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SUMMARY:Ecopolis 2025: Fair(er) Futures Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us in Brussels on 28-29 November 2025 for Ecopolis 2025\, where imagination meets action. Discover a day of inspiring talks\, artistic performances and conversations about how to build fairer and more sustainable futures together. \n\nAbout the Event\nEcopolis is the perfect annual day to meet people who care about a sustainable future. Because ecological challenges knows no national or linguistic borders\, Ecopolis is diverse\, international and interactive. \nEcopolis invites Belgian and international authors to debate the transition towards a socio-ecological society. Inspiring books\, documentaries and debates between writers\, academics and civil society thinkers about ecology\, economy and society are at the heart of Ecopolis. \nThe 2025 edition of Ecopolis presents a vibrant programme of discussions\, interviews\, and interactive formats at the crossroads of ecology\, culture\, and social justice. Four central guests form the heart of the festival\, surrounded by writers\, artists\, thinkers\, and activists who challenge us to imagine and build fairer futures together. Take part in a writing workshop\, contribute ideas for a constitution for the world\, or discuss what fair artificial intelligence could look like. Themes such as climate justice\, queer ecology\, and the power of imagination run throughout the programme\, connecting personal reflection with collective action. \nSpeakers\nThe 2025 edition\, themed “Fair(er) Futures”\, will feature four keynote speakers addressing the intersections of justice\, imagination\, and change: \n\nJoyeeta Gupta\, on building a global constitution for social justice\, ecological sustainability\, and solidarity\nJens Meijen\, on the promises and perils of artificial intelligence.\nKes Otter Lieffe\, on queer forms of resistance and belonging.\nJonas Staal\, on the power of imagination in collective climate action.\n\nProgramme\n28/11 \n\n18:00 – 21:30 : (Climate) Propaganda Training (workshop)\, Jonas Staal\n19:00 : Writing from the Margins (workshop)\, Joyeeta Gupta\n\n29/11 \n\n10:30 – 12:30 : Ecological justice and active hope (panel discussion) Joyeeta Gupta\, Jonas Staal\, Kes Otter Lieffe\, Jens Meijen\n\nParallel sessions \n\n13:30 – 15:00 : Global Constitution Project (workshop) Joyeeta Gupta\n13:30 – 15:00 : Towards comradeship between earth workers Jonas Staal\, Laura Herman\n13:30 – 15:00 : Queer Resistance/Building a Home Together in Times of Crisis Kes Otter Lieffe\n13:30 – 15:00 : AI: time for a wake-up call (Fishbowl talk) Jens Meijen\n13:30 – 15:00 : Lobby Tour (walk)\n13:30 – 15:00 : Sonoreille (walk) Forsiti’A\n\nParallel sessions \n\n15:30 – 17:00 : Climate justice and fair planetary boundaries (talk) Joyeeta Gupta\, David Van Reybrouck\n15:30 – 17:00 : Beyond Attenborough: Who narrates our planet’s future? (talk+film) Jonas Staal\n15:30 – 17:00 : We are not a book club (reading group) Kes Otter Lieffe\, Deno Vogelaers\n15:30 – 17:00 : Can literature save the world? The power of fiction in times of climate change (panel discussion\, in Dutch) Jens Meijen\, Gry Ulstein\, Emma Zuiderveen\, Fiep van Bodegom (moderator)\n15:30 – 17:00 : Lobby Tour (walk)\n15:30 – 17:00 : Sonoreille (walk) Forsiti’A\n17:30 – 18:30 : Closing moment (comedy) Cass J Hebron\n\nPracticalities \nDate: 28-29 November 2025Location: Brussels (venues include De Markten\, Muntpunt\, Kaaistudios\, and De Munt)Languages: Sessions will take place in English and DutchRegistration: you may purchase your ticket to this link  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is organised in collaboration with the Green European Foundation\, with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/ecopolis-2025-fairer-future-festival/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Panel discussion,Round Table,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Enough: Thriving Societies Beyond Growth (Belfast)
DESCRIPTION:About the event:\nWho is afraid of degrowth? The term alone throws mainstream opinion makers and many economists in Europe into a panic. Growth is the lubricant of capitalism. We are told that if the economy is growing\, all is well. But what do we mean by growth? Should everything keep growing endlessly? The ecological crisis shows that infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. Meanwhile\, the current economic system fails to secure livelihoods and exacerbates inequalities. There is an alternative to this self-destructive system: an economy of enough\, which would provide for everyone’s basic needs while addressing greed and overconsumption. Europe has the potential to lead the ecological transition – but we need to envision a different economy\, rooted in a new paradigm\, before we can build it. \nIn Enough\, the authors build on the work of visionaries\, both past and present\, recognising that Earth is on loan to us from future generations. They explore how societies can thrive without depending on economic growth. The essay presents a compelling vision: fewer private jets\, less inequality\, fewer burnouts\, and reduced waste\, alongside more quality of life\, more time for each other\, more sustainable products\, and a healthier planet. In other words\, it provides the keys to imagining a different Europe – one that ensures a good life for everyone within the planet’s limits. \nAt this roundtable\, we will discuss some of the key themes and proposals put forward by the book and the post-growth community more broadly. As Europe is once again eyeing austerity and conservative and even far-right forces have captured key levels of government and institutions\, what pathways remain for this crucial transition? How can we mobilize societies for such deep and rapid change? What are the key levers and obstacles to translating the environmental science around the limits to growth into concrete action? \n\nProject background:\nIn early 2024\, GEF released Enough: Thriving Societies Beyond Growth. This publication sought to spotlight many of the ideas that the foundation has been exploring on post-growth and a just green and social deal\, presenting them in an accessible and inspiring booklet. Now\, we are taking it on a tour to spark conversations across the continent on how Europe can reconcile social and ecological justice in a wellbeing project for all. \n\nProgramme and speakers\nThis interactive roundtable will provide plenty of space for audience input\, questions\, and reactions. They will be accompanied by invited experts: \n\nDirk Holemans – Honorary President of the Green European Foundation and author of “Enough: Thriving Societies Beyond Growth”\nDr. Amanda Slevin – Director of the Centre for Sustainability\, Equality and Climate Action at Queens University Belfast\nProf. John Barry – Professor of Green Political Economy at Queens University Belfast and co-chair of the Belfast Climate Commission\n\n\nPracticalities\nDate and Time: Monday\, December 9th (19:00 – 21:00 GMT)\nLocation: Peter Frogatt Centre\, Room 02/018\, Queen’s University Belfast\, 7-9 College Park East\, Belfast\nLanguage: English\nRegistration: Please register in advance via this link. \n  \n\nThis roundtable is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Green Foundation Ireland and QUB’s Centre for Sustainability\, Equality and Climate Action and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/enough-thriving-societies-beyond-growth-belfast/
LOCATION:Peter Frogatt Centre\, Room 02/018\, Queen’s University Belfast\, 7-9 College Park East\, Belfast\, College Park East 9\, Belfast\, BT7 1PS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Round Table
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SUMMARY:Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe (Sofia)
DESCRIPTION:About the event:\nGEF is hosting a festive launch event in Sofia to spotlight the Bulgarian edition of our publication “Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe.” This will be followed by an expert roundtable delving deeper into the policy dilemmas and potential synergies of Europe’s ecological and geopolitical security. Both events will bring together green activists\, experts\, researchers\, policymakers\, and civil society representatives\, including inputs and interventions from other parts of Europe. \n\nProject background:\nIn the project “Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe”\, the Green European Foundation and its partners explored the tensions between degrowth/post-growth and geopolitics. The project worked to ignite a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy\, who now often operate in separate circuits. Find out more about the project and its findings at geopoliticspostgrowth.eu. \n\nProgramme and speakers:\nFestive book launch and reception (Saturday\, 30 November\, 13:00 – 14:30)\nWith speeches and interventions by: \n\nNatalie Bennett\, Green member of the UK House of Lords and member of the editorial board of the Green European Journal\nCarlos Teixeira\, co-president of Instituto José Tengarrinha\, Portugal\nDaniela Bojinova\, Direct Participation Expert and Democracy International Board Member\, Co-Chair\, Bulgarian Green Movement\n\nExpert roundtable: Geopolitical versus Ecological Security? Green policy dilemmas at a time of wars and pressure against European democratic values (Sunday\, 1 December\, 9:00 – 10:30) \n\nKeynote presentation by Richard Wouters (Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks)\nModerated by Pavel Antonov (BlueLink)\nDiscussants include: Daniela Bojinova (Direct Participation Expert and Democracy International Board Member\, Co-Chair of the Bulgarian Green Movement)\, Borislav Sandov (former Deputy Prime Minister\, Climate Policies)\, Magdalena Maleeva (Founder\, Gorichka.bg)\, Dimitar Sabev (Green Economist\, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)\, Assen Nenov (Degrowth/Postgrowth Expert\, Climate Fresc and Circular Economy Institute)\n\n\nPracticalities:\nDate and Time: November 30th (13:00-14:30) & December 1st (9:00-10:30) \nLocation: Krasno Selo Culture House\, Sofia \nLanguage: The event will take place primarily in Bulgarian\, with some interventions in English. Whisper translation will be provided where necessary. \nRegistration: Both events are open to the general public\, but you can register in advance via this link. \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of BlueLink and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/geopolitics-of-a-post-growth-europe-sofia/
LOCATION:Krasno Selo Culture House\, Sofia\, Sofia\, 1618\, Bulgaria
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Round Table
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SUMMARY:Green deal and Beyond II (Skopje)
DESCRIPTION:About the event:\nIn the face of multiple crises – geopolitical\, climate and energy\, but also the very erosion of Europe’s social fabric by its outdated economic model – what should the Greens bring to the table to ensure that the European Green Deal (EGD) switches to the next gear into a social EGD or EGD 2.0? This session will bring together voices and expertise from politics and civil society to lay bare the flaws and limitations of the current Green Deal and propose the pathways we need to explore to make a Green Deal worthy of its name. \nThe Green Deal is a comprehensive progressive plan to combat the climate disaster while eliminating socio-economic inequalities in the country. The plan is a strategic framework for collective action towards transforming the functioning of the economic and energy system by creating thousands of low-carbon jobs for a better life for all living beings in harmony with nature. The same principles that will apply to EU member states by European Green Deal are mirrored in the region by the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans. \nIn the Green Agenda document regarding the circular economy\, the countries of the Western Balkans will strive to contribute to the protection of the environment and the minimization of the amount of waste generated in the region\, while with a large set of activities to be committed to the depollution of the air\, water and soil. \nIn proposing this project as a transnational project\, we see a huge importance not only in empowering citizens to engage with topics of our interest (climate\, energy\, water\, biodiversity\, health)\, but also in strengthening linkages between the Greens across Europe and engaged citizens\, with the purpose of making them more relevant\, inclusive and connected with social groups and movements. \nGuests and experts from academic and practical backgrounds will share their expertise with the participants and enable an exchange of ideas and concepts. \nOn this event we will discuss with experts\, institutions\, NGOs and activists on the perspectives of the Green Agenda for the WB. \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of the Green European Foundation’s project 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. \n  \nSpeakers\n\nEwa Sufin Jaquemart\, Strefa Zieleni\, Poland and Board member of GEF\nVanja Djinlev\, Scientific assistant and researcher\, Transdisciplinary Lab (TdLab)\, ETH Zurich\, Switzerland\nZekija Memedova Hristova – speaker and researcher – Association SUNRISE\n\n  \nProgramme \n10:00-12:00 Introduction to GEF projects and research – Ewa Sufin Jaquemart\, Strefa Zieleni\, Poland and Board member of GEF \n10:00-12:00 Green European Deal and Transition of the Energy Sector – Vanja Djinlev\, Scientific assistant and researcher\, Transdisciplinary Lab (TdLab)\, ETH Zurich\, Switzerland \n12:00-12:30 Coffee Break \n12:30-13:30 European Green Deal and Energy Democracy – Zekija Memedova Hristova \n13:30-14:00 Summarizing and conclusions \n14:00-15:00 Lunch and departure \nWorking language: Macedonian\, English \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 3rd December\, 10am-15:00pm CET \nLocation: Skopje \nLanguage:  The main language of the event will be Macedonian \nPlease note this is a closed-doors event. \n  \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-deal-and-beyond-skopje-2/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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SUMMARY:Citizens Assemblies in Action (Skopje)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nBoth the climate and energy crises are at their peak across Europe and very often policymakers are required to make quick and short-notice decisions based on the executive power they gained through elections. In many cases the voices and needs of citizens are not properly represented and recognized as it appears that crisis mode does not allow sufficient time nor resources to allow a deeper democratic process. \nCitizen’s assemblies have the potential to empower citizens to engage in a diverse of topics (climate\, energy\, water\, biodiversity\, health)\, but also to strengthening linkages between the Greens across Europe and engaged citizens\, with the purpose of making them more relevant\, inclusive and connected with social groups and movements. \nGuests and experts from academic and practical backgrounds will share their expertise with the participants and enable an exchange of ideas and concepts. \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of the Green European Foundation’s project Green deal for All – Citizens Assemblies in Action. The emergence of assemblies across Europe is a symptom which shows that citizens don’t feel sufficiently involved in policy making or decision-making processes that relate to the green transition. Citizen assemblies emerge as a form of civic deliberation to underline the societal dimension of the green transition policies present in the European Green Deal\, to reflect the full spectrum of society and very often to boost local or national decision makers who often don’t have sufficient legitimacy to take more ambitious\, bolder actions. \nThis project aims to increase the knowledge on the work of citizen assemblies\, their methodologies\, successes and failures\, but also to work proactively with them or create the supportive conditions for the emergence of new ones. Not only with the purpose of building public ownership over tough choices to be taken\, but also to democratize climate action across Europe. \n  \nSpeakers\nEwa Sufin Jaquemart\, Strefa Zieleni\, Poland and Board member of GEF \nHristijan Stanoevikj – SUNRISE Association \nVedran Horvat – IPE Croatia – Board member of GEF and Leading partner of GEF project “Citizen’s Assemblies in Action” \nModerator Nevena Georgievska\, O2 Initiative and Independents for Karposh \nProgramme\n13:00-14:00 Registrations and welcome coffee \n14:00-14:20 Introduction of participants \n14:20-14:40 Introduction of Green European Foundation – Ewa Sufin Jaquemart\, Strefa Zieleni\, Poland and Board member of GEF \n14:40-15:10 Introduction to Citizens assemblies – Regional and European experiences\, Hristijan Stanoevikj – SUNRISE Association \n15:10-15:45 Vedran Horvat – IPE Croatia – Board member of GEF and Leading partner of GEF project “Citizen’s Assemblies in Action” \n15:45-16:00 Coffee Break \n16:00-18:00 Networking opportunities in green activism (Informal round table) – Moderator Nevena Georgievska Grad. Engineer\, O2 Initiative and Independents for Karposh \n18:00-21:00 Discussion and Networking Dinner \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 2nd December\, 13am-21:00pm CET \nLocation: Skopje \nLanguage: Macedonian and English \n  \nPlease note this roundtable is a closed event. \n  \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-deal-for-all-skopje/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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SUMMARY:Green deal and Beyond (Skopje)
DESCRIPTION:About\nThe European Green Deal (EGD) is a comprehensive plan to combat the climate crisis while eliminating socio-economic inequalities. This package of policy initiatives aims to transform our economic and energy system through collective action. \nThe Green Agenda for the Western Balkans reflects the same principles as the EGD for EU member states: In line with the EGD measures\, Western Balkans countries will work towards environmental protection\, waste reduction\, and the decontamination of air\, water\, and soil.  In this event\, we will discuss with experts\, NGOs and activists the perspectives of the development of the Green Agenda in the Western Balkans. \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of the Green European Foundation’s project 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. \n  \nAgenda\n12.00 – 12.30 Welcome coffee and registration12.30– 15.00 Roundtable discussion on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans and the European Green Deal15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break15.30 – 17.30 Conclusions and recommendations from the participants followed by individual speeches17.30 – 18.00 Break18.00 Dinner and discussion \nmoderated by Hristijan Stanoevikj\, ASSED Sunrise \n\nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 11th November\, 12pm- 19pm CET \nLocation: Skopje \nLanguage:  The main language of the event will be Macedonian \nPlease note this roundtable is a closed event. \n  \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/green-deal-and-beyond-skopje/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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SUMMARY:North-South Relations and the Post-Growth Challenge (Málaga)
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nThe Club of Rome report “The limits to growth” was published in 1972 . These 50 years have gradually confirmed the validity of the study. However\, despite the ever-closer risk of environmental and social collapse\, the main focus of the economy remains profit growth\, which is clearly unsustainable and profoundly unequal. In response to this crisis of the hegemonic socio-economic model\, the degrowth/post-growth movements advocate for an economic model that overcomes the ecological limits of the planet\, improves human well-being and reduces inequalities\, challenging the growth dogma. In Europe\, these movements are becoming increasingly popular among activists and scientists\, and the debate has even begun open up at the institutional level.         \nMoving away from growth may represent an opportunity for the EU to increase its resilience and reduce its energy and raw materials dependence. However\, this is something that undoubtedly poses important geopolitical and geostrategic challenges\, including that of North-South relations. How would the EU’s post-growth approach influence relations with the global South\, what would be the main tensions and synergies\, and what challenges will it face in establishing cooperative and equal relations with these countries? \nIn this expert meeting\, we will explore the advantages and also the challenges that the post-growth EU would face in its external relations with the Global South\, and more specifically with the African continent. To this end\, we will introduce into the equation the prospects of demographics and global population movements as a geopolitical factor\, and as an opportunity for European foreign policy to put human rights\, gender equality\, sustainability of life and care\, reduction of inequalities and a profound environmental transition at the centre.  \n  \nProject background\nThis event is part of GEF’s project Geopolitics of a Post-Growth Europe\, which explores the tensions between degrowth/post-growth and geopolitics. The project aims to ignite a conversation between critics of economic growth and progressive thinkers on foreign and security policy\, who now often operate in separate circuits. It aims to find solutions beyond naïve anti-militarism and convenient belief in green growth. Find out more about the project and its findings at geopoliticspostgrowth.eu.     \n  \nSpeakers\n \n\nItziar Ruiz-Giménez. Lecturer in International Relations at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Coordinator of the Group of African Studies and of the International Studies Group of this university. PhD in International Relations. Bachelor in Law and in Political Science. \nFrancisco Pineda. Director of the NGDO Paz y Desarrollo. Advisor in International Relations and Cooperation\, he has worked for 30 years in International Development Cooperation projects in Latin America\, Africa and Asia. \nMarcos Castro. Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Malaga. PhD in Economics and Master in Territorial and Urban Planning Policy. His lines of work are ecological economics\, critical economics and international cooperation. \nModerator: Carmen Molina. Biologist and expert in ecological agriculture \n\n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 12th September\, 7pm-8:30pm CEST  \nLocation: La Térmica (Avenida de los Guindos\, 48 – Málaga\, Spain)  \nLanguage: The main language of the event will be Spanish  \nRegistration: Open event. No prior registration is required  \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Fundación Transición Verde\, and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/north-south-relations-and-post-growth/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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SUMMARY:Regional adaptations to Climate Change (Thessalyregion)
DESCRIPTION:Context\nThe Green European Foundation with the support of the Green Institute Greece is implementing the project “Regional Adaptations to Climate Change” in 2022-23. \nThe aim of the project is to explore Adaptation plans of four Regions in Greece (North Aegean\, Thessaly\, Central Macedonia\, Peloponnese)\, in relation to the existing Regional Climate Change Adaptation Plans for each Region (PESPKA). \nDuring the next four months\, the events will focus on one region at a time\, with recommendations on how to improve adaptation plans and share best practies for other European countries facing similar climate impacts. \nProgram\n\n\n\n17:15-17:30\nArrival\n\n\n17:30 \nOpening Chair:  \nNikos Poutsiakas (member of the network of green local-governments\, partner of the Green Institute)\n\n\n17:30-18:00\nGreetings\n\n\n18:00-18:15\nIlias Gianniris (President of the Green Institute\, Conclusions from the Green Institute’s investigations on resilience and adaptation to climate change) \n \n\n\n18:15- 18:30 \nStavros Solomos (Researcher 3\, Atmospheric Physics and Climatology Research Center of the Academy of Athens\, Assessment of Expected Climate Changes in Thessaly)\n\n\n18:30- 18:45  \n \nPanagiotis Panagos (Research Officer at the European Commission\, The soil and its value for adaptation to climate change in relation to the Thessaly PESPKA)\n\n\n18:45-19:00 \nMylopoulos Nikitas (Professor\, Director of the Laboratory of Hydrology and Water Resources\, Department of Civil Engineering\, University of Thessaly\, “Water scarcity is politics: the example of Thessaly”)\n\n\n19:00-19:15 pm \nAntonis Skouloudis (Assistant Professor\, Dept. of the Environment\, University of the Aegean\, Investigating the flood resilience capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises-Report on the case of Ianos in Thessaly”)\n\n\n19:15-19:30 \nKonstantinos Vlachopoulos (Environmentalist\, MSc\, PhD Candidate in Population Ecology at the University of Thessaly\, Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of Thessaly)\n\n\n  \n19:30-19:45\n Argyropoulos Zisis (Chemist – Environmentalist “The climate future in Thessaly”)\n\n\n  \n19:45-20:00 \nVouros Panagiotis (Environmentalist\, The Regional Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change (PESPKA) of Thessaly)\n\n\n20:00-20:15 \nQuestions\n\n\n  \n20:15-20:25\nBreak\n\n\n  \n20:25-21:00 \nRound table with the participation of the speakers. Coordination: Nikos Poutsiakas \nEvaluation of the Thessaly PeSPKA. Proposals – Implementation measures – Review. \n\n\n21:00-21:10\nClosing – The next steps: \nIlias Gianniris (president of the Green Institute) \n\n\n\n\nPracticalities\nWhere: Metropol Hotel\, Roosevelt 14\, Larissa \nDate:  15th December \nTime:  5:30 pm to 9:10 pm CET \nAudience: This event is open to the general public \nAttendance: This event will be livestreamed via the Zoom platform (meeting ID: 841 1605 0471) \nLanguage:  This event will be in Greek language \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Greek Green Institute and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/regional-adaptations-to-climate-change-thessalyregion/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221209T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221209T180000
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SUMMARY:Closing Roundtable: Fair and Carbon Free Tourism (Skopje)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nIn this final event of the project\, we will discuss green visions to transform tourism across Europe\, setting the path to a different future for a Fair and Carbon Free Tourism. \nWe will hear the perspectives of researchers\, experts and academics in North Macedonia as well as best practices and initiatives mapped within the project that have already led to transformation. Attention will be paid not just to environmental and climate concerns at the macro-level\, but also to how this sector is strongly connected to local communities and their mission for a better quality of life. \nContext\nThis event is part of GEF’s Fair and Carbon Free Tourism project\, which aims to identify and create conditions for collective action against detrimental social and environmental impacts of tourism. By engaging stakeholders in partner countries and developing a European transnational discussion on these challenges\, we seek to build a community interested to transform this sector in the direction of low or zero carbon intensity and with a specific focus on social and economic justice. \n Speakers\n\nVlado Srbinovski – Association Balkania – Expert on Sustainable and Alternative Tourism\nDejan Metodievski – Professor at Shtip University\, Faculty of Tourism\nAleksandar Gjorgjievski – National coordinator of the project\n\nMore to be announced! \nProgramme\n\n\n\n17:00\nParticipant arrivals\n\n\n17:10\nIntroduction\n\n\n17:20\nSpeaker presentations on transformative tourism\n\n\n17:40\nBreak\n\n\n18:00\nPanel discussion with experts\, researchers\, and NGOs\n\n\n\nPracticalities\nThis is a closed event that will take place in Skopje\, North Macedonia. The primary language is Macedonian. If you have any questions or want to learn more\, please contact sien.hasker@gef.eu. \n  \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of ASSED Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/closing-roundtable-fair-and-carbon-free-tourism-skopje/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221117T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221117T200000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123422
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SUMMARY:The Right to Sustainable Mobility: Connecting the Regions as a Way to Fight Poverty
DESCRIPTION:Context\nMobility plays a fundamental role in people’s lives. The ease of movement not only favours the freedom to choose the place of residence and the exercise the right to work\, but it is also essential to access basic public services such as education and health\, as well as leisure and enjoyment of free time. It is\, in short\, a determining element of people’s well-being and their quality of life. \nIn this sense\, the articulation of the subjective right to mobility in our societies\, which guarantees all citizens equal conditions of access and use of mobility services\, is becoming increasingly important. If mobility determines people’s quality of life\, the impossibility of accessing sufficient mobility (due to physical or mental conditions\, insufficient economic resources\, or other factors) supposes not only a personal impediment\, but also a breach of the constitutional principle of equality. \nThroughout the 20th century\, the economic system has linked this right with the use and enjoyment of the private car through an unprecedented cultural transformation. This has caused our towns and cities – and\, ultimately\, the geography in which we live – to be configured around the use and service of the private motor vehicle. No country in Europe has recognised the “right” to circulate and reach anywhere by car\, and yet the car has usurped the routes traditionally used by pedestrians and other means of transport. \nIn fact\, driving in a private car in a public space is a privilege rather than a right. Greenhouse gas emissions caused by automobiles\, energy inefficiency\, air and water pollution\, noise\, congestion of public space\, accidents or the appropriation of the land are privileges associated with the enjoyment of the automobile\, which are unaffordable and unsustainable for the planet\, and harmful for people’s health and for society as a whole. \nThe war in Ukraine has accelerated the energy crisis caused by the progressive depletion of fossil fuels. However\, the speed with which it has progressed has hit millions of people who use private vehicles for their daily commutes hard. According to official statistics from summer 2022\, in Spain\, 60% of drivers have limited the use of private vehicles\, and 5% have stopped using them all together. \nIn this context\, sustainable mobility is no longer simply a necessity to advance decarbonisation\, it has now become the main alternative to tackle poverty linked to dependence on the private combustion car. \nIt is the obligation of local institutions to facilitate active mobility. Before the crisis\, almost half of daily trips in the Basque Country were made on foot or by bicycle. However\, facilitating the transfer of 40% of trips that are made by private vehicles requires adequate mobility planning at the municipal and regional levels to ensure minimum standards of safety\, comfort\, and accessibility. This situation turns non-motorised mobility into a high-risk exercise\, instead of a routine habit. \nOn the other hand\, public transport continues to be the main tool to guarantee everyone the right to move without distinction of physical\, intellectual\, economic capacity\, or place of residence. In this sense\, it is the obligation of local and regional authorities to act in a coordinated manner to ensure sufficient public transport coverage with minimum quality and sustainability standards\, and with prices in line with the level of disposable income of users. \nLastly\, we cannot forget the role that public policies will play in the coming decades\, especially when it comes to reducing the demand for mobility\, such as 15-minute city urban planning or land reuse policies. These will need to be combined with increased attention to rising property prices (which drive those with lower incomes to the periphery of cities)\, as well as addressing the social and cultural reconstruction of our way of life on a fairer and more sustainable basis. \nSpeakers\n\nPaz Serra\, EcoPolítica.\nJoserra Becerra\, Berdeak EQUO.\nPhilipp Cerny\, Chief Executive Editor of the European Mobility Atlas 2021.\nRosa Martínez\, Expert in electric mobility.\nJosu Ramirez\, Leber Planning and Engineering.\nLinda Gaasch\, European Committee of the Regions (video).\n\nPracticalities\nDate and Time:  Thursday 17 November\, from 18:30 to 20:00 (CET). \nLocation: Hybrid event\, Dock (Uribitarte Pasealekua\, 3 Bilbao) and Zoom. \nLanguage: The main language of the debate will be Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided ES<>EN. \nThe event is hybrid\, open and free with prior registration through this form. Once registration has been completed\, a confirmation email will be sent with the access details for joining the meeting. \nReading material\nThe event relates to the European Mobility Atlas\, corresponding Spanish translation\, and associated booklet\, Present and Future of Mobility in Spain. \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation and Heinrich Boll Stiftung with the support of EcoPolítica and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.  
URL:https://gef.eu/event/the-right-to-sustainable-mobility-connecting-the-regions-as-a-way-to-fight-poverty/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221115T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221115T200000
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SUMMARY:Local and EU transformative communities (Skopje)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nAs part of this event we will discuss the wave of local green transformations across countless cities in Europe\, setting a path for a different urban living future. We will hear the perspectives of independent and green local counselors as well as community leaders\, whose actions and initiatives could lead the transformation. \nContext\nThe purpose of this roundtable will be to present GEF and its partners’ research and mapping of progressive and transformative practices on the Western Balkans\, explore possibilities for cities to organise themselves in trans-local networks\, and connect them to the Green movement to facilitate their exchanges. The findings of the Cities as places of hope project and local green examples presented at the event will focus on the fields of mobility\, housing\, energy\, waste\, food and climate. \nThis event will bring EU green local policies from different cities across Europe exploring transformative practices. We will look at the steps already taken and the roadmap ahead to turn our cities into places of hope. \n Speakers\n\nDirk Holemans – President of GEF and co-founder of Oikos – Leading partner of the project\nAleksandar Gjorgjievski – National coordinator of the project\nHristijan Stanoevikj – Moderator\nLocal councilors\, representatives of local municipalities and NGOs working on transformative practices\n\nProgramme\n  \n\n\n\n\n18:00 \n\nArrivals\n\n\n\n18:10-18:20 \n\nIntroduction\n\n\n\n18:20-18:40 \n\nSession with speaker’s presentations on transformative cities\n\n\n\n18:45-19:00 \n\nBreak\n\n\n\n19:00-20:00 \n\nPanel discussion with local councilors\, representatives of local municipalities and NGO’s working on transformative practices\n\n\n\nThe primary language is Macedonian but simultaneous interpretation in English for the speakers will be provided \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: 15 November\, 6pm \nLocation: Skopje \nAudience: This is a closed event\, with invitation only. \n  \n\nThis event is organized by the Green European Foundation with the support of Sunrise and with the financial support of the European parliament to the Green European Foundation. \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/local-and-eu-transformative-communities/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221109T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221109T163000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123422
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SUMMARY:Knowledge Community – Trade Unions and degrowth
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nTaking place at the International Trade Union House\, the roundtable meeting is part of the GEF Flagship Initiative – Knowledge Communities which focuses on the Social Dimensions of the Green Deal. Together with our Partners Research & Degrowth we have embarked on a journey to jointly identify alternative models that address the social dimension of the green transition.   \nThe meeting will be divided into two main sessions: Firstly\, Nora Räthzel\, Researcher from the Umeå University will present the broader concept of the Political Brief on the topic of Trade Unions and Degrowth . In the second session\, the KC participants will have the opportunity to give their input\, enrich and challenge some of the most controversial issues identified and provide space for more in-depth discussions.   \nContext\nThe GEF Knowledge Community roundtable meeting is a side-event of the broader ‘’A Just Transition beyond growth?’’ conference\, which will take place 8-9th December in the International Trade Union House in Brussels.   \nThe aim of the ETUI-ETUC-EEB-ULB-GEF conference is to build bridges between the trade union movement and the post- and de-growth community\, and to situate a transformative just transition vision within the ‘beyond growth’ narrative. It should prompt reflection on how the (contested) concept of just transition and related policies\, now a top priority in trade union agendas\, fit – or can fit – with the futures proposed by post-growth scholars\, and what just transition policies might look like in an alternative green deal for Europe that is not a ‘green growth’ strategy but a more radical societal and economic transformation.  \nProgramme\nFriday\, 9th November: International Trade Union House   \n14:00 – 14:15 – Introduction and welcome words   \nwith Laurent Standaert\, Political Director\, Green European Foundation   \n14:15 – 14:30 – Tour de table   \n14:30 – 15:00 – Political Brief concept presentation   \nwith Nora Räthzel\, Researcher\, Umeå University   \n15:00 – 16:30 – Moderated open discussion   \n16:30 – end of Knowledge Community meeting   \n  \nPracticalities\nDate and time: Friday\, 9th December from 2pm-4:30pm \nLocation: Boulevard Roi Albert II 5\, 1000 Brussels  \nRegistration: This event is invitation only   \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Research & Degrowth and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.  \n  \n  
URL:https://gef.eu/event/knowledge-community-trade-unions-and-degrowth/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221018T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123422
CREATED:20221013T131840Z
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SUMMARY:Cities as Places of Hope:  Expert Meeting (Utrecht)
DESCRIPTION:About\nCities all around the world have the potential to be the primary drivers behind the transition towards a sustainable and just society. At the moment\, however\, cities cannot provide a good life for all within planetary boundaries. They are still part of an economic system that depends on hyper consumption and extractivism. In this context\, a foundational shift is needed\, starting with a transformation in our world view. A shift that departs from the view of humans as homo economicus\, towards a mode of living that recognises the fundamental vulnerability of human and non-human life. A world view based on the ethics of care as the founding principle for a new city. The question is how we can make this world view a reality. Whit what reforms can local politicians start working today? This expert meeting will focus on the reforms that local politicians can start working on today and explore the contours of a framework for an ecologically and socially just city. \nContext\nThis expert meeting is part of the Green European Foundations project Cities as Places of Hope\, in which we highlight inspiring examples of progressive cities across Europe which are the frontrunners of the social-ecological transition. \nOrganizers\nDirk Holemans\, Coordinator of Oikos Think Tank\, Co-president of the Green European Foundation\nHans Rodenburg\, Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks\, Project Coordinator \nPracticalities\nDate and time: Tuesday\, 18th October from 15.00 to 17.00 CET. \nAudience: This expert meeting will take place in Dutch and is invitation only. \n  \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks and Oikos Think Tank with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/cities-as-places-of-hope-expert-meeting-utrecht/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221008T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20221008T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123422
CREATED:20220914T120250Z
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SUMMARY:Ecofeminist Care as a Political Agenda (Wroclaw)
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nFor fourteen years now\, women with different professions\, views\, and orientation from Poland\, have been meeting to discuss gender issues\, democracy\, national and local politics but also to strengthen ties and empower each other.   \nThe 14th Congress of Women will be held in the shadow of war with Ukrainian women as welcome guests. However\, the war will not overshadow one of the most important problems of our time – the climate crisis.  Speakers and participants will come together to debate on what women can do to combat the crisis. The Congress will also cover other crucial topics such as the fragile state of Polish democracy\, economic downturn\, culture and education and feminist debates. etc.  \nThis round-table discussion\, hosted by GEF with the support of Strefa Zieleni\, will specifically explore the role of ecofeminism and care as political agenda. What lessons and opportunities for mobilisation does it hold? How is it crucial to address our current crises? Participants will be joined by a first-rate group of panelists as well as a video intervention from Prof. Magdalena Środa\, and English and Polish language copies of the GEF publication Dare to Care will be available for all.   \nSpeakers\nMagdalena Gałkiewicz – Gals4Gals and Partia Zieloni (Polish Green Party) secretary \nEwa Sufin-Jacquemart – Green European Foundation / Strefa Zieleni  \nEwa Ernst-Dziedzic – MP for Die Grünen (Austrian Green Party)  \nDr. Monika Żółkoś – University of Gdańsk  \nDominika Lasota – Fridays For Future  \nAngelika Kimbort – Otwarte Klatki\, Wrocław  \nModerated by: Elżbieta Osowicz – Radio Wroclaw  \nContext\nThis event is part of Feminists in the Environmental Movement\, a GEF transnational project that seeks to stimulate conversations around (the intersections of) gender and environmental justice across Europe. The project is implemented with the support of Visio (Finland)\, Green Economics Institute (UK)\, Oikos (Belgium)\, Strefa Zieleni (Poland)\, Green Thought Association (Turkey)\, and CDNEE.   \nPracticalities  \nDate and time: Saturday\, October 8th (15:00-16:10 CEST). The Congress of Women takes place from 8-9 October and features a wide range of sessions across multiple venues. To learn more about the rest of the programme\, check the official website.   \nLocation: Green Center at Hala Stulecia (Centennial Hall)\, Wrocław\, Poland.   \nAudience and registration: This event will take place in Polish and is open to registered participants. Please make sure to register in advance via the Congress of Women website. For those who are not able to join in person\, the event will be livestreamed (in Polish) on the YouTube channel of Strefa Zieleni   \n\nRelated Reading\nPick up a copy of Dare to Care at a future GEF event near you\, or find it online via this link.   \nFor more on this topic\, check out these articles and others from our flagship publication\, the Green European Journal:  \nFighting the Patriarchy to Save the Planet  \nGender in Climate Governance: Telling Numbers but Who is Listening?  \nGender Justice: Beyond Binaries and Buzzwords  \nFrançoise d’Eaubonne and the Imperfect Foundation of Ecofeminist Thought  \nThe Cost of Care: Rethinking Value in Times of Crisis  \n\n\nThis webinar is organised by the Green European Foundation\, with the support Fundacja Strefa Zieleni and Oikos and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/ecofeminist-care-as-a-political-agenda/
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220915T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
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SUMMARY:Rethinking Demand: EU Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:About the event\nAs Russia’s war in Ukraine puts pressure on energy supplies across Europe\, governments are preparing for an uncertain winter\, with concepts like rationing and controlled blackouts suddenly on the table.  \nYet the need to structurally rethink our demand for energy and other key goods is not new. Amid the multiple crises facing Europe and the world\, not least the climate emergency\, there is a continued failure to acknowledge the role of reducing demand in the rapid and fundamental change needed. Mainstream understanding of demand management focuses on improving efficiency and engaging consumers\, which tends to reproduce existing consumption levels with marginally less energy and resource use.  This is insufficient to deliver the reduction in energy use needed as part of a rapid shift to zero carbon and to remain at 1.5°C warming.  \nA better understanding of the realities of demand change is required\, and exploring how to frame this difficult topic is critical to reaching climate targets and energy independence goals. This expert roundtable will bring together academics\, politicians\, activists and NGO/foundation representatives to discuss to what extent we need to reduce energy demand and how we can go about it in a just yet decisive manner. Results of this discussion will inform a framing paper to be published in the autumn.  \nContext\nThis event is part of the GEF transnational project Climate Emergency Economy: Rethinking Demand. Building on several years of work exploring what it means to create an economy fit for the climate emergency\, GEF and its partners are this year focusing on the crucial question of how to reduce demand for energy and materials. With the support of Green House Think Tank\, Etopia\, and Green Foundation Ireland\, we will explore how to frame rethinking demand politically\, and articulate clear plans for demand reduction so green narratives are better grounded in reality and a shared vision of hope.  \nProgramme\nMore details on the programme will follow.  \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: Thursday\, 15th September (15:00 – 17:00 CEST) \nAudience: This is a closed roundtable. For more information please contact sien.hasker@gef.eu.   \n  \n\nThis expert roundtable is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Green House Think Tank and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/rethinking-demand-eu-roundtable/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220215T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220215T193000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
CREATED:20220201T083156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220211T155646Z
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SUMMARY:The Potential of Railways
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThe event is open to all those interested in mobility\, especially members of organisations and platforms working on the issue\, government officials\, politicians and civil society associations. \nOur aim is to publicise more sustainable alternatives when choosing a means of transport and to raise awareness of the need to change our mobility habits. \nThe events will be held via zoom and will have simultaneous translation from Spanish-English. Prior registration is required. \n\n\n\nContext\nThis is the third event of the series of conferences entitled “The Future of European Mobility” \nOne of the key factors in the economic development in our global society has been the ease of mobility for people and goods due to the abundance of cheap oil. But we can already witness the consequences of this irrational mobility in the form of the climate crisis and air pollution. \nIn order to achieve Europe’s decarbonisation goals\, the transport sector is a priority. That is why the German Heinrich Böll Foundation launched last year the European Mobility Atlas\, a comprehensive analysis of the situation of the sector in Europe. The Green European Foundation and the Fundació Nous Horitzons have translated the Atlas into Spanish and\, together with Transición Verde\, have prepared a specific annex on the situation in Spain. For its launch\, we have organised three online events on some modes of transport whose future is key to move towards low-emission mobility. \nThe last session of the series will focus on the railway. The most efficient means of motorised transport which\, beyond the AVE (high-speed rail line)\, has been losing its condition as the backbone of the Spanish geography. Should it recover that condition? Can a large part of freight be transferred to the railway? \nSpeakers\n\nJuantxo López de Uralde\, national Deputy and president of the Commission for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge of the Spanish Congress.\nJosé Luis Ordóñez\, spokesperson of the State Coordination for a Public\, Social and Sustainable Train.\nTilly Metz\, MEP in the Greens/EFA group and member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism.\nManel Ferri \, Spanish Sustainable Mobility Foundation)\n\nModeration: Lidia Ucher\, environmental journalist. \n\n\n\nPracticalities\nDate ant Time: 8th February 18:00-19:30 \nLanguage: The events will be held in Spanish via zoom\, and will have simultaneous translation in English. \nRegistration: Prior registration is required- Please register here. \nThe day before each session we will send a message to the registered persons with the access link. \nThe sessions will be recorded and made available on YouTube. \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Transición Verde and Fundació Nous Horitzons\, and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/the-potential-of-railways/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220208T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220208T193000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
CREATED:20220201T082557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T084429Z
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SUMMARY:Cycling and new public space
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThe event is open to all those interested in mobility\, especially members of organisations and platforms working on the issue\, government officials\, politicians and civil society associations. \nOur aim is to publicise more sustainable alternatives when choosing a means of transport and to raise awareness of the need to change our mobility habits. \nThe events will be held via zoom and will have simultaneous translation from Spanish-English. Prior registration is required. \n\n\nContext\nThis is the second event of the series of conferences entitled “The Future of European Mobility” \nOne of the key factors in the economic development in our global society has been the ease of mobility for people and goods due to the abundance of cheap oil. But we can already witness the consequences of this irrational mobility in the form of the climate crisis and air pollution. \nIn order to achieve Europe’s decarbonisation goals\, the transport sector is a priority. That is why the German Heinrich Böll Foundation launched last year the European Mobility Atlas\, a comprehensive analysis of the situation of the sector in Europe. The Green European Foundation and the Fundació Nous Horitzons have translated the Atlas into Spanish and\, together with Transición Verde\, have prepared a specific annex on the situation in Spain. For its launch\, we have organised three online events on some modes of transport whose future is key to move towards low-emission mobility. \nThis second session will focus on public space and urban mobility and\, in particular\, cycling. We will discuss the process of urban transformation in favour of the car and to the detriment of the use of public space as a space for coexistence; urban mobility strategies; and the transformative role of the bicycle. \nSpeakers\n\n Pilar Vega Pindado\, geographer and expert in territorial and environmental planning. Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. Consultant at gea21\n Laura Vergara\, President of ConBici and Vice-President of Mujeres en Movimiento (Women on the Move).\nJaime Caballero\, Councillor for Sustainable Urban Development at Logroño City Council.\n\nModeration: Raúl Gómez\, director of Transición Verde Foundation. \n\n\nPracticalities\nDate ant Time: 8th February 18:00-19:30 \nLanguage: The events will be held in Spanish via zoom\, and will have simultaneous translation in English. \nRegistration: Prior registration is required- Please register here. \nThe day before each session we will send a message to the registered persons with the access link. \nThe sessions will be recorded and made available on YouTube. \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Transición Verde and Fundació Nous Horitzons\, and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/cycling-and-new-public-space/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220201T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220201T193000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
CREATED:20220127T163943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220201T084337Z
UID:10001703-1643738400-1643743800@gef.eu
SUMMARY:The future of aviation
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nThis event is targeted at people interested in mobility\, especially members of organisations and platforms working on the issue\, government officials\, politicians and civil society associations\, but also the general public. \nOur aim is to publicise more sustainable alternatives when choosing a means of transport and to raise awareness of the need to change our mobility habits. \nContext\nThis is the first event of the series of conferences entitled “The Future of European Mobility”. \nOne of the key factors in the development of our global society has been the ease with which we move around and transport goods thanks to the abundance of cheap oil. But the consequences of this irrational mobility are already being felt in the form of the climate crisis and air pollution. \nIn order to achieve Europe’s decarbonisation goals\, the transport sector is a priority. That is why the German Heinrich Böll Foundation launched last year the European Mobility Atlas\, a comprehensive analysis of the situation of the sector in Europe. The Green European Foundation and the Fundació Nous Horitzons have translated the Atlas into Spanish and\, together with Transición Verde\, have prepared a specific annex on the situation in Spain. For its launch\, we have organised three online events on some modes of transport whose future is key to move towards low-emission mobility. \nThe first session will focus on aviation\, the only sector which\, until the pandemic\, continued to increase its emissions. What’s the current state of play of the aviation industry? What are its prospects? We will take the opportunity to take a closer look at the controversy surrounding the expansion of El Prat airport (Barcelona). \nSpeakers\n– Sergi Alegre\, director general of the Airport Regions Council \n– Raúl Gómez\, director of Transición Verde Foundation \n– Joan Herrera (Director of the Environment Department of El Prat City Council). \nModeration: Susanne Rieger (Member of the Board of Directors of the Green European Foundation) \nPracticalities\nDate and Time: Tuesday 1st February\, 18:00-19:30 \nThe events will be held via zoom and will have simultaneous translation from Spanish-English. Please register here. \nThe day before each session we will send a message to the registered persons with the access link. \nThe sessions will be recorded and made available on YouTube. \n  \n\nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Transición Verde and Fundació Nous Horitzons\, and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/the-future-of-aviation/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220129T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20220129T110000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
CREATED:20220119T123011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T130356Z
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SUMMARY:Public support and understanding among Slovenians for the European Green Recovery
DESCRIPTION:About the Event: \nThe event will consist of a  2-hour long roundtable debate (1\,5-hour debate and 30 min Q&A session) \nOur expected outcome is to launch a public debate on the challenges and opportunities of the EU Recovery with a specific focus on Slovenian contribution to the plan. The debate is targeted at the general public in Slovenia\, in particular\, NGOs\, environmental and political activists and local representatives. \nContext\nAs part of the EU’s recovery and resilience facility for COVID-19\, Slovenia is due to receive 1.8 million euros in grants and over 700 million euros in the form of loans. This public roundtable discussion aims to answer some of the following questions: \n\nTo what degree does the Slovene public support the planned recovery programme?\nWhich policies and individual programmes should be given priority?\nIs the planned recovery spending aligned with the Paris agreement on climate change mitigation\, adaptation and finance?\nIs support for a Green recovery shared among different age groups of the population?\nWhich organisations\, political parties or individuals enjoy public trust to see through the full implementation of the National Recovery Plan?\n\n\nSpeakers\n\nAndraž Zorko\, director of Valicon\nKlemen Belhar\, Institut za druzbeno ekologijo\n\n Practicalities:\nProgramme: \n09:00-09:20: Welcome and Introduction from Klemen Belhar\, Institut za druzbeno ekologijo \n09:20-10:00: Presentation followed by Q&A by expert Andraž Zorko\, Director of Valicon \n10:00-11:00: Roundtable debate amongst participants \n11:00-11:30: Refreshments and networking \n  \nPlease note that this event will take place in-person. The number of participants is limited to COVID-19 regulations. Slovenian COVID-19 rules will be applicable during the event. \nRegister here \nYou can help us advancing forward-looking green ideas to shape the Europe that we want!  \nWe rely on your generous contribution to continue putting together new\, exciting Green Post-Corona Talks made extensively available in Slovenia as well as to the general European public! So\, please consider making a donation today\, by clicking on this link. \n  \n\n  \nThis event is organised by the Green European Foundation\, with the support of Institut za druzbeno ekologijo and the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/public-support-and-understanding-among-slovenians-for-the-european-green-recovery/
LOCATION:Dunajska 25\, 1000 Ljubljana
CATEGORIES:Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20211015T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20211015T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
CREATED:20210922T083624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T104535Z
UID:10001685-1634306400-1634313600@gef.eu
SUMMARY:The Green Hydrogen Transition
DESCRIPTION:About the Event\nHydrogen produced from renewable electricity will play a crucial role in the transition to a climate-neutral Europe\, but its adoption raises several issues. These stem from the fact that green hydrogen will be scarce well into the next decade. \nDoes the European Union need a ‘hydrogen ladder’ that puts forward green hydrogen for the industries that are more difficult to decarbonise? Or would this actually slow down the breakthrough of green hydrogen? \nProduced from natural gas\, ‘Blue hydrogen’ has most of its CO2 emissions captured and stored. According to its proponents\, it can pave the way for green hydrogen. What role can blue hydrogen play as a transition fuel and feedstock? \nA growing number of companies and governments\, including the European Commission\, want to invest in the production of green hydrogen in Africa\, the Middle East and other parts of the world that are rich in sun or wind. Will the import of green hydrogen create new geopolitical and ethical risks for the European Union? \nThis roundtable will be moderated by Suzanne Kröger\, former MP for GroenLinks (Netherlands). \nContext:\nThis webinar is part of the project Climate Emergency Economy–organised by GEF with the support of Green House Think Tank\, Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks\, Green Foundation Ireland\, and the Foundation for Environment and Agriculture. The project explores policies required in ‘hard-to-reach’ sectors for Europe to reach zero carbon. In 2021\, activities revolve around three key pillars: agriculture\, hydrogen\, and transport infrastructure and trade. \nPracticalities\nDate and time: Friday 15 October\, from 14:00 to 16:00 CEST  \nAudience: This roundtable is invitation-only.  \nContact: Richard Wouters\, rwouters (at) groenlinks.nl    \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event. 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/the-green-hydrogen-transition/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210629T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210629T130000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
CREATED:20210623T151425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211005T155505Z
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SUMMARY:Metals for a Green and Digital Europe (Poland)
DESCRIPTION:Context\nThe energy transition and the development of renewable energy sources are not the only sustainable transformations that will require large amounts of metals. The electrification of transport\, the digitalisation (with all telecommunications and computerization devices) and\, more broadly\, the increase in the demand for batteries will also demand a significant quantity of certain minerals. \nThe European Commission predicts that in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050\, the EU will need 60 times more lithium\, 15 times more cobalt and 10 times more rare earth metals than today – for the energy transition alone. Considering that the EU currently depends 75 to 100% on metal imports\, mainly from China\, this has serious geopolitical ramifications. \nThe European Commission aims for the Union to be as independent as possible to find the means to implement the European Green Deal. Working towards (or returning to) a metal mining production system in the EU is a serious option to consider as environmental and social standards are much higher in the EU than in developing countries. But of course\, the EU needs to start by developing the potential of the circular economy and recycling systems. Exploiting the accumulated mining and industrial waste containing metals\, and developing and improving the collection of products containing metals\, their recycling and recovery of raw materials\, and perhaps finished alloys. \nDoes our current economic model based on constant growth -and thus consumption- offer a chance for such subversive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as assumed by the European Green Deal? Are we not supposed to embrace a transformation of the economic model? \nAbout the event\n  \nAs for the situation in Poland\, many questions remain unanswered: \n\nWhat are the national needs when it comes to metals?\n What are the blocking elements in the demand for metals for the green and digital transformation?\nWhere are the red lines to watch out for and priorities to defend?\nWhat are the positions on these issues?\n\nThis round table will provide as many answers as possible to these questions and explore paths for further analysis. \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Fundacja Strefa Zieleni and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event.
URL:https://gef.eu/event/metals-for-a-green-and-digital-europe-poland/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Round Table
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210618T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20210618T160000
DTSTAMP:20260429T123423
CREATED:20210602T135510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210610T071317Z
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SUMMARY:Metals for a green and digital Europe
DESCRIPTION:About the event:\nThis online roundtable is invitation-only. You can still contribute to this project by commenting on the online draft text: http://www.metalsforeurope.eu \n\nContext:\nWhile the energy from the sun and wind is nearly infinite\, the resources we need to capture this energy are not. Solar panels\, wind turbines\, batteries\, and power cables all contain metals. These have to be extracted from ores that are dug up from the ground. Some metals are rare or becoming depleted. Most mining is dirty business. \nThe climate crisis leaves us no choice but to make a swift transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies. Already\, solar and wind power have entered the phase of exponential growth\, as have electric vehicles and the batteries that power them. The European Union will need up to 18 times more lithium and 5 times more cobalt in 2030 than it consumes today in total\, for electric car batteries and energy storage alone\, according to the European Commission. By 2050\, we would need almost 60 times more lithium and 15 times more cobalt. \nThe digital transition\, a second spearhead of the EU\, also relies on metals. Digitalisation can enhance our quality of life. But all digital technologies require energy and materials. Despite the ethereal metaphor of ‘the cloud’\, the data economy has a heavy material footprint\, which includes a wide array of metals. Gains in the energy and material efficiency of devices and networks are outpaced by the exponential growth of data use\, which doubles every two to three years. European demand for rare earth metals for digital technologies\, and for electric cars and wind turbines\, could increase tenfold by 2050. \nThe EU is between 75 and 100 percent dependent on imports for most metals. This creates risks for Europe’s security of supply and for its strategic autonomy. It also raises the issue of climate justice since the greatest burdens of metal mining are falling on the Global South. Therefore\, metals might well become the Achilles heel of the energy and digital transitions. \nShould we make a more sparing use of joules and bytes to save metals? How do we stop valuable metals from ending up as waste? Can we procure those metals that we really need in a way that is equitable for developing countries and future generations? This project aims to develop an Agenda for Action at all political levels\, which charts a course towards a responsible sourcing of metals for a green and digital Europe. \nThe roundtable will be moderated by Suzanne Kröger\, former MP for GroenLinks\, Netherlands. \nDate and time: Friday 18 June\, from 14:00 to 16:00 CEST \nAudience: This roundtable is invitation-only. \nContact: Richard Wouters\, rwouters (at) groenlinks.nl \n  \n\nThis project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation. The European Parliament is not responsible for the content of this event. \n 
URL:https://gef.eu/event/metals-for-a-green-and-digital-europe/
CATEGORIES:Online event,Round Table
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