The European Green Deal

Calls for more ambitious Climate Action are coming from every Front, even in a year when a Once-in-a-Century Pandemic has hijacked Public Policy.

European Union Leaders have just Agreed to More Aggressive Cuts to Greenhouse Gas Emissions, exactly One year after the Bloc launched a Moonshot Plan to become the World’s First Climate-Neutral Continent.

The European Green Deal is a complete Overhaul of the Economy and Encompasses All Sectors, from Energy and Transportation to Architecture and the Arts.

Last night’s Pact is a Powerful Sign from the World’s Third-Largest Emitter of Planet-Warming Gases. It comes just Hours before another Landmark Anniversary, the Paris Agreement Signed in 2015.

More than 70 Leaders will meet Virtually at the Climate Ambition Summit, on Saturday, to Commemorate the Date when the Global Community came Together and Agreed to take Action aimed at Preventing the Catastrophic Warming of the Planet.

All eyes will be on Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Leader of the Top-Emitting Nation who surprised the World, in September, when he Pledged to make China Carbon Neutral by 2060. This Weekend’s Summit is an Opportunity for him to Build on that Promise.

The U.S. Won’t attend because it formally Withdrew from the Paris Agreement on Nov. 4th, a Decision by Trump that President-Elect Joe Biden has Promised to Reverse.

Biden’s Treasury Secretary pick, Janet Yellen, has Vowed to make Fighting Climate Change a Priority, raising hopes that she will put the Issue at the Center of U.S. Economic Policy for the First Time.










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