On 10 April, the Bruegel think tank published ‘Green Intersections: the global embedding of climate change in policy’, part of its ‘Blueprint’ series, edited by Heather Grabbe and Simone Tagliapietra. This collective volume explores how climate objectives influence public policy on a global scale.
Since the Paris Agreement of 2015, the green transition has become a cross-cutting priority that concerns various areas such as energy, industry, taxation, trade and diplomacy.
Yet worldwide CO2 emissions continue to rise, reaching 37.4 billion tonnes in 2023.
The ‘Blueprint’ looks at the geopolitical tensions that are sometimes holding back this momentum, but also at the progress that has been made, particularly within the European Union, where cross-sectoral policies are beginning to bear fruit.
The book shows that the climate, long on the margins of EU foreign policy, is now central to Europe’s diplomatic priorities. The European Green Deal gives the EU the means to promote the green transition beyond its borders through climate diplomacy, international standards and instruments such as the ‘Global Gateway’ and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
To see the publication: https://aeur.eu/f/ghi (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)