Climate change and sustainable growth: international initiatives and European policies

Leonor Dormido, Isabel Garrido, Pilar L´Hotellerie-Fallois and Javier Santillán
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Leonor Dormido: Banco de España
Isabel Garrido: Banco de España
Pilar L´Hotellerie-Fallois: Banco de España
Javier Santillán: Banco de España

No 2213, Occasional Papers from Banco de España

Abstract: In recent years, the fight against climate change and for sustainable growth has been gaining prominence on the international agenda. Reducing pollutant emissions depends on a sufficiently large number of countries adopting efficient mitigating measures that are in line with international agreements. International cooperation is essential to deliver on the commitments undertaken pursuant to these agreements, implement the energy transition and stop climate change. Both the G-20, some of whose members are among the largest greenhouse gas emitters, and the International Monetary Fund are increasingly taking into account climate issues when performing their functions. The European Union plays an active and leading role in this global commitment and is pursuing increasingly ambitious goals. In compliance with the European Green Deal, the European Union has enshrined its goal of climate neutrality in the European Climate Law and has launched a number of groundbreaking policies to implement it, such as the “Fit for 55” package. The war in Ukraine adds an element of uncertainty to this path, given the importance of Russia as a supplier of fossil fuels to the European Union.

Keywords: climate change; decarbonisation; European Union; G-20; IMF; COP; Green Deal; Ukraine/Russia. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F53 F64 F68 H23 H87 P18 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2023-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cis, nep-ene, nep-env, nep-int, nep-mac and nep-res
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