As part of the 6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE) held in Gothenburg on 25-29 June, Green Budget Europe (GBE) and the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra) organised a policy session on Best practices and policy requirements to achieve circular economy objectives. The session, which was chaired by Janez Potocnik (Co-chair of UNEP International Resource Panel and former EU Commissioner for Environment), began with Aldo Ravazzi-Douvan (Chief Economist […]
Representatives of the civil society, the European Commission and the European Parliament discussed fundamental issues related to sustainable development at a conference organised by Green Budget Europe, the People’s Budget campaign, CEEweb for Biodiversity and the Green Cities network on Tuesday 15 May. Special emphasis was on sustainability mainstreaming of the future EU budget as also called for in an open letter signed by 44 European and national organisations and […]
The European Commission published today its Communication on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027). According to the proposal, the Commission aims to introduce the principle of climate mainstreaming across all EU programmes by raising the current share (20%) of climate related objectives to 25% of overall EU expenditure. Green Budget Europe (GBE) supports the additional focus on climate, sustainability and rule of law. However, the Commission’s proposal lacks the ambition […]
Green Budget Europe and People’s Budget will host a high-level conference on “Sustainability in Europe” on Tuesday 15 May at Martin’s EU Hotel in Brussels. The conference will discuss measures necessary to be taken to reach sustainability and a circular, low-carbon economy, and what could be the role of the future EU budget in supporting this transition. The following speakers have confirmed their participation to the conference, among others: Jyrki […]
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the EU Commission, stressed the importance of the financial sector in the transition towards a low-carbon economy. He gave a presentation at a conference on sustainable finance, which took place in Brussels on 22 March. Mr Juncker pointed out that both policy-makers and the financial sector are already embracing the opportunities coming from the green transition, although there is still room for action for the EU […]
Rogue climate nations should face sanctions to eliminate competitive advantage, says new Green Budget Europe Director. “The international community should get serious about implementing the Paris agreement. We need to introduce new fiscal incentives and market-based instruments to make sure that we achieve in due course our goal to get rid of fossil fuels, which represent over 80 percent of our current energy consumption”, says Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, the newly appointed […]