This event is part of the CIVICA Public Lecture Series Tours d'Europe.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a geopolitical turning point for the European Union, with implications on the energy market. The Hertie School will host a conversation between researchers and experts on the European Green Deal and the impact of the new geopolitical challenges on climate action.
Speakers will talk about the implications of the security developments on the “Fit for 55” package – a set of proposals to cut emissions and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 –, which EU institutions and member states are due to finalise over the next months. This raises the question if and how the altered context will change the EU’s approach to tackling climate change.
The peaking energy prices and the rising defence expenditures affect the affordability and social cohesion of the Green Deal’s emission reduction targets. Complementarities between climate and security policies exist, for example in speeding up the deployment of renewables, but there are also trade-offs in the use of coal power plants to substitute natural gas in the short term.
Join us to discuss and learn more on the future of EU climate and security policy with researchers, practitioners and experts from CIVICA universities and beyond!
The language of the event is English.
Speakers
Christian Flachsland, Professor of Sustainability and Director of the Centre for Sustainability, Hertie School
Mauro Petriccione, Director-General of DG CLIMA, European Commission
Geneviève Pons, Director General and Vice President, Europe Jacques Delors
Jesse Scott, Director of International Programmes, Agora Energiewende
John Szabó, PhD researcher, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University
Moderator
Sabrina Schulz, Executive Director, Sustainable Development Solutions Network Germany
This event is hosted in the framework of CIVICA
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This event is part of the CIVICA Public Lecture Series Tours d’Europe. CIVICA brings together eight leading European higher education institutions in the social sciences to mobilise and share knowledge as a public good and to facilitate civic responsibility in Europe and beyond. CIVICA was selected by the European Commission as one of the pilot European Universities under Erasmus+.
