The “Greening” of Empire: The European Green Deal as the EU first agenda

Analysis of green deal communication on twitter: environmental and political perspective

“…The worldwide debate on the Green Deal often combines all proposals under a single Green New Deal, especially in G20 countries (Lee et al, 2021;Mogos et al, 2023). Therefore, in debate specifically concerning the European policy framework, academics, professionals, and the public use "European Green Deal" (Mastini et al, 2021;Rosamond and Dupont, 2021;Vela Almeida et al, 2023). Another group of associated hashtags were those connected with climate change because users often point to the importance of the Green Deal in solving this issue.…”

“…Although public perceptions of climate change are frequently incomplete, incorrect, and heavily affected by the media, it is crucial to engage the public in addressing this issue, as their behavior plays a crucial role in both creating and reacting to global climate change (Clayton et al, 2015;Rousell and Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, 2020). The name of the main bearer of the European Green Deal proposal was also often mentioned in the topic, for example, the "European Commission," as well as its chairwoman and proponent (Ursula) "von der Leyen" (Domorenok and Graziano, 2023;Vela Almeida et al, 2023). Figure 2 shows polarization between the "European Green Deal" topic (dark blue in Figure 2) and the four topics related to the United States Green New Deal ("GND-Political perspective," "GND-Environmental perspective," "AOC," and "Joe Biden").…”

“…Historically, one stimulus for these initiatives was the emphasis on environmental protection and sustainable development in The Stockholm Declaration of 1972 (Domorenok and Graziano, 2023), a sentiment echoed in "Limits to Growth" (Meadows and Club of Rome, 1972;Meadows et al, 2004;Best and Meyer, 2022). More recently, proposals for different policy packages and deals have been introduced, which have been fundamental in efforts to preserve ecology and fight climate change (Mastini et al, 2021;Vela Almeida et al, 2023). The most important of these deals are those formed within the European Union, Great Britain, the United States, and Canada, as well as in China, South Korea, and Latin America (Bloomfield and Steward, 2020;MacArthur et al, 2020;Chen and Li, 2021;Leonard et al, 2021;Yoon, 2021;Caggiano and Landau, 2022;Brown et al, 2023;Vela Almeida et al, 2023).…”

“…More recently, proposals for different policy packages and deals have been introduced, which have been fundamental in efforts to preserve ecology and fight climate change (Mastini et al, 2021;Vela Almeida et al, 2023). The most important of these deals are those formed within the European Union, Great Britain, the United States, and Canada, as well as in China, South Korea, and Latin America (Bloomfield and Steward, 2020;MacArthur et al, 2020;Chen and Li, 2021;Leonard et al, 2021;Yoon, 2021;Caggiano and Landau, 2022;Brown et al, 2023;Vela Almeida et al, 2023). The urgency of change was confirmed in the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement by a number of countries (Falkner, 2016), which the European Union legislatively transformed into the European Green Deal ( Barry and Hoyne, 2021).…”

“…The urgency of change was confirmed in the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement by a number of countries (Falkner, 2016), which the European Union legislatively transformed into the European Green Deal ( Barry and Hoyne, 2021). This is considered to be the first published state-run obligation towards climate neutrality (Vela Almeida et al, 2023).…”