European Green Deal beyond the Brussels climate bubble

How can the European Green Deal be implemented beyond Brussels?

Date and time: 2 December 2021 10:50-16:15

Speakers

Shahin Vallée

Head, Geo-Economics Program, German Council of Foreign Relations,

Philipp Steinberg

Director-General of Economic Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany

Marc Vanheukelen

EU Ambassador at large for Climate Diplomacy, Former EU Ambassador to the WTO,

Marie Le Mouel

Policy officer, European Commission, DG Clima

Nolan Theisen

Climate and Energy Fellow, GLOBSEC Policy Institute,

Susi Dennison

Senior policy fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations,

Michael Losch

Special Envoy for Green Industrial Policy, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austria,

Thomas Pellerin-Carlin

Director of the Jacques Delors Energy Centre, Jacques Delors Institute,

Michal Horvath

Chief economist, National Bank of Slovakia,

Lara Lázaro

Senior Analyst, Energy and Climate Programme, Elcano Royal Institute,

Sarah Coupechoux

Responsible for Europe, Fondation Abbé Pierre,

Video and audio recordings

Achieving the ambitious European climate targets will require substantially broadening the agenda and the circle of involved actors. The European Green Deal can only be successful when non-EU countries, industry, social partners, central banks, national policymakers, and many other actors support, or at least not obstruct, the transformation.

In this high-level pan-European conference, we brought together key EU think-tanks, national government representatives and European policymakers to discuss the priority green-deal policies that go beyond classic Brussels-based environmental regulations. We reflected on the main outcomes of COP26 in the context of the coherent EU action.