The elections to the European Parliament in 2024 will shape the political direction of the EU over the next five years and therefore represent a decisive moment. In this series, GMF experts discuss the impact of the election on EU policy in key areas, consider what can - and should - be done before the election, and outline potential post-election scenarios. This article deals with issues related to climate change. The European Green Deal, launched in December 2019 immediately after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took office, was a major success for her outgoing Commission and the European Parliament. To put the bloc on track to meet its 2030 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55 % compared to 1990 levels and reaching net zero by 2050, the EU has introduced a set of climate and energy laws that touch almost every policy area . And despite strong headwinds – first the COVID-19 pandemic and then the war on Europe's borders – the bloc's politicians have stayed the course. They have turned crisis into opportunity, making green and digital innovation central to the post-pandemic recovery package and using their refusal to import Russian gas and oil to boost domestic renewable energy production, energy efficiency and energy security. (Hannah AbdullahMegan Richards, more at gmfus.org)