>gender inequalities and lack of upholding of human rights in the sector and hinder the efficiency and sustainability of the action.</td><td></td><td></td><td>Gender-sensitive monitoring, use of sex disaggregated data, and gender-sensitive indicators.<br/>Gender mainstreaming is applied in all phases of the support services.</td></tr><tr><td>Lack of political acceptance of local population of large scale mining and hydropower project</td><td>Medium</td><td>High</td><td>Outreach to affected populations.<br/>Policy dialogue</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [85, 389, 398, 421], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [95, 448, 1159, 557], "category": "Text", "text": "The action has the overall objective of contributing to a sustainable diversification of the Greenlandic economy. It consists of three objectives: (i) increased production of renewable energy for clean fuels production; (ii) enhance the development of new raw material value chains; (iii) expand the protection of biodiversity, environment as well as promote climate action and gender equality."}, {"bbox": [95, 567, 1159, 887], "category": "Text", "text": "To increase the use of renewable energy and to diversify economic output, this action will support green fuel (e.g., hydrogen) value chain development and the decarbonisation of society and industry. Greenland can produce electricity through hydropower from meltwater of the ice cap for a competitively low price. It is therefore in a unique position to become an important producer of renewable green hydrogen, ammonia, and other derivatives for use in in hard-to-decarbonise sectors, and in energy-intensive processes; both for domestic use and for export including to European industries. With ongoing investment schemes into large scale hydropower for commercial use, this action will support the government of Greenland to create the enabling environment for a green hydrogen economy as an offtake use (policy development, regulatory framework, government capacity, investment assessment, business cooperation, access to finance). While Greenland has been successful in reducing its carbon emissions related to electricity in the past years, heating, transport and industry highly depend on fossil fuels. This action supports the government of Greenland in its efforts to increasingly decarbonise these sectors, e.g., through renewable energy solutions for upcoming mining operations."}, {"bbox": [95, 898, 1159, 1056], "category": "Text", "text": "Greenland has important deposits of Critical Raw Materials (25 of 34 minerals listed by the Commission) and will sign a MoU with the EU in November 2022³⁴ on CRM. To contribute to the diversification of Greenland's economy, European supply chain security and the global green transition, this action proposes support to the government of Greenland in their efforts to attract investment (e.g., data collection, analysis and availability) and in making sure that resources exploitation benefits Greenlandic society and environmental, social and governmental standards are upheld and enforced."}, {"bbox": [95, 1069, 1159, 1201], "category": "Text", "text": "Particularly renewable energy and mineral resources are evolving sectors. EU action will have to flexibly adapt to arising needs and opportunities. Therefore, this pillar will have a flexible set-up in the way it provides support. As these two sectors require substantial investment, they will also be the focus of promotion of European investment and business cooperation, in close coordination with development bank such as EIB and making use of InvestEU mechanisms."}, {"bbox": [95, 1214, 1159, 1402], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will also support measures by the government of Greenland to protect Greenland's biodiversity and environment, under menace by climate change and human activity. To protect wildlife and to engage with the population on these issues, development and establishment of a new national park in the West of the country (extensive national parks only exist in the North-East) may also be supported, as well as projects to promote sustainable tourism and monitor biodiversity. This will protect local species and increase knowledge, while at the same time allowing for local economic development. In addition, information campaigns and engagement with the local population and Greenlandic youth will increase awareness and promote (traditional) knowledge exchange."}, {"bbox": [95, 1413, 1159, 1470], "category": "Text", "text": "To improve the coordination of research and to make it more accessible to Greenland's population, the Arctic Hub, a body created and funded by the Danish and Greenlandic governments, will also be supported by this action."}, {"bbox": [95, 1487, 1159, 1572], "category": "Text", "text": "This action will be implemented by a sector reform performance contract complemented by a contribution agreement with a or several specialised entrusted entities for the implementation on goals related to Critical Raw Material and Power-to-X value chains, or, as a fallback option, procurement and grants."}, {"bbox": [85, 1619, 534, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³⁴ The EU also recently updated its CRM legislation."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 22 of 36"}]