Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Social
• Governance

Social Achievements

• Improved life expectancy for both men and women over the last five decades.
• Increased employment rate of older workers (aged 55-64) from 44.1% in 2009 to 59.1% in 2019.

Governance Achievements

• Proposed EU4Health programme to support Member States in building up capacity and preparedness in healthcare.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Ageing population and shrinking working-age population.
• Pressure on public budgets due to increased age-related spending.
• Shortages of professional staff in health and long-term care sectors.
• Uneven impact of demographic change across different regions.
• Twin challenge of low income and rapidly declining population in some regions.
• Growing burden of chronic diseases.
• Old-age poverty.
• Gender pay gap and lower employment rates for women.
• Low employment rate for people with disabilities.
• Insufficient digital skills and uneven access to the internet.
• Decreasing number of young farmers.

Mitigation Strategies

• Boosting the employment rate of women.
• Bringing older workers into employment.
• Investing in the qualifications of people with low educational levels.
• Making lifelong learning a reality for all.
• Attracting skills and talent from abroad.
• Investing in resilient health systems through EU4Health programme.
• Implementing the Farm to Fork Strategy for better dietary choices.
• Implementing the Beating Cancer Plan.
• Improving working conditions in the long-term care sector.
• Investing in infrastructure and services through cohesion policy.
• Promoting community-led local development.
• Implementing the European Green Deal and stepping up its Green Deal diplomacy.
• Addressing the digital divide through investment in digital skills and infrastructure.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Climate change impacts on migration patterns

Opportunities

• Green transition creating new business models and ways of working