Sustainability transitions

The environmental challenges ahead of us are global and systemic. Therefore, to achieve the EU’s long-term sustainability goals, the core systems of our societies will have to change dramatically. That is especially true for the systems related to food, energy, mobility and construction.

The COVID-19 pandemic may influence the transition to more environmentally sustainable cities for years to come.

Urban sustainability in Europe - Post-pandemic drivers of environmental transitions

Achieving sustainability will require fundamental, transformative, and cross-cutting change

Resource nexus and the European Green Deal

Resource nexus assessments analyse the direct and indirect interconnections between different natural resources, their management, use and governance, as well as the synergies and trade-offs that can be generated through policy interventions.

By building on the insights provided by a growing body of knowledge and selected case studies, this briefing reflects on the role of the resource nexus in supporting policy coherence and integration in the context of the European Green Deal.

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