Climate action 2.0: can Green Deals help deliver a just Net-Zero Transition?

• Lázaro Toura, Lara ; Escribano Francés, Gonzalo ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Cuadernos económicos de ICE, ISSN 0210-2633, ISSN-e 2340-9037, Nº 104, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: La transición a sociedades descarbonizadas), págs. 63-88
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.32796/cice.2022.104.7475
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Acción climática 2.0: ¿pueden los Pactos Verdes llevarnos a una transición justa hacia las emisiones netas nulas?
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  • español

    Es necesaria una reforma estructural sin precedentes para evitar los peores impactos del cambio climático. Partiendo del New Deal de Roosevelt, se analiza en qué medida los pactos verdes propuestos y los planes de recuperación presentados desde principios de siglo pueden resultar en un desarrollo resiliente al clima según el enfoque del crecimiento verde y la ecomodernización. El artículo concluye que, si bien la legislación y los paquetes de recuperación contienen elementos «verdes», no se puede afirmar de manera inequívoca que los pactos verdes resulten en una transición justa hacia las emisiones netas nulas.

  • English

    Structural economic reform is needed on an unprecedented scale and at an unprecedented rate to avert the worst impacts of climate change. Drawing on the lessons learned from Roosevelt’s New Deal, the paper analyses the extent to which green deal proposals and recovery plans put forth this century can deliver climate-resilient development according to a green growth (ecomodernisation) perspective. The paper concludes that while some greening of laws and post-crisis stimulus packages has been observed, it cannot be unequivocally concluded that pro-growth green deals can deliver a just net-zero and just transition.

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