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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Johtava tutkija
Emma Hakala on Ulkopoliittisen instituutin johtava tutkija. Hänen tutkimuksensa keskittyy ympäristöturvallisuuteen ja ilmastonmuutoksen geopolitiikkaan, kuten kansainvälisten toimijoiden rooliin ympäristöturvallisuuden käytäntöjen rakentajina. Hän johtaa syksyllä 2023 alkanutta Ilmastonmuutos ja Suomen huoltovarmuus -projektia sekä konfliktianalyysia käsittelevää osaa Water Cooperation and Peace – Finnish Water Way -projektissa, jota UPI toteuttaa Suomen ympäristökeskuksen (SYKE) yhteistyökumppanina.
Hakala valmistui valtiotieteiden tohtoriksi poliittisesta historiasta Helsingin yliopistosta vuonna 2018. Hänen väitöskirjansa keskittyi ympäristön turvaamiseen ja kansainvälisten järjestöjen rooliin konfliktin jälkeisellä Länsi-Balkanilla. Hakala on aiemmin suorittanut poliittisen historian maisterin tutkinnon Helsingin yliopistossa. Hän toimii lisäksi tutkijatohtorina Helsingin yliopiston Toxic Crimes: Legal Activism against Wartime Environmental Destruction -projektissa ja on monitieteisen BIOS-tutkimusyksikön jäsen.