6. Dezember 2021 – Polis180

As a paradigm shift of EU policy-making, the European Green Deal entails considerable policy ramifications in terms of external action – particularly through the EU’s economy’s green transformation and thus, changing trade regulations, production and consumption patterns. Polarised reactions to the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) raise the question of how global sustainability can be ensured, in terms of environmental, economic and foreign policy-making.

A comment by Anna-Loreen Mondorf