The EU budget needs more conditionality to drive climate investment, say researchers
28 juli 2025
12:31
As policy analysts and the financial world continue to get to grips with what the European Commission’s budget proposal means for Europe overall, researchers with the Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE) in Paris have been looking into what it means for climate- and clean-tech investment, both public and private.
The research note – entitled Can the next EU budget point the way to an investment plan for climate transition? – strikes a warning tone. With nearly a trillion euros a year needed to meet 2030 climate targets, write researchers Clara Calipel and Ciarán Humphreys, "these latest EU budget proposals do not demonstrate a clear commitment to targeting public money to catch up."