The COVID-19 recovery plan is an opportunity to carry out a truly green revolution
The European Commission published its proposal for a Climate Law before the COVID-19 outbreak, a very different context from the current one.
- The European Commission published its proposal for a Climate Law before the COVID-19 outbreak, a very different context from the current one.
- Should the efforts to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 remain a priority within the economic and social recovery plan?
- Of course, this goal must remain a priority as much as this recovery represents a great opportunity.
- We must remember that, prior to the current situation, our society was already immersed in an industrial revolution and dealing with the consequences of global warming.
- The COVID-19 recovery plan is an opportunity to carry out a truly green revolution.
- The European Commission's proposal for a European Climate Law was criticised for its lack of ambition when it was published.
- Some of the carbon-intensive sectors in which we need to act fall under the competencies of local and regional administrations.
- As such, developing regional angles would increase our chances of achieving the collective objective we are working on.
- EU Climate Law: Cities and regions demand 5-year action plan.