Green New Deal

Neoliberalism is failing to meet the crises of our time. What in its worldview, social and ecological consequences call for putting it to rest?

As China uses the crisis to extend its influence, Europe needs ambitious policies for economic recovery if it wants to be a relevant global player.

As the COVID-19 crisis has further highlighted, local public services are essential to achieve a sustainable and democratic life.

The Green Deal needs a nuanced approach which recognises the historical roots of today’s inequalities.

In a reinvigorated debate, a political reading of proposals put forward to confront the climate emergency is necessary.

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?