A fitting plan for the European Green Deal?

On 14 July, the European Commission finally announced a large
package of measures that will make the EU the first mover in the
race limit global warming, with measures targeting all sectors in
a deepening and broadening of the European decarbonisation
process.



In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Bruegel’s Director
Guntram Wolff and Bruegel Senior fellow Andre Sapir and Simone
Tagliapietra walk you through the 13 proposals and hundreds of
pages designed to ensure the continent meets the goal of reducing
carbon emissions by 55 percent in 2030 and net zero by 2050,
compared with 1990 levels. How ambitious are the goals? How
should they be distributed among the citizens, businesses and
countries of the EU? How stringent should a new carbon border
adjustment be?






Recommend readings:



How to make the European Green Deal work (2019), GRÉGORY CLAEYS,
SIMONE TAGLIAPIETRA AND GEORG ZACHMANN
https://www.bruegel.org/2019/11/how-to-make-the-european-green-deal-work/ 




Fit for 55 marks Europe’s climate moment of truth (2021), SIMONE
TAGLIAPIETRA
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/07/fit-for-55-marks-europes-climate-moment-of-truth/




The geopolitics of the European Green Deal (2021), MARK LEONARD,
JEREMY SHAPIRO, JEAN PISANI-FERRY, SIMONE TAGLIAPIETRA AND
GUNTRAM B. WOLFF
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/02/the-geopolitics-of-the-european-green-deal/




How to extend carbon pricing beyond the comfort zone, GEORG
ZACHMANN
https://www.bruegel.org/2021/04/how-to-extend-carbon-pricing-beyond-the-comfort-zone/