European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen launches a Green Deal policy package to tackle climate change, hails it as the bloc’s ‘man on the moon moment’
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s new executive launched a Green Deal policy package to tackle climate change on Wednesday, trumpeting it as the bloc’s “man on the moon moment” - but fossil fuel-reliant eastern European states looked set to stall the initiative.
“Today is the start of a journey. But this is Europe’s man on the moon moment,” von der Leyen told journalists before taking her climate pitch to the European Parliament. One major component is a so-called Just Transition Fund, a mechanism of at least 35 billion euros that would support “regions most exposed to decarbonization challenge”.
“Finally, the EU is waking up to rising public concern about the planetary emergency,” said Jagoda Munic, director of the environmental NGO.
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