European green deal

Energy crisis: five questions that must be answered in 2023

Here’s how researchers can help overcome the threats arising from market turmoil and geopolitical realignment after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Green Fiscal Pact for the EU: increasing climate investments while consolidating budgets

Europe’s Green Investment Requirements and the Role of NextGenerationEU

The EU countries’ priorities on climate and environmental spending, as reflected in the allocations of the Recovery and Resilience funds are assessed.

To cap or not to cap: the deal Europe needs on energy prices

An EU gas price cap would be counterproductive, but the reasons why it is supported widely must be acknowledged and addressed.

How Can the European Union Adapt to Climate Change?

Europe must increasingly deal with the harmful impacts of climate change, regardless of its success in reducing emissions.

Revisiting Europe’s energy independence

Challenges of an energy independent Europe.

Scorching summers are becoming the new normal. Can Europe prepare itself?

As global average temperatures continue to rise beyond the current 1.2°C above pre-industrial averages, Europe is likely to warm even faster.

Green public procurement: A neglected tool in the European Green Deal toolbox?

A new EU regulatory action in public procurement could unlock the potential of green public procurement and add an important element to the European G

Europe’s sustainable taxonomy is a sideshow

The EU taxonomy grossly simplifies a complex and dynamic world. It might help prevent green-washing but other tools are needed to guide green investme

Decarbonisation of the energy system

Given the size and urgency of the transition, the current knowledge infrastructure in Europe is insufficient.

What the EU climate package has to overcome in 2022

An overview of the EU climate package to be negotiated in 2022.

Sustainability transition and the European Green Deal: A macro-dynamic perspective

Report of the results of work carried out at ETC/WMGE on Green economy transition: Macroeconomic analytical framework in 2020 and 2021.

Europe's path to net-zero

Fostering the industrial component of the European Green Deal: key principles and policy options.

A new economic geography of decarbonisation?

Energy transitions manifest themselves across space and time. While necessary targets for decarbonisation are apparent, the accompanying shifts in spa