Green Jobs

The Green New Deal is a vision for social and environmental transformation. What would it mean to have one in Europe?

Green and decent jobs are the future of a world of work that factors in climate change – but a just transition is key.

From working time reduction and circular economy to basic income, the right choices could make the future of work fair and secure for all.

The welfare state is no longer affordable, we are told from all sides – neither in the Netherlands, nor in Europe as a whole. Cuts must be made in the social services, the argument runs, to rescue the economy. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Here is a green vision.

Ideological innovation and perseverance can give birth to concrete actions contributing to the Green transformation of agriculture and food systems, despite a difficult political and institutional environment. This is currently experienced by the Belgian Greens of Ecolo in the regional governments of Wallonia and Brussels.