A Green Deal for Europe
With the European Green Deal the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, presented a new growth strategy for making the EU's economy sustainable by turning climate and environmental challenges into opportunities across all policy areas.
It provides a roadmap with actions to boost the efficient use of resources by moving to a clean, circular economy and stop climate change, revert biodiversity loss and cut pollution. It outlines investments needed and financing tools available, and explains how to ensure a just and inclusive transition.
“The European Green Deal puts a determined policy response to the climate and biodiversity crises at the top of the European Commission’s agenda. The ambitious programme will be the main cornerstone for the transition in Europe.”
“The European Green Deal puts a determined policy response to the climate and biodiversity crises at the top of the European Commission’s agenda. The ambitious programme will be the main cornerstone for the transition in Europe,” states Georg Rebernig, managing director of the Environment Agency Austria. “The Environment Agency Austria operates within a well-established policy, administration and knowledge framework both at European and national level. With our expertise and know-how we will be a reliable partner in bringing the Green Deal into life.”
