The EU in a Multidimensional Regime: The Regulation of Climate Neutrality

This work assesses the potential effectiveness and impact of the European Green Deal (EGD) and the consequent European Climate Law in the local, regional, national, intra-community, and international relations of the European Union (EU) in terms of climate change and its effects in the medium term. The article is developed under the dogmatic decision theoretical framework of the EGD. The general objective of the chapter is to discuss the innovations and effectiveness of the premises of the EGD as the EU’s guiding policy in achieving environmentally sustainable development, especially in the field of climate change and its effects. As specific objectives, the chapter aims to analyze (i) the European initiatives on climate change and the paradigm of the highest-level protection and (ii) the European Climate Law and the enforcement of climate change policies.