KlimaLecture #11: What is the future for European Climate Policy?

Date: Tuesday, 27 May 6 pm
Venue: Online via Zoom
Language: English
Learn more: Die Junge Akademie
Registration: mandatory, below

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The “ClimateLecture” is hosted jointly by five Young Academies across European Countries. We offer a diversity of academic views, across the social sciences and EU member states on the future of climate policy-making at the European level.

The panel will take on issues such as inequality and populism, which challenge the advancement of mitigation policies. Furthermore, the lecture will provide an overview of the diverse implications of the EU climate policy legislation for different member states.

Greener Goals, Tougher Politics: Can the EU Stay on Track to 2040?

While scientific evidence increasingly confirms that the expected damages from climate change will become more severe, the policy environment for legislating decarbonization in the European Union remains challenging. One of the new European Commission’s key priorities is to foster competitiveness. At the same time, parties in several member states that oppose climate mitigation policies have seen electoral success.

This is the backdrop to this summer’s debate amongst the European institutions on whether the continent should adopt a 2040 target of a 90% reduction in emissions compared to 1990 levels, building on the existing -55% target for 2030.