Abstract
Abstract The article discusses recent developments concerning the most important European energy and climate law initiative at the moment, the ‘European Green Deal’. Details of the initial ‘European Green Deal’ have been discussed elsewhere in this journal. At its core are two components: the green transition of European societies on the one hand and the question how this may be organized in a just way, on the other hand. The article discusses recent developments concerning these ‘green’and ‘just’aspects and concludes with some critical remarks on the ways in which these ‘green’ and ‘just’ aspects of the ‘European Green Deal’ are being implemented into energy and climate law.
Highlights
The article discusses recent developments concerning the most important European energy and climate law initiative at the moment, the ‘European Green Deal’
At its core are two components: the green transition of European societies on the one hand and the question how this may be organized in a just way, on the other hand
The article concludes with some critical remarks on the ways in which these green and just aspects of the ‘European Green Deal’ are being implemented into energy and climate law
Summary
The article discusses recent developments concerning the most important European energy and climate law initiative at the moment, the ‘European Green Deal’. Under the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol, the EU as a whole needs to reach a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of 20 per cent until 2020, compared to 1990 levels This goal has been included into the EU’s ‘Climate and Energy package’. This thought has come to fruition so that a new 2030 goal has been proposed: the EU shall emit 55 % less Greenhouse Gas Emissions (ghg) in 2030, compared to 1990 levels This is the aim of a new communication[8] reflecting Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union-Speech[9] and of plans by ‘European Green Deal’-Commissioner. 10 European Commission ‘A European Green Deal – Actions Taken’ available at: https:// ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019–2024/european-green-deal_en [accessed 18/ September/2020]
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