A Green New Deal for Europe
Europe and the world are in the midst of a series of crises: economic, environmental, and social injustice. Massive financial measures are taken, mostly at national level, to sustain existing industries (e.g. cars) and domestic expenditure along unchanged patterns. This carries a major risk: perpetuating obsolete production and consumption patterns, and failing to seize the opportunity to transform our economies to meet the new economic reality.
A Green New Deal is necessary to overcome these crises. We have an opportunity to tackle the environmental challenges we are facing by promoting a shift to a sustainable economy, with lasting social and employment benefits. A Green New Deal can transform our economy and promote an industrial conversion and behaviour change. But the finality of any industrial conversion and economic restructuring is to decrease pressure on the environment and consequently to increase quality of life for all. For the Greens, a successful Green New Deal is a Social Green New Deal, where citizens can find decent work, with decent conditions, protected by strong social rights and standards. If the Green New Deal doesn't live for people, it doesn't live.
This section provides information on the Green New Deal, including related statistics on existing and potential jobs in existing green sectors.
You can also click on the images in the right-hand column to see our related Green New Deal events and publications.
New - the Wuppertal Institute report commissioned by the Greens/EFA Group has been re-issued by the Green European Foundation. Click the link below.
- A Green New Deal for Europe: Towards green modernisation in the face of crisis (EN)
- Un «Green New Deal» pour l’Europe : Vers une modernisation écologique face à la crise (FR)
- Executive Summary: A Green New Deal for Europe
- Un "New Deal" verde per l'Europa per la modernizzazione ecologica di fronte alla crisi (IT)
