Greening Economic Growth: Towards a Global Strategy for Europe

Study - Wednesday 26 November 2008
In the context of an unstable global economy, three of the principal polluting nations ­ China, India and the United States ­ have, up to now, been reluctant to ratify any binding agreement on climate change. Consequently, it has been difficult for the European Union to commit to an ambitious environmental strategy without risking the competitiveness of European companies. How do we reconcile economic competitiveness with environmental protection? Is it reasonable to expect an evolution in the positions of the main polluting nations? During the next decades, these issues will play an important role in the regulation of globalization.

The Fondation pour l'innovation politique's work has analysed the European, American, Chinese and Indian stances, in order to outline a European strategy reconciling environmental protection with economic competitivness.

Study directed by Elvire Fabry and Damien Tresallet.

Authors

Damien Tresallet | Former Research Fellow
Holder of a Master's degree in European affairs from the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences Po) in Grenoble, Damien Tresallet took up the position of Research Assistant at the Observatoire français de conjoncture économique (OFCE). His research subjects are the euro area economy, trade specialisation in European countries, and Europe's role in globalisation.

Elvire Fabry | Former Research Programme Director
Elvire Fabry holds a PhD is in Political Science and a post-graduate degree in Philosophy. She is an expert in European institutional issues, with a particular focus on political integration issues (democracy, civil society and citizenship). She is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Futuribles and of the European Movement France’s national headquarters. Her works include Qui a peur de la citoyenneté européenne ? (Foreword by P. Hassner, published by PUF in 2005). Her more recent writings deal with the perception and regulation of globalisation.