The European Union is undertaking an unprecedented effort: a green and digital transformation. The European Green Deal and the NextGenerationEU recovery and resilience facility will shape the social, economic, and ecological architecture of the continent for decades to come. To use their potential to the fullest and to build the Europe we all want to live in, we must adopt a systemic approach.
This report provides guidance for a systemic realisation of the European Green Deal by addressing the real drivers of resource use and environmental pressures. It examines what our future industrial landscape could look like and how we may rebuild our economy through future-fit industries. It takes societal needs as a reference point for all economic activities, embraces resource productivity as a source of future competitiveness, and provides a framework for progress on the European Green Deal.
