The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans
The Green Agenda for the Western Balkans

Author(s): Sava Mitrović
Subject(s): Environmental and Energy policy
Published by: Centar za Evropske Politike CEP
Keywords: environment in Western Balkans;
Summary/Abstract: By signing the Sofia Declaration on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans in October 2020, leaders from the region rec­ognised the importance of the European Green Deal (EGD), which is the EU's new growth strategy towards a modern, cli­mate neutral, resource-efficient and competitive economy. In order for this acknowledgement to materialise in practice, the leaders of the Western Balkans (WB) also agreed to incorporate elements of the EGD into all interrelated sectors and policies, based on the European Commission's Guidelines, with the com­mon goal of developing carbon-neutral and sustainable econo­mies in the region. Given that it has been a year and a half since the Sofia Summit, it is warranted to break down the complex no­tion of the Green Agenda and analyse whether and to what ex­tent it has the potential to truly induce changes in the Western Balkans. Therefore, the paper presents key issues identified in the five pillars of the Green Agenda, examines certain cross-cut­ting aspects of the green transition that could be essential for achieving a climate-neutral Western Balkans, and provides con­crete measures and proposals for effective Green Agenda imple­mentation.

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