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Europe Reminds the World What Climate Policy Looks Like

It is easier to track progress in climate policy than it is in most other fields, and plain to see that the European approach has been more successful than the American. According to Climate Action Tracker, EU greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 28 percent between 1990 and 2021.

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By Noah Gordon
Published on Jan 4, 2023

Internationale Politik Quarterly

About the Author

Noah  Gordon ​​​​
Noah Gordon

Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program and Fellow, Europe Program

Noah J. Gordon is a fellow in the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.

    Recent Work

  • Commentary
    Humans Think They Can Control the Climate Thermostat. That’s a Problem for Climate Policy.
      • Noah  Gordon ​​​​

      Noah Gordon

  • Paper
    Climate Clarity: On the Future of Climate Action in the United States
      • Noah  Gordon ​​​​

      Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, Noah Gordon, Milo McBride

Noah Gordon
Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program and Fellow, Europe Program
Noah Gordon
Climate ChangeNorth AmericaUnited StatesWestern EuropeIran

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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