Local Climate Action in the European Union

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjan Peeters
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Local Climate ◽  
Climate Action

scholarly journals Enlarging the Application of the Food Security Index at European Union Regions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa Mihoreanu ◽  
Laura Mariana Cismas ◽  
Laura Maria Danila Jianu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Zero Hunger

The food security remains a major priority and a typical issue that requires immediate international solutions. Recent studies reveal the increasing complexity of food security issues focusing on the necessity to address formal actions and solve the dramatic situations. New tools are always welcome to facilitate solutions’ implementation.In September 2015, the United Nations Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development among the goals of which the followings are fundamental: no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, clean water and climate action. The European Union joined the Program, expressing the full commitment to its implementation. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the number of undernourished people reached in 2017 about 821 million peoples, representing an increase from about 804 million peoples in 2016. The 2018 statistics of FAO state that 22% of children under-five are affected by malnutrition, while over 38 million children in the same age group are overweight.Beyond the premises, as a novelty, we contribute at the food security knowledge by calculating a regional index at European and Romanian levels to better outline the realities and provide the decision-makers with a new tool to find better solutions.

scholarly journals Financing climate justice in the European Union and China: common mechanisms, different perspectives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Minas
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Transnational Activism ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Climate Politics ◽  
First Case ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
The Eu

AbstractClimate justice is a concept with many different and competing interpretations. It has salience at intra-country, inter-country and intergenerational levels of climate politics. While inter-country climate justice has long been on the agenda of United Nations climate negotiations, the intra-country and intergenerational aspects of climate justice have assumed new prominence in many countries in recent years, as the economic consequences of mitigation became felt and transnational activism highlighted youth concerns. The diverse elements of and approaches to climate justice have this in common: realising them requires massive financial interventions and reforms. This article examines the still emerging frameworks to finance climate justice in two of the jurisdictions most important to the global response to climate change: the European Union and the People’s Republic of China. The EU and China have in common that they are both on the front line of financial innovation to respond to climate change. They are utilising similar tools of systemic financial intervention in order to transition financing to climate-friendly investment, in the first case domestically, but with clear implications for global financial markets. However, the EU and China are utilising climate financing mechanisms in the context of very different prevailing perspectives on climate justice. This article interrogates the relationship between these different perspectives on climate justice and the distribution, scale and pace of climate finance. The article also observes that while the EU incorporated climate justice considerations in its economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic with a recovery package prioritising climate action, China did not take the opportunity to foster a ‘green recovery’.

scholarly journals Borders and Catastrophe: lessons from COVID-19 for the European Green Deal

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maren Klein ◽  
Chloe Ward ◽  
Bradley Davison ◽  
Sophie Di-Francesco Mayot ◽  
Debbi Long ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
European Union ◽  
Future Climate ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Strong Argument ◽  
Global Response ◽  
Member States ◽  
Climate Action

This article considers how the European Union and Member States’ responses to the COVID-19 crisis in the first half of 2020 could inform climate action in Europe, and particularly the resumption of actions on the EGD. It first outlines the EU’s public health and economic responses to COVID-19 and Europe’s role in the global response to the pandemic. We find that, based on the challenges and successes of all these responses, a strong argument can be made for ‘more Europe’ – greater integration, and stronger EU-level institutions – to lead and govern the COVID-19 response. This has direct lessons for the governance and scope of future climate action.

scholarly journals The role of cities in the European Union climate action under the European Green Deal in the post-2020 funding period

2022 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Liliia Hrytsai
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Climate Action

<span>W grudniu 2019 r. Komisja Europejska przedstawiła Europejski Zielony Ład (EZŁ), który ma na celu doprowadzić Unię Europejską do neutralności klimatycznej do 2050 r. Reprezentując 80% populacji UE i będąc odpowiedzialnymi za 70% emisji gazów cieplarnianych i 75% zużycia energii, europejskie miasta pozostają najważniejszymi graczami dla implementacji ambitnej i wielowymiarowej transformacji Europy w kierunku pierwszego kontynentu neutralnego dla klimatu. Głównym celem niniejszego artykułu jest zbadanie roli europejskich obszarów miejskich w działaniach UE na rzecz klimatu w ramach EZŁ w okresie finansowania po 2020 r. W pierwszej części artykułu została przedstawiona rola miast w transformacji klimatycznej UE; w kolejnej części autor skupia się na znaczeniu wymiaru miejskiego w ramach EGD jako planu odbudowy po pandemii COVID-19; zaś ostatnia część przedstawia włączenie paradygmatu klimatycznego do wymiaru miejskiego w okresie finansowym po 2020 r. Wyniki tego badania wykazały, że oprócz znacznego postępu w integracji wymiaru miejskiego z EZŁ, tworzenia europejskich sieci miast oraz udziału w WRF na lata 2021-2027 i funduszu odbudowy NGEU, miasta nadal wymagają większego wsparcia ze strony UE w obszarze działań na rzecz klimatu.</span>

The Politics of the European Union

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Lelieveldt ◽  
Sebastiaan Princen
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union
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