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The European Green Deal initiated the EU's most comprehensive decarbonization-policy framework, setting the 2050 climate-neutrality objective that anchors subsequent binding climate legislation.
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European Commission launches the European Green Deal (2019)
On 11 December 2019, the European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen presented the European Green Deal, a roadmap to make the EU climate-neutral by 2050 spanning energy, industry, transport, buildings and agriculture. Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans was placed in charge of the package, which von der Leyen described as Europe's 'man on the moon moment'.
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On 11 December 2019, the European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen presented the European Green Deal, a roadmap to make the EU climate-neutral by 2050 spanning energy, industry, transport, buildings and agriculture. Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans was placed in charge of the package, which von der Leyen described as Europe's 'man on the moon moment'.
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