Europe has long been seen as a climate pioneer: European countries have helped commercialize some of the key climate technologies driving clean energy deployment, and the European Union’s regulations, including the European Emissions Trading System, have served as standard-setters globally. The European Union’s target of complete climate neutrality by 2050 is one of the most ambitious climate goals a suite of countries has passed together. Yet, a changed global geopolitical and geoeconomic environment threatens Europe’s position as a climate leader going forward, requiring Europe’s decisionmakers and policymakers to change their approach to tackling climate as an energy systems problem, situated within this new reality and pursuing as many solutions-options as possible. 

Speakers: Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate, Iceland; Michal Kurtyka, Former Minister of Climate and Environment, and COP24 President, Poland; Daniel Westlén, State Secretary to Minister for Climate and the Environment, Sweden; Johanna Schiele, Policy Officer, EU Commission, DG CLIMA; Alexandra Bocșe, State Adviser on Climate and Sustainability, Presidential Administration of Romania; Lee Beck, Senior Director in Europe and the Middle East, Clean Air Task Force

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