Dithering on the Edge of Europe
Dithering on the Edge of Europe

S2: European Union - Green Deal Part 3/4

October 25, 2020

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The European Union’s Green Deal is not a single law but a sprawling legislative architecture. In this episode of Dithering on the Edge of Europe, the hosts walk through two of its major pillars: sustainable industry and eliminating pollution. The throughline is that the Green Deal tries to rewire entire industrial and agricultural systems, not just tweak them, and that this requires balancing competing needs—like land for food versus land for bioenergy, or the sovereignty of member states against the need for coordinated action. The conversation is dense with specific mechanisms, targets, and examples, and it makes clear that the Green Deal is a patchwork of new policies, amended old ones, and cross-cutting initiatives that must work in sync.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:07) **Welcome & Hosts** - Rich and Gorilla introduce themselves and the podcast's theme.
  • 2 (01:13) **Episode Overview** - Continuing the Green Deal series, covering sustainable industry and eliminating pollution.
  • 3 (01:57) **Bioenergy & Energy Efficiency** - Bioenergy as a backup for intermittent renewables, requiring massive insulation and efficiency.
  • 4 (03:24) **Sustainable Agriculture** - The third pillar of environmental sustainability, focusing on low-input farming.
  • 5 (05:54) **Complexity of EU Policy** - Existing and new policies must work in sync at a nation-state level.
  • 6 (07:34) **EU vs. US Model** - The EU's complexity creates smaller, multiple successes rather than one giant company like Google.
  • 7 (09:35) **Sustainable Industry: Circular Economy** - Five focus areas for the circular economy.

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Show Notes

In this third of four episodes, Rich and  Carola explore sustainable industry, as part of the EU’s Green Deal? As Carola says,  faffing time is done.  They talk about digital agriculture, algae, sweat, bioenergy, the textile industry,   electronics and reusability, plastics, waste policy,   and yes, running naked and other green tips. (Wasn’t there a film with that title?). And is there a market advantage to be the market leader in green solutions? Also, a long discussion on how to make cement and steel sectors more sustainable.  

In this episode we will cover 
  • Sustainable Industry
  • Eliminating pollution
 
This deal covers 9 policy areas, and in E32, Carola and Rich covered the areas of 
  • Clean Energy 
  • Farm to Fork
  • Biodiversity
  • Sustainable Agriculture
 
And in the next episodes we will cover
  • Building and Renovation
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Climate action

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