Author: Céline Charveriat, Institute for European Environmental Policy

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The day after
What green deal for
Europe?
Celine Charveriat, Institute for European Environmental Policy
11 May webinar hosted by IS Global

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Remembering
the day before…

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• Very significant challenges
in terms of environmental
sustainability (SDG 12-15)
• But also in terms of
poverty and inequality
• Only 1 country considered
to have “achieved SDGs”
in terms of health
• Key issue of negative spill
overs over other
countries’ pathways

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A continent that leaves millions of Europeans behind
Source: ESDR 2019 Source: EEA presentation of SOER to EESC, February 12th, 2020

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A failure to protect the interests of Europe’s youth and next
generations
• Massively shrinking available carbon
budget due to inaction; sixth mass
extinction and long-term impacts of
pollution
• In 2018, 20.6 million young people
aged 16-29 years at risk of poverty or
social exclusion in the EU (26.3%),
which is higher than overall average.
• EU’s youth unemployment rate more
than double the overall
unemployment rate.
• Economic recession likely to affect
youth disproportionately, as has
been the case in previous crises

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A pre-COVID analysis of the green deal
• Most comprehensive and ambitious sustainability
agenda ever
• Much greater effort to integrate economic,
environmental and social dimensions of sustainability
(narrative, tools and processes, funding, governance)
• Gap between proposed ambition and
tools/mechanisms
• Systemic approach needs further development (e.g.
demand-side vs. supply side; insufficient systemic
approach to the nutrition, mobility, build environment
and lifestyles systems)
• Welcome focus on Zero Pollution Europe but “the devil
will be in the details”
• Lack of an ambitious enough strategy to protect water
• Farm 2 fork will be decisive for biodiversity, water,
health, but also climate change

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The day after
Three axes for
sustainable
equity in
Europe
Inter-country: Harnessing the Green
Deal for greater cohesion and
solidarity
Intra-Country: Putting sustainable
equity and well-being for all at the
centre of the Green Deal & recovery
Inter-generational: Fostering
intergenerational solidarity

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Intra-country equity: proposals
• 5 sustainability tests for greening recovery plans monitored
by an independent green recovery scrutiny board:
‒ Sound scientific basis
‒ Resilience
‒ Equity and solidarity
‒ Transformation
‒ Scale
• A resilient and green care economy at the heart of the
recovery
• Pro-equity measures: distribute pollution dividends to
European citizens to support recovery and employment and
adopt targeted initiatives to put “those further behind first”
in each of the sectoral plans of the Green Deal
• Proceed with Green Deal structural reforms
Annual pollution dividends (eur,
bn)
additional revenues
from FFS elimination
39
additional carbon tax
revenues
49
doubling of
environmental taxes
(excluding carbon)
293
Total additional
revenues
381
Source: IEEP own calculations based on Eurostat, World Bank and
EC data

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Inter-Country equity: proposals
• Take a more holistic approach to cohesion
funding and structural reforms which considers
specific vulnerabilities and aims at economic,
social and ecological resilience.
• Increased investments into priority sectors, such
as low-carbon, resilient infrastructure.
• Harness the Industrial Strategy to foster locating
new industries in depressed regions and less
well-off countries.
• Use territorial just transition plans to work
directly with local and regional authorities.
• Develop educational programmes that aim at
developing human capital for greater
participation in the green economy.
Extreme heatwave frequency, projection 2100, EEA presentation of SOER to EESC, February 12th, 2020

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Intergeneratio
nal equity:
Proposals
“Future proof” infrastructure investments
within economic recovery plans.
Create green job opportunities for Europe’s
unemployed youth
Address the specific vulnerabilities of the elderly
within the climate adaptation strategy
Promote intergenerational dialogues as part of
the processes around the Future of Europe
conference and the climate pact
Explore European green volunteerism
programme for pensioners
Make the greening of pension funds a priority of
the second phase of the Sustainable Finance
action plan

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