Climate change and environmental degradation are an existential threat to Europe and the world. To overcome these challenges, Europe needs a new growth strategy that will transform the Union into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy, where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, economic growth is decoupled from resource use, no person and no place is left behind.

We’re striving to be the first climate-neutral continent.  Discover more about this priority of the European Commission on its dedicated page!