Green New Deal

Producing and consuming in a manner that is more respectful of biodiversity means rethinking international trade and the rules that govern it.

The Green European Journal has put together a selection mapping some of the major currents that have shaped political ecology in recent years and which continue to do so.

In the USA, the inequality and climate crises are increasingly seen as one and the same and the Left has seized on the Green New Deal as the answer.

The European Green Deal is being pursued as an economic matter. In a geopolitical world, it needs to be geopoliticised.

Does the ecological transition offer a route away from socio-economic stagnation?

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

Longstanding problems with EU climate policy have been overcome and real money is on the table for the transition. The question is will it be enough.

The Green transition is not just ecological but also geopolitical. A coherent blueprint with political backing is essential if the EU is to forge a sustainable energy security policy.

Ana Rusan traces some of the social and environmental consequences of New Deal America through the sociology of Allan Schnaiberg.

We sat down with Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP and economist, to discuss the EU’s sustainable finance package, alternatives to the current banking model and the role of speculation in Brexit.