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The EC is currently considering a mission proposal to achieve “100 climate neutral cities by 2030 – by and for the citizens”. Arguing for its endorsement and the proposed umbrella governance, Simon Skillings and Eleonora Moro at E3G explain why cities are an ideal laboratory for tackling the big unanswered question: which European Green Deal …

There are still many outstanding issues, particularly on climate ambition, after the fourth round of negotiations on Europe’s climate law closed on Friday (12 March), according to Jytte Guteland, the lead negotiator from the European Parliament.

Achieving the goals of the European Green Deal and striking climate neutrality by 2050 means transforming the entire mobility sector, which currently makes up nearly 30 percent of the bloc’s CO2…

Regional and local leaders and EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform Elisa Ferreira discussed on 4 February how to accelerate the launch of new cohesion policy programmes, ensure their timely implementation and integrate them with national recovery plans. ​
 As a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Union secured an unprecedented amount of investment for a fair, green and digital recovery. React EU, the Just Transition Fund, the European Fund for Regional Development, the Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European agricultural fund for rural development as well as the Recovery and Resilience Facility form a unique toolbox that can deliver an inclusive recovery as well as fair green and digital transitions.
Absorbing and implementing all available EU funds is a demanding challenge for national, regional and local governments. As highlighted by the plenary debate, centralisation and top down solutions risk undermine the investment impact in several member states. For this reason, CoR members and Commissioner Ferreira called for the full involvement of regional and local governments in the design of comprehensive recovery plans, in line with the partnership principle, in order to make the best possible use of the synergies between all the available instruments.

The Green Deal shows how to transform our way of life and work so that we live more efficiently, said  Chairperson of the Committee on Environment and Water in parliament Ivelina Vasileva at an online conference on “Climate policy and the Green Deal ” – challenges and opportunities”. The organizer of the forum is the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria …

In the sixth chapter of The Wonk’s Survival Guide to the European Green Deal, POLITICO looks at the EU’s ambition to serve as a model for the rest of the world in the fight against climate change. …

n the fifth chapter of The Wonk’s Survival Guide to the European Green Deal, POLITICO looks at efforts to help vulnerable regions, people and industries prepare for a low-emissions future.

In the third chapter of The Wonk’s Survival Guide to the European Green Deal, POLITICO looks at how the revolution that’s required for companies, consumers and governments will be enforced an…

Need to quickly cram for a meeting with Europe’s climate czar Frans Timmermans? POLITICO’s Wonk’s Survival Guide to the European Green Deal has you covered, with an introduction to one of the most consequential legislative efforts in the history of the European Union.

Ursula von der Leyen wants Europe to tap into its inner avant-garde.
To meet some of its most pressing strategic goals — managing a sustainable industrial transition and finding new green technology to mitigate climate change — the Commission president has pledged to revive Bauhaus, the experimental art school founded in interwar Germany to marry artistic form with functional design.

Austria’s coalition government has confirmed it will block the landmark EU-Mercosur trade agreement - which should create the biggest free-trade area in the world - saying it goes against the EU's environmental ambitions set out in the European Green Deal.

The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has put forward a Green Deal roadmap for 2021. At the 4th meeting of the Green Deal Going Local working group, local leaders agreed on the political objectives and priorities to accelerate the carbon-neutral transition while placing cities and regions at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery. Fostering active subsidiarity, reinforcing institutional cooperation and facilitating direct access to EU funds are key goals. The renovation of buildings, greening urban areas and decarbonising transport stand as focus areas. The meeting included discussions on the Intelligent Cities Challenge and the Just transition Mechanism. Both have prominent places in delivering the Green Deal agenda.

Un document du groupe de réflexion Bruegel et du Conseil européen des relations internationales (ECFR) analyse les implications géopolitiques du Green Deal. Celles-ci vont redéfinir les relations avec de nombreux pays voisins et les principaux partenaires commerciaux internationaux. Un article d’Euractiv Italie.

European Union leaders are set to endorse a 2030 target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by “at least 55%” during a two-day summit opening in Brussels today, according to draft conclusions seen by EURACTIV.

We absolutely need a Green New Deal, to mobilize a rapid rollout of renewable energy and put an end to fossil fuels. 

The European Commission has published today the rules for a new EU Renewable Energy Financing Mechanism, to apply from the start of 2021. This Mechanism will make it easier for Member States to work together to finance and deploy renewable energy projects – either as a host or as a contributing country. The energy generated will count towards the renewable energy targets of all participating countries and feed into the European Green Deal ambition of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.

Le financement du plan post-Covid et du Green Deal européen nécessite de mobiliser des ressources suffisantes. La Commission européenne et le Parlement européen demandent aux Etats membres d’adopter un budget ambitieux alimenté par des ressources propres, parmi lesquelles la taxation des transactions financières. Les Etats membres doivent arrêter de tergiverser et accepter d’instaurer cette taxe sur la finance dès 2024.