The Green Deal and Europe recovery: Building a prosperous, resilient and climate neutral EU through business and political action

The briefing advocates for using the European Green Deal as a blueprint for the EU's post-pandemic recovery, emphasizing that green investments can stimulate short-term economic activity while building long-term resilience. It calls for increased 2030 emission reduction targets, scaled-up green investments, and an integrated approach to clean energy, mobility, and industrial innovation. The document highlights the necessity of aligning financial flows with climate neutrality and accelerating the transition to a circular economy to ensure a sustainable and competitive industrial future for Europe.

• The briefing recommends that the EU increase its 2030 target for greenhouse gas emission reductions to at least 55% and maintain a high level of climate ambition.
• To support the green transition, the document calls for scaling up investments, strengthening financial regulation via the renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy, and creating enabling conditions for a circular economy and industrial innovation.
• The briefing advocates for an integrated strategy combining clean energy, buildings, and mobility to accelerate decarbonisation, reduce costs, and create jobs.
• The document emphasizes the need to protect and restore natural systems by achieving the goals of the EU's Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity strategies and steering real economy investments toward sustainable land use.
• Industrial leaders cited in the briefing argue that decarbonising heavy industry, specifically through innovations like fossil-free hydrogen-based steelmaking, is essential for Europe's competitiveness and its goal of climate neutrality by 2050.

APA

Tatai, J. (2020). The Green Deal and Europe recovery: Building a prosperous, resilient and climate neutral EU through business and political action. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/the-green-deal-and-europes-recovery-building-a-prosperous-resilient-and-climate-neutral-eu-through-business-and-political-action/

Chicago

Tatai, Julia. The Green Deal and Europe recovery: Building a prosperous, resilient and climate neutral EU through business and political action. We Mean Business Coalition, 2020. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/the-green-deal-and-europes-recovery-building-a-prosperous-resilient-and-climate-neutral-eu-through-business-and-political-action/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{tatai2020green, author = {Tatai, Julia}, title = {{The Green Deal and Europe recovery: Building a prosperous, resilient and climate neutral EU through business and political action}}, institution = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/the-green-deal-and-europes-recovery-building-a-prosperous-resilient-and-climate-neutral-eu-through-business-and-political-action/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }