This report provides a comprehensive assessment of progress towards the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Union's transformative agenda for achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The analysis encompasses 154 quantifiable targets from 44 policy documents between 2019 and 2024 across key...

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of progress towards the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Union's transformative agenda for achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The analysis encompasses 154 quantifiable targets from 44 policy documents between 2019 and 2024 across key...

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of progress towards the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Union's transformative agenda for achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The analysis encompasses 154 quantifiable targets from 44 policy documents between 2019 and 2024 across key...

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of progress towards the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Union's transformative agenda for achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The analysis encompasses 154 quantifiable targets from 44 policy documents between 2019 and 2024 across key...

• By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, EU climate policy substantially lowers Russia's financial strength, thereby limiting its military capabilities to sustain its aggression on Ukraine and beyond. • We provide estimates for the security dividend of EU climate policy. • A one-euro...

• Durch die Verringerung der Abhängigkeit von fossilen Energieträgern kann die EU-Klimapolitik die Finanzkraft Russlands deutlich verringern und damit dessen militärische Fähigkeiten zur Fortführung der Aggression gegen die Ukraine und darüber hinaus einschränken. • Wir liefern...

• By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, EU climate policy substantially lowers Russia's financial strength, thereby limiting its military capabilities to sustain its aggression on Ukraine and beyond. • We provide estimates for the security dividend of EU climate policy. • A one-euro...

From the earliest announcement of the European Green Deal, the current EU political cycle has been defined by an unprecedented acceleration in the scale and pace of climate policy. Under difficult conditions that sometimes tested the ability to engage stakeholders, including various external...

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether the 'Fit for 55' update of the European Union's CO₂ regulation is up to the task of fixing its past mistakes and putting Europe on course to reach net zero mobility by 2050, while also dealing with the new set of challenges that arises with the...

Large-scale ecosystem restoration is an urgent necessity in Europe to achieve the goal of recovering nature to a biodiverse and resilient state, whilst simultaneously mitigating against climate change. This report examines the current condition of European ecosystems and the landscape of...

REACHOUT is a pioneering initiative under the European Green Deal that aims to transform urban resilience against climate challenges. With a focus on city-oriented climate services, REACHOUT collaborates with a diverse range of European cities to co-create tailored climate information tools....

This report delves into the core challenges faced by the aviation and shipping sectors in meeting Fit for 55 targets, emphasising the need for technological development and low-carbon infrastructure. These challenges are addressed by several Green Deal Call-funded projects through a number of...

From the earliest announcement of the European Green Deal, the current EU political cycle has been defined by an unprecedented acceleration in the scale and pace of climate policy. Under difficult conditions that sometimes tested the ability to engage stakeholders, including various external...

The European Emissions Trading System is a cornerstone of the EU climate policy and its development is set until 2030. However, it is unclear what will happen afterwards. This policy brief compares three different scenarios: Rapid Decarbonization, 2050 Climate Neutral and a Break scenario. The...

It will be impossible to contain the global temperature rise to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels unless emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) decarbonise much more rapidly. This policy brief examines the economic case for advanced-country financial support for...

By 2030, the European Union must reduce emissions from the heating and cooling of buildings - responsible for 13 percent of EU emissions - by the equivalent of the annual emissions of Slovakia. This requires a near tripling of the current decarbonisation rate. But the time gap between high...

The purpose of this paper is to explore whether the ‘Fit for 55’ update of the European Union’s CO₂ regulation is up to the task of fixing its past mistakes and putting Europe on course to reach net zero mobility by 2050, while also dealing with the new set of challenges that arises with...

This study assesses the extent to which policy frameworks at EU and national level are equipped to tackle the socioeconomic impacts associated with climate action policies, identifies gaps and outlines recommendations for action that could be taken up by the European Parliament in future policy...

This study assesses the extent to which policy frameworks at EU and national level are equipped to tackle the socioeconomic impacts associated with climate action policies, identifies gaps and outlines recommendations for action that could be taken up by the European Parliament in future policy...

Die neue Europäische Kommission sollte eine ehrgeizige Politik verfolgen, die darauf abzielt, sowohl die Treibhausgasemissionen als auch die Umweltverschmutzung zu reduzieren, auch wenn sich die Prioritäten auf Sicherheit und Verteidigung verlagern. In diesem Scientific Opinion Paper finden...

Mit dem Green Deal hat die EU in den vergangenen Jahren nicht nur eine deutliche Ambitionssteigerung ihrer Klimapolitik vollzogen, sondern die europäische Klima­innenpolitik um eine internationale Dimension erweitert. Tatsächlich betreffen zahlreiche Rechtsakte der EU direkt oder indirekt...

Mit dem Green Deal hat die EU in den vergangenen Jahren nicht nur eine deutliche Ambitionssteigerung ihrer Klimapolitik vollzogen, sondern die europäische Klimainnenpolitik um eine internationale Dimension erweitert. Tatsächlich betreffen zahlreiche Rechtsakte der EU direkt oder indirekt auch...

The Integrated Modelling Platform for Agro-economic Commodity and Policy Analysis (iMAP) provides in-house policy support to the European Commission by assessing a wide range of policies and topics related to sustainable food systems (SFS). Substantially supported by DG AGRI, iMAP is constantly...

Enhancing the coherence between migration and climate action policy within the European Union’s internal and external policy should be a priority in the context of the envisaged green transition in the European Union. This report argues that the European Green Deal, which is a focus of this...

This paper aims to analyse European climate policy's state of the art concerning the urgent need to decarbonize society and the economy and meet pressing climate demands. Decarbonization refers to the progressive reduction of the carbon-to-hydrogen ratio within energy sources. The primary...

Climate change is happening now. Floods, droughts, heatwaves, and other climate‑related hazards are becoming more intense, longer and more frequent (EEA, 2023a). Over the last decade, European surface temperatures were more than 2°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, while the summer of 2023...

The European Green Deal is a comprehensive strategy aiming to fully decarbonize the economy by 2050, with a key target of a 55 % reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. This study contributes to the debate around the European Green Deal by providing insights from different dynamic stochastic...

The European Green Deal, which aims to steer the EU towards climate neutrality, has traditionally been met with a degree of reluctance by the Visegrád countries. The convergence to green targets represents a particular challenge for these economies, given their fossil fuel-intensive industrial...

Under the European Climate Law, the EU committed to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. The 'Fit for 55' package of legislation makes all sectors of the EU's economy fit to meet this target. It sets the EU on a path to reach its climate targets in a fair,...