Greening Europe’s post-COVID-19 recovery
This Blueprint includes some of the Group’s most prominent voices on the different aspects of the multidimensional issue of green recovery.
Even in the early days of COVID-19, the European Union signalled its commitment to make its post-pandemic recovery green. The disruption caused by the pandemic would require significant rebuilding of the economy, offering an opportunity to accelerate green investment in the context of the European Green Deal. But pursuing a green recovery is not as straightforward as it might seem. Complex trade-offs must be negotiated between the need for short-term stimulus and the need to address the long-term challenge posed by global warming.
To support policymakers in this difficult endeavour, Bruegel launched in 2020 the Bruegel Green Recovery Group, an initiative supported by the European Climate Foundation. Its aim was to be a platform for dialogue between high-level EU policymakers and academics on green recovery, in Europe and beyond. This Blueprint compiles some of the work of prominent voices of the Group, on issues that will touch the lives of all Europeans.
Authors
Georg Zachmann
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Laurence Boone
Minister of State for European Affairs, France
Simone Tagliapietra
Bruegel Senior Fellow
Ottmar Edenhofer
Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change; Professor for the Economics of Climate Change, Technische Universität Berlin
Ian Parry
Principal Environmental Fiscal Policy Expert, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund
Antoine Dechezleprêtre
Senior Economist, OECD
Robert Stavins
A. J. Meyer Professor of Energy and Economic Development, Harvard University
Mirjam Kosch
Research associate (Post Doc), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Michael Pahle
Head of working group "Climate & Energy Policy", Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Laurence Tubiana
Chief Executive Officer, European Climate Foundation
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