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Social Justice and the European Green Deal
The European Green Deal agenda will change the lives of millions of European citizens. This is not without certain risks, but also social opportunities that must be anticipated and adapted to the realities of the different European countries.
About the event
With just a few months to go before the end of president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen’s first term in office, it’s time to look ahead to the next phase of the Green Deal. Against a backdrop of rising energy prices, growing social inequalities and the risk of an anti-Green Deal backlash, we need to take stock of the social justice issues at stake in the context of the Green Deal. 5 years after the Gilets Jaunes movement, the Green European foundation, in partnership with the Fondation de l’écologie politique, is bringing together key players from French environmental civil society to discuss these issues, from a European perspective.
Project background
This event is part of the Green European Foundation’s project A Just Green deal and Beyond. The first focus of this project is based on proposals of the green family to integrate ambitiously the social dimension, so to work on a ‘Just Green Deal’. The second level will ‘Go Beyond’ the Green Deal and mobilize future-oriented concepts such as Sustainable Welfare, related to an Ecological Welfare State and the operational concept of Universal Public Services.
Programme
9:25am: Introductory remarks by Kévin Puisieux, Director of the Fondation de l’Écologie Politiqu
9:30am-10:15am Round table 1: Social justice in the transition. 5 years after the Gilets Jaunes, what’s at stake?
- Amandine Lebreton, Director, Pacte du pouvoir de vivre
- Solange Martin, sociologist at ADEME
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Round table 2: Social justice in the European Green Deal: from the social fund to ETS 2, the challenges of the next five years in Brussels
- Neil Makaroff, co-director of Strategic Perspectives
- Thomas Pellerin Carlin, Program Director – European Climate Investments, Cleantech at I4CE (Institute for climate economics)
11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Round table 3: Looking ahead to 2035, how can we achieve a just transition regarding cars?
- Marie Chéron, Vehicle Policy Manager, Transport & Environnement France
- Kévin Puisieux, Director, Fondation de l’Écologie Politique
12:30 pm: Concluding remarks by Dirk Holemans, Director of Oïkos, Flemish-Belgian environmental foundation, co-president of the Green European Foundation.
Practicalities
Date and Time: 20th of December, 9:30 to 12:30
Location: Atelier Beaubourg, 7 Rue Geoffroy l’Angevin, 75004 Paris, France
Language: French
Registration: Please register here
This event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Fondation de l’écologie politique and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.