Prof. Koundouri speech at Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists,
Opening Ceremony and Plenary Keynote on The European Green Deal, Date Time: Jun 26, 2020 10:00 CET
THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE – KEYNOTE PLENARY AT EAERE2020
26 June 2020 – 26 June 2020
Location: ONLINE
Organizer: EAERE Policy Outreach Committee
Time: 10:45-12:15
The session organized by the EAERE Policy Outreach Committee (POC) as part of the EAERE Plenary intends to discuss the features of the European Green Deal in the framework of the post-Covid policies. The EU has decided to green its new overall economic policy: priority is being given to climate neutrality by 2050, to biodiversity, the circular economy, and greening will be pursued in well established sectoral policies such as on energy, transport, innovation, agriculture, as well as on its budget and finance. The Covid reality has suddenly but profoundly changed the social, economic and political reality all over Europe. The heart of this discussion is the European budget and the Recovery Fund. The POC session will discuss to what extent the world looks different after several months of living with the Covid virus, from a perspective of reaching the climate targets, but even more importantly from the viewpoint of realizing the political ambition of the EU Green Deal. In line with the aim of the EAERE POC, particular attention will be devoted to the most suitable policies that should be implemented for an effective Green Deal and to the kinds of investments that are needed for the EU Green Deal to achieve its goals.
Organizers: Simone Borghesi, European University Institute; Jos Delbeke, European University Institute, KU Leuven
Chairs: Simone Borghesi, European University Institute, University of Siena; Jos Delbeke, European University Institute, KU Leuven
Keynote speakers:
Alexander Stubb, Director and Professor, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute. Former Prime, Finance and Foreign Minister of Finland.
Peter Vis, Senior Adviser at Rud Pedersen Public Affairs, Brussels; Former official at the European Commission
Panelists: Thomas Sterner, EfD Environment for Development initiative, University of Gothenburg;
Herman Vollebergh, Tilburg University and Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency;
Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business;
Ben Groom, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and and Political Science;
Andrea Tilche, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission;
Dominique Bureau, General Delegate of the Economic council for sustainable development, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France;
Aldo Ravazzi Douvan, Italian Ministry of Environment – Sogesid TA – OECD/WPEP – GBE – University of Roma Tor Vergata;
Xavier Labandeira Villot, Universidade de Vigo;
Ottmar Edenhofer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Technische Universität Berlin