Kein Ende des grünen Kolonialismus:: Der Europäische Green Deal reproduziert die Abhängigkeiten von Afrika

Simone Claar

doi:10.32387/prokla.v51i202.1931

Authors

Simone Claar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v51i202.1931

Keywords:

European Green Deal, Hydrogen, Biodiversity, Europe-Africa Relationship, social-ecological transformation

Abstract

Europe is embarking on a European Green Deal (EGD) and setting new standards for a green economic paradigm. However, there are aspects within the EGD that cannot be resolved in Europe alone. The article discusses the approaches of the EU-Africa strategy in the EGD in the fields of hydrogen and biodiversity. It shows that the existing asymmetric relationship between Africa and the EU is manifested, it will be difficult to introduce African ideas of a socio-ecological transformation.

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