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November 2014
Annual Conference: A New Agenda for Green Fiscal Reform in Europe
The 2014 GBE Annual Conference provided a platform to discuss the potential of green fiscal reform to create jobs and aid economic recovery. We discussed the opportunities and shortcomings of the European Semester as a key process to move this agenda forward. Programme & Presentations 09:00 Welcome and Introduction Atle Leikvoll, Ambassador of Norway to the EU Anselm Görres, President, Green Budget Europe (Keynote Speech) 09:30 Keynotes: Never let a good crisis go to waste: green fiscal reform and sustainable recovery in…
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Never let a good crisis go to waste: Windows of opportunity for Environmental Fiscal Reform within the European Semester
European Commission DG Environment, Brussels Organised by Green Budget Europe and hosted by the European Commission, this side-event to the Greening the European Semester expert group brought together 33 representatives of 11 EU-Member States, NGOs and the European Commission to exchange knowledge about the potential of environmental fiscal reform in very open, in-depth and fruitful discussions. The event started off with an introduction by Paul Ekins, director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources and President of the scientific advisory committee of GBE. He presented…
Find out more »May 2015
Environmental Fiscal Reform within the European Semester: From Challenge to Opportunity
Green Budget Europe’s board members and experts met in Brussels with representatives from the European Commission and civil society organisations to discuss the current state of Environmental Fiscal Reform within the European Semester. Below are some background information, along with the objectives of the meeting and target audience. Download the event’s agenda. The European Semester On 28 November 2014, the new European Commission kicked off the 5th round of the European Semester process, presenting the Annual Growth Survey (AGS). The objective of the…
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Reforma Fiscal Medioambiental
On 22 October 2015, Green Budget Europe together with Climate & Strategy Partners, the Fundació ENT, the Fundación CONAMA and the UNED co-organised a conference on Environmental Fiscal Reform in Madrid. See the presentations, videos and photos below. English version Agenda Press Coverage Photos El pasado 22 de Octubre de 2015, El equipo de Green Budget Europe, junto a Climate Strategy & Partners, la Fundació ENT, la Fundación CONAMA y la UNED presentaron la conferencia “Trabajo, Crecimiento y Sostenibilidad: el…
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