SDG | Excerpts from the European Green Deal document |
Goal 1 | Fairness and Justice are pervasive in the EU Green Deal as a whole and a Just Transition Mechanism for most vulnerable regions is proposed. Moreover, EGD explicitly calls: “The risk of energy poverty must be addressed for households that cannot afford key energy services to ensure a basic standard of living” |
Goal 2 | The Farm to Fork Strategy will strive to stimulate sustainable food consumption and promote affordable healthy food for all |
Goal 3 | Protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts |
The focus should also be put on renovating schools and hospitals, as the money saved through building efficiency will be money available to support education and public health |
Plans should lead to the use of sustainable practices, such as precision agriculture, organic farming, agroecology, agroforestry, and stricter animal welfare standards |
The price of transport must reflect the impact it has on the environment and health. |
Achieving sustainable transport means putting users first and providing them with more affordable, accessible, healthier, and cleaner alternatives to their current mobility habits |
Goal 4 | Particular attention will be paid to the renovation of social housing, to help households who struggle to pay their energy bills. The focus should also be put on renovating schools and hospitals, as the money saved through building efficiency will be money available to support education and public health |
Goal 5 | No EU Green Deal Policy explicitly deals with Gender Equality Affairs |
Goal 6 | About half of total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of biodiversity loss and water stress come from resource extraction and processing of materials, fuels, and food |
Digitalization also presents new opportunities for distance monitoring of air and water pollution |
By shifting the focus from compliance to performance, measures such as eco-schemes should reward farmers for improved environmental and climate performance, including managing and storing carbon in the soil, and improved nutrient management to improve water quality and reduce emissions |
To protect Europe’s citizens and ecosystems, the EU needs to better monitor, report, prevent and remedy pollution from the air, water, soil, and consumer products |
Goal 7 | About half of total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of biodiversity loss and water stress come from resource extraction and processing of materials, fuels, and food |
Digitalization also presents new opportunities for distance monitoring of air and water pollution |
By shifting the focus from compliance to performance, measures such as eco-schemes should reward farmers for improved environmental and climate performance, including managing and storing carbon in the soil, and improved nutrient management to improve water quality and reduce emissions |
To protect Europe’s citizens and ecosystems, the EU needs to better monitor, report, prevent and remedy pollution from the air, water, soil, and consumer products |
Goal 8 | EGD is a growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient, and competitive economy |
The transition is an opportunity to expand sustainable and job-intensive economic activity |
The European Green Deal will support and accelerate the EU’s industry transition to a sustainable model of inclusive growth. |
Goal 9 | EU industrial strategy to address the twin challenges of the green and the digital transformation |
Rethink policies for clean energy supply across the economy, industry, production, and consumption, large-scale infrastructure, transport, food and agriculture, construction, taxation, and social benefits |
The transition to climate neutrality also requires smart infrastructure |
Achieving a climate-neutral and circular economy requires the full mobilization of industry |
Energy-intensive industries, such as steel, chemicals, and cement, are indispensable to Europe’s economy, as they supply several key value chains |