Briefing Paper 100 – European Green Deal

December 17, 2021

In December 2019, the European Commission unveiled the European Green Deal and committed to reach climate neutrality in Europe by 2050.

Since then, despite the obstacles and damages caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and social crises, the European Union’s political will to stay “on track” with the objectives of the European Green Deal has led to a series of important policy developments.

This briefing paper sets out some of the main components of the European Green Deal, with a particular look at its elements that present a stronger social aspect, and outlines SOLIDAR’s brief assessment of the overall strategy from this perspective.