Green New Deal (GND) proposals call for public policy to address climate change, along with achieving other social aims like job creation, economic growth, and reducing economic inequality.
Since the early 2000s, and especially since 2018, proposals for a "Green New Deal" had arisen both in the United States and internationally.[4][5][6][7]
The first U.S. politician to run on a Green New Deal platform was Howie Hawkins of the Green Party when he ran for governor of New York in 2010.[8] Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein ran on a Green New Deal platform in 2012 and 2016.[9]
^Hilary French, Michael Renner and Gary Gardner: Toward a Transatlantic Green New DealArchived March 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine The authors state: "Support is growing around the world for an integrated response to the current economic and environmental crises, increasingly referred to as the "Green New Deal". The term is a modern-day variation of the U.S. New Deal, an ambitious effort launched by President Franklin Roosevelt to lift the United States out of the Great Depression. The New Deal of that era entailed a strong government role in economic planning and a series of stimulus packages launched between 1933 and 1938 that created jobs through ambitious governmental programs, including the construction of roads, trails, dams, and schools. Today's Green New Deal proposals are also premised on the importance of decisive governmental action, but incorporate policies to respond to pressing environmental challenges through a new paradigm of sustainable economic progress."