Article
Rethinking the European Green Deal: An Industrial Policy for a Just Transition in Europe
Review of Radical Political Economics
(2020)
Abstract
The European Green Deal (EGD), launched by the European Commission in December 2019,
is a major policy package addressing climate change and aiming at a “just and inclusive” transition.
Several shortcomings can be identified in the EGD: it lacks a vision of a just, post-carbon
economy for Europe; available resources are inadequate to reach stated objectives; and implementation
tools are limited. We argue that making Europe’s production systems carbon
neutral would require a broader range of “green” industrial policies that need to jointly address
environmental sustainability, structural change, and fairness of economic outcomes in Europe.
Disciplines
Publication Date
Fall November, 2020
Citation Information
Mario Pianta and Matteo Lucchese. "Rethinking the European Green Deal: An Industrial Policy for a Just Transition in Europe" Review of Radical Political Economics (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mario_pianta/193/