In December 2019 the European Commission presented the European Green Deal, the key plan to advance the EU’s climate agenda. More ambitious EU decarbonisation targets for 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050 are the main goals. The Green Deal also includes new plans and strategies for sustainable investment, carbon border adjustment, the European industry, sustainable agriculture and biodiversity. The Commission has stated that the Green Deal will remain a priority despite the Covid-19 crisis. Is the Green Deal a step change in EU climate and energy policy? What are the main challenges to its implementation? How will it impact the role of the EU as a global actor?
The webinar is organized by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs in cooperation with the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Webinar recording available at the bottom of this page.
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Director and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment, SAIS and Founding Director, ISEP
Johannes Urpelainen is the Director and Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Professor of Energy, Resources and Environment at Johns Hopkins SAIS and the Founding Director of the ISEP. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2009 and spent the next eight years at Columbia University. Dr Urpelainen is the award-winning author of four books and over a hundred refereed articles on environmental politics, energy policy, and global governance.
Senior Research Fellow, FIIA
Marco Siddi is a Senior Research Fellow at FIIA, where he focuses on European politics, EU-Russia relations and energy politics. His research has been published in numerous academic journals, including International Politics, Europe-Asia Studies, Geopolitics, Politics and The International Spectator. He has taught at several European universities, most recently at Tampere University and the University of Helsinki. Prior to joining FIIA, he was a Marie Curie and DAAD fellow. He studied at Oxford University, the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the University of Edinburgh, where he received a PhD in Politics.
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Ledande forskare
Emma Hakala är ledande forskare vid forskningsprogrammet Global säkerhet och styrning vid institutet. Hennes forskning fokuserar på miljösäkerhet och klimatförändringarnas geopolitik, såsom hur internationella aktörer tillämpar miljösäkerhet. Hon leder projektet “Klimatförändringar och Finlands försörjningsberedskap” samt delen om konfliktanalys i projektet “Samarbete kring vatten och fred – finskt vattenkunnande”, som institutet genomför tillsammans med Finlands miljöcentral (SYKE).
Hakala disputerade i politisk historia vid Helsingfors universitet 2018. Hennes doktorsavhandling fokuserade på säkerhetisering av miljön och de internationella organisationernas roll efter konflikter i västra Balkan. Hakala blev även magister i politisk historia vid Helsingfors universitet. Hon är också postdoktoral forskare i projektet “Toxic Crimes: Legal Activism against Wartime Environmental Destruction” vid Helsingfors universitet och medlem i den tvärvetenskapliga forskningsenheten BIOS.