As publicly funded health care systems are forced to contract and will hence not be able to provide full services to everyone, the private sector is expected to play an increasingly important role in meeting citizens’ health care demand. If the first priority is to provide services to all, then not all health care services can be provided.
Households need to be made more energy efficient. And we need to start using cleaner vehicles. So we still have a long way to go: Fossil fuels are still Europe’s dominant source of energy. The European Commission estimates that to achieve the Paris targets, we have to fill an investment gap estimated at € 180 billion per year.