This article examines the geopolitical dimensions of the EU Green Deal beyond the EU zone, particularly focusing on the implications for the Global South. We find how the EU acts in key policy arenas of diplomacy, trade and investment leading to the ‘greening’ of the empire as it reproduces colonial economic and political power while fundamentally maintaining a status quo. We argue that the EGD is the latest discursive strategy for the ‘greening’ of empire through four registers: (1) turning ecological crises into profitable opportunities; (2) portraying the EU as a ‘moral’ intervener; (3) building on a ‘green’ “will to improve”; and (4) securitizing and consolidating the empire.
Vela-Almeida, D. V., Kolinjivadi, V., Ferrando, T., Roy, B., Herrera, H., Gonçalves, M. V., & Van Hecken, G. (2023). The “Greening” of Empire: The European Green Deal as the EU first agenda. Political Geography, 105, 102925.
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