What is the European Green Deal? December 2019 #EUGreenDeal The European Green Deal is about improving the well-being of people. Making Europe climate-neutral and protecting our natural habitat will be good for people, planet and economy. No one will be left behind. The EU will: Become Protect human life, Help companies Help ensure a climate-neutral animals and plants, become world leaders just and inclusive by 2050 by cutting pollution in clean products and transition technologies “The European Green Deal is our new growth strategy. It will help us cut emissions while creating jobs.” Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission “We propose a green and inclusive transition to help improve people’s well-being and secure a healthy planet for generations to come.” Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission 93% 93% 79% of Europeans see of Europeans have taken agree that taking action climate change as at least one action on climate change will a serious problem to tackle climate change lead to innovation CLIMATE The EU will be climate neutral in 2050. The Commission will propose a European Climate Law turning the political commitment into a legal obligation and a trigger for investment. Reaching this target will require action by all sectors of our economy: ENERGY Decarbonise the The production and use of energy sector energy account for more than 75% of the EU’s What will greenhouse gas emissions we do? NA-03-19-927-EN-C BUILDINGS Renovate buildings, to help 40% of our doi:10.2775/97540 people cut their energy doi:10.2775/275924 NA-03-19-927-EN-N energy consumption bills and energy use is by buildings ISBN 978-92-76-13661-3 ISBN 978-92-76-13629-3 INDUSTRY Print PDF Support industry to European industry innovate and to become only uses global leaders in the 12% green economy recycled materials MOBILITY Roll out cleaner, cheaper Transport represents and healthier forms of 25% private and public transport of our emissions.