This report provides a comprehensive overview of the European Union’s clean transition as a pathway towards competitiveness. Adopting a systems-thinking perspective, it examines how coordinated action across climate, energy, circular economy, mobility, agri-food systems, biodiversity and ecosystems protection can contribute to a more resilient and resource-secure Europe.
The report identifies evidence-informed enablers to strengthen long-term competitiveness while delivering on the EU’s climate and environmental ambitions. In doing so, the report further emphasises the enabling role of innovation, research and technological development in accelerating the uptake of clean technologies and enabling the transformation of production and consumption systems. In parallel, it examines the implications of global supply-chain vulnerabilities and critical raw materials dependencies, highlighting geopolitical pressures on the EU’s strategic autonomy. Finally, the report identifies a set of cross-cutting enabling conditions necessary to support transformative change across sectors and governance levels. These include the mobilisation of private and public investments, strengthened research and innovation ecosystems, education and skills development, improved monitoring and data systems, enhanced policy coherence across domains and governance levels, climate adaptation and resilience, a regenerative economy, and the advancement of a fair and inclusive clean transition. Together, these horizontal dimensions are presented as foundational conditions for enabling coordinated implementation of sustainable competitiveness, towards a prosperous and climate-neutral economy.
MARELLI Luisa;
GASTALDI Chiara;
TRANE Matteo;
GUERREIRO MIGUEL Mecia;
DELGADO CALLICÓ Laia;
BORCHARDT Steve;
BARBERO VIGNOLA Giulia;
ACS Szvetlana;
GEORGAKAKI Aliki;
GOURDON Thomas;
SEIGNEUR Isabelle;
M'BAREK Robert;
LISTORTI Giulia;
MANCINI Lucia;
PASQUALINO Roberto;
SANYE MENGUAL Esther;
MARONI Michele;
BELTRAN MIRALLES Manuel;
CISCAR MARTINEZ Juan Carlos;
CISTERNINO Stefano;
DENTENER Frank;
EL MELIGI Andrea;
MUNOZ-PINEIRO Maria Amalia;
PETRILLO Mauro;
SALA Serenella;
SEIGNEURIC Renaud;
BOSCO Simona;
DOWLING Paul;
GRASSI Giacomo;
KLENERT David;
KOROSUO Anu;
KRAWCZYK Michal;
MANCA Giovanni;
MIGLIAVACCA Mirco;
NEUWAHL Frederik;
ORDONEZ Jose;
SIKORA Przemyslaw;
WEITZEL Matthias;
ACOSTA IBORRA Beatriz;
ARRIGONI Alessandro;
BAVETTA Maurizio;
BLAGOEVA Darina;
BOLARD Julien;
CARLSSON Johan;
CASTELLAZZI Luca;
DAGOSTINO Delia;
DELLA VALLE Nives;
DOLCI Francesco;
DUNLOP Ewan Duncan;
FUETTERER Michael;
HORMIGOS FELIU Clara;
JAEGER-WALDAU Arnulf;
MADUTA Carmen;
MAENHOUT Greet;
MARTIN Oliver;
MC GOVERN Lucie;
MORETTO Pietro;
SZABO Sandor;
TAPOGLOU Evdokia;
TAYLOR Nigel;
TSEMEKIDI TZEIRANAK Sofia;
TOLEIKYTE Agne;
WEIDNER Eveline;
BRUNS Hendrik;
EDER Peter;
GAUDILLAT Pierre;
GARCIA JOHN Enrique;
LAMBERT Caroline;
MARSCHINSKI Robert;
MATHIEUX Fabrice;
SAVEYN Hans;
TONINI Davide;
BUFFI Marco;
CIUFFO Biagio;
FONTARAS Georgios;
KRAUSE Jette;
MARTINI Giorgio;
MOTOLA Vincenzo;
CATARINO Rui;
LEITE Joao;
DE JONG Beyhan;
DE LAURENTIIS Valeria;
DUPOUX Marion;
GURRIA Patricia;
NOHLEN Hannah;
PROIETTI Ilaria;
TÓTH Katalin;
BARREDO Jose I.;
CARDOSO Ana Cristina;
DRUON Jean-Noel;
DUBOIS Gregoire;
GUERRERO FERNANDEZ Irene;
GUILLEN Jordi;
JONES Arwyn;
NEUVILLE Aude;
ORGIAZZI Alberto;
PANAGOS Panos;
PETRACCO Marco;
QUATRINI Simone;
ROBUCHON Marine;
VAN DER VELDE Marijn;
BELZ Susanne;
ALBIZZATI Paola Federica;
BUSCHKE Falko;
CAPITANI Claudia;
CHIORRINI Andrea;
HAMBERG Jan;
MILIOS Leonidas;
MUBAREKA Sarah Betoul;
PENNINGTON David;
VALENZANO Annarita;
WALKER Anna;
WAGNER Aymara;
WIERZGALA Piotr;
BATTISTELLA Luca;
BELIS Claudio;
CAMIA Andrea;
CLERICI Marco;
FERRARI Emanuele;
LA NOTTE Alessandra;
MANFREDI Simone;
MARIN FERRER Montserrat;
MURAUSKAITE-BULL Ingrida;
REGA Carlo;
ROGGERI Paolo;
ROMAN Rosa;
SCHIEVANO Andrea;
ZEPHAROVICH Elena;
COSGROVE Judith;
DE PRATO Giuditta;
FABIANI Josefina;
FERNÁNDEZ CRUZADO Ana;
NAVAJAS CAWOOD Elena;
NEPELSKI Daniel;
SCHADE Sven;
VESPE Michele;
COTIGNANO Giacomo;
FATICA Serena;
LONDON Melina;
LUETKEHERMOELLER Katharina;
PICKARD GARCIA Nicolas;
BENCZUR Peter;
BOSKOVIC Ana;
CICCOLINI Giuseppe;
DE AGOSTINI Paola;
DREONI Ilda;
JOOSSENS Elisabeth;
KOUKOUFIKIS Georgios;
LE BLANC Julia;
MAIER ESSINGER Sofia;
PARKANYI Balazs;
ROKICKI Bartlomiej;
JENSEN Kathrine;
KOURTI Naouma;
MATTI Cristian;
PAPINI Andrea;
PARUOLO Paolo;
BLACK Catriona;
CARLOTTI Monica;
DELGADO CALLICÓ Laia;
TRANE Matteo;
2026-06-16
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC147029
978-92-68-39946-0 (online),
978-92-68-39955-2 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
EUR 40733,
OP KJ-01-26-232-EN-N (online),
OP KJ-01-26-232-EN-C (print),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC147029,
10.2760/6648758 (online),
10.2760/3695452 (print),
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