Publication: Making the European Green Deal Work for People: The Role of Human Development in the Green Transition
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2023-04-24
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2023-04-24
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Climate change is the single most important existential threat of our times. Mounting average global temperature contributes to rising sea levels, more frequent extreme weather events, deteriorating biodiversity, and shifts in the sustainability of agriculture and aquaculture. The European Green Deal (EGD) is the response of the European Union (EU) to the climate challenge. It will establish regulations and incentives to nudge European society toward a more sustainable economy. To achieve these ambitious goals the EGD combines a wide range of regulations, policies, and intervention. But a green transition is only possible with an enabling human transition, and only with the proper human development (social) policies to support this transition. This report identifies the human development (HD) policies needed to enable the green transition in Europe.
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“Sanchez-Reaza, Javier; Ambasz, Diego; Djukic, Predrag; McEvoy, Karla. 2023. Making the European Green Deal Work for People: The Role of Human Development in the Green Transition. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39729 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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