Climate change is the greatest global challenge of our times. It is a multidimensional crisis that affects us all in very different ways. It impacts all our policies and our way of life, and it interacts with and other overarching geopolitical transformations like Russia’s aggression of Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of our economies.

It is therefore crucial to reflect on how the EU can both reach its own climate goals and contribute to global solutions in this field. In this context, the Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) co-organised a public debate with the Egmont Institute: “Towards a Climate Neutral Europe: Building Unity from Diversity”. The Green deal provides the blueprint for tackling climate change in a resolute manner. The fight can only be won if Europe builds unity from diversity, overhauls its energy policies, enhances its strategic autonomy, and manages the necessary economic and societal transformations.

In addition to debating how to build unity from diversity in Europe’s journey towards climate neutrality, this event represents the launch of TEPSA’s latest book: “Climate Change and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals”, edited by Michael Kaeding, Johannes Pollak and Paul Schmidt, and published by Springer. The book presents insights from over 50 experts in 39 countries in the EU and neighboring regions, provides examples of national paths toward climate neutrality, and on public perception of the climate crisis, and includes recommendations on how policy-makers should implement climate policies, both at the national and EU level.

SPEAKERS:
- Kurt Vandenberghe, Director-General, Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA);
- Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Co-President of the Club of Rome;
- Roux, Senior Associate Fellow at the Egmont Institute;
- Adélaïde Charlier, Co-Founder, Youth for Climate Movement;
- Moderator: Jean-Louis de Brouwer, Director of the Egmont Institute.

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Filming & Editing: Hugh Evans
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