A petition calling for a green recovery fund to rebuild Europe’s economies reaches more than one million signatures as budget talks take centre stage in Brussels.

EU leaders will soon sketch out Europe’s long-term response to the covid-19 crisis. For now, we know that Europeans want to paint it green.

1.2 million people have joined an appeal for the EU to launch “the biggest green investment plan the world has ever seen” today.

Sign the petition on avaaz, WeMove Europe, or SumOfUs

The fund needs to help people pull through the covid-19 crisis, create new jobs and make our economy more resilient to future shocks resulting from the ongoing climate and environmental crises, the NGOs behind the petition said.

The Green10 coalition*, composed of ten of the largest environmental organisations in Europe, urged lawmakers to invest hundreds of billions in renovating homes, scaling up renewable energy, restoring natural habitats, boosting public transport and zero-emission mobility, and greening agriculture.

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