How Green Is Your Deal?
Episodes
#25: Democracy: solution or obstacle to climate transitions?
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This first episode with Diarmuid Torney, associate professor at Dublin City University, focuses on the challenges democracies and climate action face,...
#24: How green is your COP? Insights from Belém
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Let us take you to Brazil, where COP30 took place in November, to continue our conversation about international climate governance. You’ve probably ...
How Green Is Your Deal? Trailer
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to learn more about the European climate transition but you don’t know where to start?Are you interested in getting your information str...
#23: How simple is your deal? Weakening climate policy under von der Leyen II
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we take stock of one year of climate policy developments under von der Leyen II. What does the shift in priorities from a European Gr...
#22: External EU Climate Action: Insights from policymaking
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We end our series on the external dimension of EU climate governance with reflections from policymaking itself.Jacob Werksman, Principal Adviser to th...
#21: CSDDD: (not) holding companies accountable
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The EU imports large amounts of products from the Global South each year. Unfortunately, their production is often associated with child labor, human ...
#20: The Arctic is heating up: Turbulence in the North
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is reshaping the geopolitical landscape at the top of world with global powers showing increasing interest in the region. This episode ...
#19: Clean Hydrogen Agreements: Serving European or local needs?
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The EU is increasingly looking to import clean hydrogen to provide an alternative fuel source for the industry and transport sectors, and to meet its ...
#18 Carbon pricing at the border: CBAM
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism forms a key part of the European Green Deal, but what does it actually do andhow have other countries responded...
#17: EU Climate leadership in turbulent times: external dimension
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The world around the EU is rapidly shifting. With the return ofDonald Trump and the US’ withdrawal out of the Paris Agreement and ongoing and new co...
#16: How clean is your Deal? EU climate policy after the 2024 elections
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The 2024 European elections announced the start of a new European policy cycle, as not only a new European Parliament was elected but also a new Europ...
#15: How green is your ocean? Marine governance and the European Green Deal
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oceans are at the forefront of climate change. As the biggest carbon sink, they play an important role in absorbing greenhouse gas emissions from the ...
#14: Climate justice for all: intersectionality and climate movements
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While climate change impacts everyone, some communities are disproportionally affected over others. Therefore, climate movements have put focus on the...
Episode 13: Trading extinction for restoration? Biodiversity and economic policy
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists argue that we are entering a sixth mass extinction event as biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate. In contrast to prior mass e...
#12: Innovating for the future
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The EU’s transition to climate neutrality requires significant efforts from all economic sectors. A key requirement for sectors to move to more sust...
#11: Past, present and future: lessons from 30 years of EU climate
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The EU has a long history of formulating climate policies resulting in the European Green Deal. What are some of the trends that have emerged over the...
#10: Climate activism in the EU: From the streets to a seat at the table
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Greta Thunberg and the climate youth ignited a wave of climate activism in the EU. People took to the streets in mass protests, and groups like Extinc...
#9: Pricing Pollution: the use of carbon markets in EU climate policy
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carbon pricing has been at the heart of EU climate and energy policy since the very beginning with the development of the EU Emission Trading System (...
#8: Hydrogen: Hype or Hope?
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hydrogen is often portrayed as the fuel for the future and it seems to be the solution to every aspect of the climate crisis. But what is hydrogen and...
#7 Businesses in court: corporate climate litigation
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We often hear that a mere 100 companies are accountable for approximately 70% of global emissions. But what does this responsibility truly mean, and h...
#6: Having faith: the role of Muslim climate intermediaries
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's increasingly complex world, addressing the urgent issue of climate change requires collaboration across different levels of governance ...
#5: Leaving some people behind? The social dimension of the Green Deal
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The European Green Deal is the EU’s growth strategy to make its economy more sustainable. Doing so will require a far-reaching transformation of soc...
#4: Putin’ energy on the agenda: 2022 energy crisis
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Europe was plunged into an energy crisis. Energy prices skyrocketed, there seemed to be a scramble for alternati...
#3: Voices of Change - Environmental Activism in Central and Eastern Europe
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, climate and environmental activism have received a lot of attention due to the likes of Greta Thunberg and the climate youth strikes....
#2: Adapt or bust? Managing the impacts of climate change
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Traditionally, the climate debate has been dominated by climate mitigation – efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, as the impacts of ...
#1 Deep Dive into the European Green Deal
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, the European Commission launched the European Green Deal – its strategy to transform the EU into a low-carbon society. To do so, it propose...