General framework of European energy policy and its progress towards climate neutrality

Abstract

This article reviews the most relevant aspects of the European Union's energy policy. Its origin, the main advances and the steps to be taken to consolidate the decarbonisation of the economy by 2050. The article concludes with some final considerations regarding the need to establish a new economic policy where regulation acquires a large-scale dimension.

Keywords:

decarbonisation, climate change, energy sector, European Green Deal, Green Deal Industrial Plan, net zero emission technologies

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