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Oct 29 2019
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Climate Emergency Seminar (Barcelona)

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About the Event

This seminar will tackle the issue of the climate emergency to stimulate a more lively public debate on the subject in Southern Europe. Throughout the day, representatives from academia, politics, and civil society will look at the different aspects of the climate emergency with a specific focus on the EU level as well as the situation in Spain and Catalonia.

Programme

10:10 WELCOME AND PRESENTATION OF THE DAY
Ernest Urtasun – MEP Green Group/EFA European Parliament
Susanne Rieger – Co-President Green European Foundation

10:20 PANEL: CLIMATE CHALLENGES, SPANISH AND CATALAN PERSPECTIVE
David Cid – Member of the Catalan Parliament, group Catalunya En Comú-Podem
Janet Sanz – 2nd Vice mayor of Barcelona for Environment, Urbanism, Infrastructures and Mobility
Koro López de Uralde – Climate activist
Andreu Escrivá – Environmentalist, adviser in Sustainability

11:45 COFFEE BREAK

12:15 PANEL II: CLIMATE CHALLENGES, EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Ernest Urtasun – MEP Green Group/EFA European Parliament
Oriol Costa – Professor of International Relations at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Mar García – Secretary General of the European Green Party

13:45 CLOSING OF THE PLENARY AND PRESENTATION OF THE PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS IN THE AFTERNOON

14:00-16:00 LUNCH

16:00 PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

Energetical Challenges in Research and Development
Lourdes Berdié – Speaker of Network of Energetical Sovereignty

Food and Climate Change
Marta López Cifuentes – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) (Austria)

Mobility and Health
Pau Noy – President of the Foundation for Sustainable and Safe Mobility

Practicalities

The seminar will take place in English and Spanish, with simultaneous interpretation available.

Attendance at this seminar is free, but registration is required.
Please register your interest in attending by contacting fundacio@noushoritzons.cat

Details of this event are to be confirmed. Please check back later for more information. 

Oct 03 2019
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Climate Jobs and a Just Transition: responding to our climate and ecological emergency (Belfast)

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About the Event

A radical shift towards a green and sustainable economy is needed to address the global climate and ecological crises.

This conference will look at the urgency and scale required to mobilise climate action and how we can deliver an alternative energy system.

Furthermore, we will explore how we can ensure a just transition that is fair to everyone in society, and the technologies we need to change our energy system.

Politicians, energy experts, union representatives and speakers from a range of other perspectives will discuss and exchange, offering key insights into the potential solutions to these pressing crises.

Programme

10:00 to 11:00:
Climate Jobs Report by Green House Think Tank
Speakers include:

  • Jonathan Essex (Green House Think Tank)
  • Peter Sims (Green House Think Tank)

11:00 to 12:00:
Place-Based Policy Alignment and Just Transition – The Belfast Climate Commission
Speakers include:

  • Damien McIlroy (Queen’s University Belfast)
  • Clare McKeown (Belfast City Council)
  • Amanda Slevin (Queen’s University Belfast / Place-Based Climate Action Network)

12:00 to 13:30:
Trade Unions and the Just Transition – From Origins and Context to Policy and Practice
Speakers include:

  • Sean McCabe (TASC)
  • Sinéad Mercier (National Economic and Social Council)
  • Stiofán Ó Nualláin (Trademark Belfast)
  • Jeff Robinson (Unite the Union)

14:30 to 15:30:
Keynote Address – Asad Rehman (War on Want)

15:30 to 16:30:
Fuelling the Just Transition – The Role of Non-Carbon Energy
Speakers include:

  • Juliana Early (Queen’s University Belfast)
  • Andy Gouldson (Leeds University / Place-Based Climate Action Network)
  • Paul McCormack (Belfast Metropolitan College)

16:30 to 17:30:
Political Party Panel

Registration

This event is free and open to the public.

Please register your attendance at this event here. 

 

Jun 26 2019
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Climate Refugees and Climate Migration

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The effects of climate change and consequential natural disasters is causing the mass displacement of peoples across the world, a phenomenon that will only be exacerbated as the climate crisis continues.

A response to this global challenge and a clear legal framework to recognise and protect climate refugees on an international, regional and national level are urgently required.

This working paper aims to serve as a basis for debate and exchange on the matter, exploring controversies around and difficulties in pinpointing this phenomenon to better understand how to respond it.

Mapping the state of discourse on climate migration on the international and European levels, the Green European Foundation hopes to foster a more constructive debate and increase awareness.

This paper has been published as part of the GEF project Environmental Migration and Climate Refugees.