The EU Perspective from Setbacks to Success: Tackling Climate Change from Copenhagen to the Green Deal and the Next-Generation EU

Agostino Inguscio ()
Additional contact information
Agostino Inguscio: Italian Prime Minister’s Office—G7/G20 Office

Chapter Chapter 8 in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change for Sustainable Growth, 2022, pp 127-139 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract While the world will remember 2020 as the year of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was also an exceptional year in at least one other aspect. Scientists at Copernicus and at NASA have confirmed that, globally, 2020 tied with 2016 as the hottest year on record. It must be clear to all that the climate commitments we reach in 2021 will very likely shape the next decade. The stakes could not be higher for the climate action agenda. We are facing a crisis unprecedented in magnitude and reach. We need to transform the COVID crisis into an opportunity to build back better and pave the way for a more sustainable and just future. Advancing new and ambitious nationally determined contributions, long-term strategies, and a re-alignment of global financial flows to tackle mitigation and adaptation must allow us to advance rapidly to meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. While the scale of the challenge cannot be underestimated, we have many reasons to feel confident about the path ahead. One of the reasons for optimism is that the key objectives of the green transition are in line with the spirit of the European Green Deal and with the vision embodied in the Next Generation EU as discussed in this chapter.

Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-3-030-87564-0_8

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783030875640

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87564-0_8

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Natural Resource Management and Policy from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().