"The EU Policy Landscape" (Ch. 2) and "Environment and Climate Policies: Are We on the Track?" (Ch. 3)

This report analyzes the major forces fostering the shift to a resource-efficient green economy in Europe, including the role of EU policies. Chapters 1-2 highlight the macro-level trends towards a green economy emerging from the policy framework and the major transformation of the EU economy over recent decades. In particular, the EU policy landscape, focusing on different EU policy initiatives that promote the green economy, is addressed in Chapter 2. In Chapter 3, recent developments and progress in achieving environmental policy targets are studied.