Borders and Catastrophe: lessons from COVID-19 for the European Green Deal

Authors

  • Maren Klein
  • Chloe Ward
  • Bradley Davison
  • Sophie Di-Francesco Mayot
  • Debbi Long
  • Campbell Hughes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30722/anzjes.vol12.iss2.15071

Keywords:

European climate policy, COVID-19, climate change, European Union, public health

Abstract

This article considers how the European Union and Member States’ responses to the COVID-19 crisis in the first half of 2020 could inform climate action in Europe, and particularly the resumption of actions on the EGD. It first outlines the EU’s public health and economic responses to COVID-19 and Europe’s role in the global response to the pandemic. We find that, based on the challenges and successes of all these responses, a strong argument can be made for ‘more Europe’ – greater integration, and stronger EU-level institutions – to lead and govern the COVID-19 response. This has direct lessons for the governance and scope of future climate action.

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Published

2021-02-05

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2020)

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