The December Communication on the Green New Deal – in the words of the EC President presented as the “man on the moon moment” of the European Union – outlines the steps to shape the European Union climate strategy for the years to come. Yet, it goes well beyond climate, including premises for a new economic paradigm to achieve a “fair and prosperous society, with a modern resource-efficient and competitive economy” based on the principle of carbon-neutrality and the decoupling of economic growth from an unsustainable use of natural resources, in line with the UN Agenda 2030. [...]