European Green Deal

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The European Green Deal ( European Green Deal ) is one of the European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen imagined on 11 December 2019 concept with the goal of 2050 in the European Union , the net emissions of greenhouse gases to be reduced to zero and thus as first continent to become climate neutral . The European Green Deal is one of the six priorities of the von der Leyen Commission .

The European Green Deal comprises a number of measures in the areas of financial market regulation ( sustainable finance ), energy supply, transport, trade, industry, and agriculture and forestry. The previous goal of reducing CO 2 emissions in the European Union by 40 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 is to be tightened to a reduction of 50 to 55 percent. To this end, the EU member states should adapt their climate plans accordingly by 2023. A corresponding law is to be presented in March 2020. Furthermore, particularly affected countries are to be supported with a total of 100 billion euros in the transition to an emission-free economy.

The first legislative initiatives to raise prices for fossil fuels and tighten CO 2 limits should be available by June 2020.

With the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 Taxonomy Regulation of June 18, 2020, the world's first "green list" for sustainable economic activities was created - a new common classification system with uniform terminology that investors can use when they are involved in projects and economic activities want to invest significant positive climate and environmental impacts. The regulation aims to help the EU become climate neutral by 2050.

Green recovery

As a Green Recovery (German Green recreation, Green Recovery ) are measures and investments to support the economy in the economic crisis in 2020 referred to the design of a structural transformation towards a sustainable economy should be considered.

Leading economists, including Nicholas Stern and Joseph E. Stiglitz , published an analysis of the effectiveness of long-term, climate-friendly economic incentives to overcome the economic crisis in 2020. The economic performance is also better than other measures.

Frans Timmermans , Commissioner for Climate Protection of the EU , justified the necessity of a climate-friendly reconstruction program also with the intergenerational fairness : The loans to be taken out now have to be repaid by the coming generations, who have an interest in being able to live in an ecologically intact world.

The draft of the EU Commission's Next Generation EU economic stimulus plan contains proposals that are intended to "strengthen" the Green Deal. But the 750 billion dollar economic stimulus package should not change the proportion of the total budget that is invested in climate protection.

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  1. ^ A b c d Susanne Götze : "European Green Deal": How the EU wants to become a climate protection continent. In: Der Spiegel. December 11, 2019, accessed February 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Paola Tamma, Eline Schaart, Anca Gurzu: Europe's Green Deal plan unveiled. December 11, 2019, accessed February 21, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Priorities of the European Commission. Retrieved February 21, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Sustainable funding website of the EU Commission (English).
  5. ↑ Sustainable finance: Commission welcomes adoption of the Taxonomy Regulation by the European Parliament, press release of the European Commission, Brussels 18 June 2020.
  6. ↑ The Guardian, May 10, 2020 City leaders aim to shape green recovery from coronavirus crisis , May 1, 2020
  7. ↑ Euractiv , 'Green recovery alliance' launched in European Parliament , April 14, 2020
  8. ↑ Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change? , Cameron Hepburn, Brian O'Callaghan, Nicholas Stern , Joseph Stiglitz , Dimitri Zenghelis. 4th May 2020
  9. ↑ Tagesschau, "The Green Deal is our Strategy" , May 8, 2020
  10. ↑ Verena Kern: Economic stimulus program with conjunctive. In: Klimareporter.de. May 27, 2020, accessed on May 28, 2020 (German).
  11. ↑ Verena Kern: How green is the green development plan? In: Klimareporter.de. May 30, 2020, accessed on May 30, 2020 (German).