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Sep 12 2018
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Climate Jobs – Towards a Zero-Carbon Economy (Bristol)

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With the consequences of climate change being evermore perceptible through extreme weather events (both worldwide and in European countries), verifiable research is urgently needed to set targets and policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the amount necessary to secure a livable environment. At the same time, policies to reduce greenhouse emissions are often attacked for threatening existing jobs.

GEF’s transnational project “Strengthening Climate Targets, Creating Local Climate Jobs” sets out to explore what greenhouse emissions reductions would mean in practical terms for our job markets and economies, and whether jobs could be created in rural areas across Europe. Can both a safe and just economically sound life for all be achieved? To this end, our project undertook research on the potential to create more climate jobs in three EU countries with diverse historic and economic prerequisites: United Kingdom, Ireland and Hungary.

About the event

This upcoming side event at the Autumn Conference of the Green Party of England and Wales will offer an introduction to the GEF transnational project. In particular, it will present the results of modelling to estimate the net number of jobs that could be created in each local authority area of the United Kingdom, via the transition to a zero carbon economy, in the key sectors of energy, transport, waste management, buildings and food, farming, and forestry.

During the event, the overall GEF project as well as the research findings and resulting policy recommendations for the United Kingdom will be presented by:

Jonathan Essex, Green House Think Tank

Anne Chapman, Green House Think Tank

Chaired by: Natalie Bennett, Board Member Green European Foundation and former Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

For more information on this workshop and the Autumn Conference of the Green Party of England and Wales from 5 to 7 October in Bristol, you can find the programme here.

For updates and other upcoming events of this GEF transnational project, follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Aug 14 2018
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Green Economy Congress 2018 (Belgrade)

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The world we live in is going through a radical transformation which is changing the fundamental values our societies but also economies are based on. Multiple crises due to the growing inequality and environmental destruction are calling for an urgent sustainable answer. As the economic parameters that are measuring growth and economic success are changing, we must use our knowledge and expertise to innovate the way we think about economy and cannot continue with “business as usual”.

About the event

The Green Economy Congress, taking place for the second time this year, is a series of interactive, multidimensional events designed to create and further build up on the notion of necessity for transition to sustainable and fair economy. Green economy is one of the most exciting concepts that is holistic in its form – it generates development while respecting the regional and global ecosystem, results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.

For three days all participants will have the opportunity to listen to some of the most impressive economists, innovators, entrepreneurs and decision makers, to share their stories and discover ways to promote an alternative vision for growth and development across the world.

The long-term goal of the Congress is not only to raise awareness on green topics, but to also create a sustainable networking platform to enable green initiatives across Europe. This will be in particular the focus of the first day of the Congress, which will be organised by GEF.

Programme

Thursday November 1st

12:00 – 12:15: Official Opening 

  • Representative of Green European Foundation
  • Žaklina Živković, GAJP

12:15 – 13:15: Opening Panel – Public Policies and Circular Economy

  • Slobodan Perović, Republic of Serbia Ministry of Environment Advisor
  • Antoine Avignon, EU delegation in Serbia (tbc)
  • Olivera Kuzman, Zurovac OEBS expert on circular economy (tbc)
  • Siniša Mitrović, Serbian Chamber of Commerce (tbc)

13:15 – 13:25: Pause

13:25 – 14:00: Lecture – Innovation in Circular Economy: Closing the Loop in Agri-Business 

  • Grigoris Chazikostas, Biosense Institute

14:00 – 15:00: Lunch

15:00 – 16:00: Panel – Green Cities and Urban Development

  • Representative of EU Green Capital of Europe Nijmegen (tbc)
  • Representative of Cooperation and Development Eastern Europe (CDN)
  • Sinisa Trkulja, UN Urban Agenda Habitat III
  • Representative of City Council of Belgrade (tbc)

16:00 – 16:15: Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:15: Panel – New Plastic Economy: EU Circular Economy Package

  • Representative of Reloop Europe
  • Representative of Greentech Serbia
  • Representative of SEPEN
  • Expert in EU Circular Economy Package (tbc)

17:15 – 18:00: Coffee and Networking

Friday November 2nd

12:00 – 12:15: Opening 

  • Dubravka Negre, European Investment Bank

12:15 – 13:00: Toward the Green Finance

  • Representative of  Trag Foundation (tbc)
  • Representative of  Ethical Financing Cooperative of Croatia
  • Representative of  BRODOTO
  • Representative of  ERSTE bank

13:00 – 13:15: Coffee Break

13:10 – 14:10: Panel – Women in the Green Economy

  • Branislava Jovicic Bačkan, Green Energy News
  • Ankica Barbulov, GIZ (tbc)

14:00 – 15:00: Lunch 

15:00 – 16:00: Environmental Reporting: Media as a Catalyst for Change

  • Representative of Euractiv (tbc)
  • Slavica Gligorijevic, RTS (tbc)
  • Adam Santovac, N1 (tbc)
  • Represenative of CINS/BIRN (tbc)

16:00 – 16:15: Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:00: Democratisation of the Energy Sector: Prosumers and Cooperatives as Alternatives

  • Maja Turković, ASOR
  • Representative of CAN Europe (tbc)

Saturday November 3rd

12:00 – 15:00: Green Economy Fair + Workshops  

Workshops including:

  • Developing Circular Economy in Agriculture
  • Decentralised Energy Alternatives
  • Eco Design

Additionally, the Congress will entail a variety of social activities such as museum visits, get-togethers and more.

Who should apply?

This conference is suitable for both students who are just developing their interests for green economy models, and green economy professionals and activists. In case you would like to speak at our event, we have created Participants’ Panel. 

To find out more about the event, the registration process, as well as participation fees, please visit the Congress website. For programme updates, follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to the Facebook profile of the Congress.

 

Jan 25 2017
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Creating a Peoples’ Europe [VIDEO]

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“Creating a People’s Europe” was produced and scripted by John Gormley, Irish Minister for the Environment (2007 – 2011).

The film is a project of the Green European Foundation for the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament. It was realised in cooperation with the Heinrich Boell Foundation and with the financial support of the European Parliament.

Subtitles available in Catalan, Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, and Spanish.

Jan 11 2017
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Paving the way for a Green debate on Refugee, Asylum & Migration Policies

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This analysis is based on an overview of public documents, such as European Green Party resolutions and public positions of the Greens in the European Parliament, and a summary of the study commissioned by the Green European Foundation at the end of 2015.

The study provides an overarching assessment of where the Green parties across Europe stand on migration, asylum and refugee policies. It is based on a questionnaire answered by representatives from several Green political parties across Europe between October and December 2015, and is titled, “Towards a Common Green Response: Points of agreement, disagreement and issues for further internal debate among European Green parties on refugee and migration policies”. The purpose here is neither to name and shame, nor to reveal a ’silver bullet’ solution. The objective is rather to provide the groundwork for a wider debate within the European Green political family to ultimately come forward with common proposals to face the challenges ahead.

In this brochure, you can find the main findings of the study summarised in three themes: common ground amongst national Green parties; points of divergence; and open questions.

A PDF version of the document is available for download here!

Jan 11 2017
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A strategy for a bio-based economy

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A bio-economy is an economy that moves away from a damaging reliance on fossil fuels and instead is based on the sustainable use of natural resources. The concept is one that is growing in popularity, but it has also suffered setbacks, such as the continued controversy over the use of biofuels.

This publication is a response to the recent debate over the potential of a bio-economy. Green MEP Bas Eickhout outlines the history, the different types of bio-economy other than energy, and some of the concrete steps that the EU can take to develop a sustainable, just and regional bio-economy.