After Cop 27: Geopolitics of the Green Deal
After Cop 27: Geopolitics of the Green Deal
Scientific Director
Laurence Tubiana
Scientific Committee
Pierre Charbonnier, Luiza Bialasiewicz, Amy Dahan, Patrice Geoffron, François Gemenne, Isabelle Kocher, Cécile Maisonneuve, Stéphanie Monjon, Magali Reghezza-Zitt, Adam Tooze, Shahin Vallée, Françoise Vimeux
Editor-in-Chief
Ramona Bloj
Editorial Comitee
Théophane Hazoumé, Océane Lemasle
Editorial Manager
Gilles Gressani
Introduction
Introduction
Winter, 2022: The geopolitical “interregnum”that we are living through is bringing with it readjustments that have previously been considered impossible. Two major parts of the Paris Agreement that had lacked means of implementation since 2015 were resolved at the COP27 in Egypt, which was beginning under the worst auspices. For more than thirty years, vulnerable … Continued
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The Internal Geopolitics of the Green Deal
The Green Deal: Origins and Evolution
When Ursula von der Leyen promised in July 2019 to launch the Green Deal within the first 100 days of her mandate, she surprised many commentators in the Brussels bubble. The choice of member states to appoint Ursula von der Leyen, a politician from Germany’s CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party, as president of the European … Continued
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A Conversation With Frans Timmermans
Are we witnessing the birth of “war ecology”? Will the Kremlin’s use of gas as a weapon have an effect on perceptions of the transition and, more broadly, of European action? We must realize that Europe must be sovereign when it comes to energy and that our sovereignty can only be built on renewable energy. … Continued
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Agroecology at The Heart of the European Green Deal
The need for a paradigm shift: promoting agroecology and moving from uniformity to diversity Agricultural markets are volatile by nature. This is first and foremost because food production is highly dependent on unforeseeable phenomena (drought, floods, epizootic diseases, pest infestations, etc.) that can affect harvests. This is also because producers react poorly to price signals. … Continued
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The Green Deal is the New Social Contract
Autumn 2021: for avowed climate activists — of which I am one — this is an autumn full of contradictory signals. On one hand we see the rise in climate anxiety, geopolitical paralysis on the other, and a European political response which is both strong and weak. The publication of the 6th IPCC report in … Continued
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The Scale of Climate Justice
The European City in The Climate Transition
The Green Deal is undoubtedly the most ambitious European policy project of the last thirty years. But, as the European Union is primarily a normative power and does not possess significant means of enforcement or budgetary tools, this extensive plan can only be turned into reality if it is fully integrated into other levels of … Continued
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From Europe to the villages, a personal account
From the global to the local: democracy put to the test by climate change Tackling the ecological transition puts our scale of thinking to the test. Everything must fit together or else this difficult equation will not be solved. Individual action and collective action, European citizens, businesses, farmers, associations, public entities… All must be looking … Continued
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Climate Justice in Europe in Light of The Green Deal
Introduction On 4 March 2020, the European Commission presented a proposal aimed at making several improvements to legislative policies on climate change. The proposal contains a set of elements which form what is known as the “European Green Deal”. As a transitional step towards climate neutrality, the EU increased its climate ambitions for 2030 committing … Continued
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The Green Deal at the service of human security
What we are learning from the war in Ukraine is that any future rules based set of international political arrangements will have to be combined with a green new deal not just for Europe but world-wide. The war has revealed the way in which fossil fuel dependence is not just a problem for the environment. … Continued
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A Conversation With Vanessa Nakate
You mentioned many times in your speeches that your convictions that something must be done came from your childhood. Where do your perspectives on climate come from? When I think about the first time I got interested in environmental issues or when I start studying about the climate crisis, I remember the year 2016 or … Continued
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Global Recompositions
Inclusive Multipolarity
Introduction In just two years’ time and despite the US midterm results, European leaders could plausibly be contemplating a second Trump presidency on one side, and an increasingy assertive and inward-looking China on the other. While the climate crisis is becoming impossible for any leader to avoid outright, it is fair to assume that such … Continued
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Environmental Diplomacy: Tipping Points Between Europe and the Newly Non-Aligned Countries
The position of many African, Asian, and Latin American countries concerning the war in Ukraine shows a desire not to align themselves with Europe or the United States, which seems to turn Russia, China, and Western countries against each other. But this new non-alignment cannot be explained in political terms alone: it was also very … Continued
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Opening the breach: Politics of The Post-Carbon World
During the climate summit which took place this past 22nd and 23rd of April, and which was meant to signal the United States’ return to post-carbon diplomacy, the various leaders who took the podium were able to put their best talking points to the test. Joe Biden described the climate challenge as the opportunity for … Continued
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Environment and International Trade: The New European Posture
I. International trade and the environment: a complex and debated relationship at the theoretical level, though certain principles now seem to be established, if not recognized Since the 1990s, when environmental issues — and in particular climate change — began to occupy a prominent place in international affairs, the relationship between environmental protection and open … Continued
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“Finding innovative partnerships is one of the biggest political tasks in the years to come”
What is the state of the environmental and ecological situation in Brazil after Bolsonaro’s term ? The legacy of the Bolsonaro term is the destruction of environmental and climate governance. You can see it through the increasing rate of deforestation. The institutional framework has completely collapsed. Lula’s administration will have the huge challenge of restoring Brazil’s … Continued
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Breaking the Deadlock on Climate: The Bridgetown Initiative
“Let us be honest with ourselves”, opined the head of delegation of a wealthy country at a pre-COP meeting I attended on how to mobilise US$4 trillion a year for climate mitigation. “Finance isn’t the problem; if every country had all the finance they need, it would not be the answer to climate mitigation.” At … Continued
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Down To Europe
“I am interested in Europe as an ecological problem”
What is Europe to you? I am not an expert on Europe, but I try to differentiate between Brussels-Europe — meaning the post-war system that linked European States — and what, in my opinion, represents 98% of what we report on Europe in the media and opinions, and this is the Europe that interests me. … Continued
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