Authored by Nick Evans and Matthias Duwe, this case study notes that with the European Green Deal, the European Climate Law, and the Governance Regulation the EU has built a strong governance framework for climate policy-making. These policies have been effective in linking national and EU-wide actions and enhancing a harmonized approach across EU Member States. They legally enshrine the binding goal of EU-wide climate neutrality by 2050 and embed five-year national policy planning cycles in line with the UNFCCC Global Stocktake.

Within the DDP project, Ecologic Institute contributed a detailed analysis of the EU’s climate governance architecture and its role in connecting short-term policy cycles with the long-term goal of climate neutrality. The project team examined how instruments such as the European Green Deal, the European Climate Law, and the Governance Regulation enable coordination between Member States and support a shared trajectory toward 2050 targets.