How to boost the European Green Deal’s scale and ambition

Climate change refers to the ongoing increase in Earth’s mean surface temperature also commonly referred […]

Policy Study

15/06/2020

Climate change refers to the ongoing increase in Earth’s mean surface temperature also commonly referred to as global warming. Current estimates are that the planet is about 1°C warmer when compared to the pre-industrial period. Emissions of greenhouse gases2 (GHG) due to human activities are responsible for these temperature increases. In order to limit the catastrophic consequences of climate change, the global community signed the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The European Union and other countries have started to shape a concrete policy response. In particular, the EU announced the European Green Deal (EGD) in December 2019 as the roadmap towards a carbon-neutral Europe by 2050.

The EGD represents a necessary and welcome shift of Europe’s overall policy agenda. The key question is whether the EGD is capable of delivering the system change which is required to limit global warming to 1.5°C? Is the European Green Deal ambitious enough?

This policy paper responds to this question in two steps. The first is to provide a concise summary of climate science’s main conclusions and the second is to compare these with Europe’s policy response in general and the EGD in particular.

Read the Policy Paper

Read the executive summary

Network
Karl Renner Institut
Related publications
10/05/2022

How to address Europe’s green investment gap

This policy brief presents the combined findings of the three policy studies on climate investment […]
19/10/2021

Is a €10 Trillion European Climate Investment Initiative Fiscally Sustainable?

To what extent large-scale public investment efforts could be a viable tool to provide the […]
04/03/2021

A European wealth tax for a fair and green recovery

The European Union faces the twin crises of Covid-19 and climate change. Confronting both crises […]
Find all related publications
Publications
15/11/2024

Evaluating the impact of CBAM on developing countries

This policy study provides a critical analysis of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) […]
05/05/2023

Fairness and acceptability of environmental externality pricing in Europe

Environmental externality pricing has been long promoted to address environmental problems. The theoretical advantages of […]
10/02/2023

Climate justice principles

'Climate mainstreaming: Breaking down the silos' series
10/02/2023

Climate and health policy

'Climate mainstreaming: Breaking down the silos’ series
Find all related Progressive Post
Progressive Post
29/11/2024

Much ado in Baku

Some COPs make history, and other COPs have history done to them. Kyoto in 1997 […]
26/11/2024

COP29: walking the talk, or talking the walk?

COP29, the 29th climate summit since 1995, comes on the heels of several extreme weather […]
15/12/2023

COP28 highlights the need for fundamental transformations in climate governance

The outcome text of COP28 has been hailed as historic, as it may, according to […]
Find all related events
Events
Past
06/12/2024
FEPS HQ, Brussels

Industrial Renewal – No strategy, no party

Policy study launch
06/12/2024
FEPS HQ, Brussels (Expert meeting)

For an EU budget and an EU Green Deal working in sync

Stakeholder meeting on the next MFF
29/05/2024
Szeged, Hungary

Taxing the richest in the EU

For a just, social and green transition in Hungary
Find all related news
News
24/01/2024

Spanish Minister Teresa Ribera awarded FEPS ‘Progressive Person of the Year’

FEPS Progressive Person of the Year 2023-2024
15/11/2022

FEPS delegation at COP27

FEPS delegation was present at COP27, with the strategic objectives of mobilizing climate finance for […]
Find all related in the media
In the media

Teresa Ribera, premiada por su labor en política internacional

by El Plural 26/01/2024
Teresa Ribera has been recognized by FEPS with the 'Progressive Person of the Year' award during the launch of the 'Progressive Yearbook.' Article by El Plural

Teresa Ribera, premio ‘Progressive person of the year’ por su labor en política internacional

by Europa Press 26/01/2024
Teresa Ribera has been recognized by FEPS with the 'Progressive Person of the Year' award during the launch of the 'Progressive Yearbook.' Article by Europa Press

€10 trillion in green public investments to grow out of climate change

03/11/2021

International taxation and green public investments – EURACTIV

27/10/2021