Europe is an environmental benchmark
Many European countries (on their own initiative) and the European Union as a whole are implementing policies that protect the environment. Apart from helping to create a stronger and more solidarity-based economy, such policies serve as a reference for other countries on other continents.
The European Green Pact is the plan to make the EU economy sustainable.
We work to achieve its objectives by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunitie and ensuring a just and inclusive transition for all.
The European Green Pact’s action plan consists of:
Boosting resource efficiency by shifting to a clean and circular economy
Restoring biodiversity and reducing pollution
Green treaties
Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. Europe needs a new evolutionary strategy to meet these challenges, transforming the European Union into a sustainable society and a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy in which:
There are no net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
The European Union: climate neutral by 2050
We have proposed a European climate law to turn this political commitment into a legal obligation. Achieving this goal will require action from all sectors of our economy, including:
Investing in technologies that respect the environment
Helping industry to innovate
Implementing cleaner, cheaper and healthier public and private transport
Decarbonizing the energy sector
Ensuring that buildings are more energy efficient
Working with international partners to improve global environmental standards
Europe’s plan to become the first carbon-neutral continent
Ursula von de Leyen