Member States have been identified as the main obstacle towards implementing the European Green Deal, according to a report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and GlobeScan published on Thursday 29 April, based on a survey of just under 300 sustainability experts from a range of stakeholders (governments and regulators, NGOs, universities, research institutes and the private sector).
One third (33%) of experts surveyed ranked the lack of commitment from Member States as one of the top two obstacles towards achieving the Green Deal, followed by inadequate government mechanisms (25% of respondents) and uneven progress across EU Member States (24% of respondents).
Regarding the EU’s progress towards the ‘Green Deal’, increasing the Union’s climate ambition for 2030 and 2050 is seen as the most important development (37% of respondents consider that progress has been made), followed by ‘supplying clean, affordable, and secure energy’ (24% of respondents).
On the other hand, only 13% of experts believe that the EU has made sufficient progress on biodiversity. This percentage regarding progress towards sustainable and healthy agriculture remains low (14%).
In addition, 38% of respondents consider the fostering of circular and low carbon supply chains to be “the most positive opportunity provided by the Green Deal”.
See the report: https://bit.ly/3gKvut2 (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)