CLIMATE CRISIS :: IFES: The Geopolitics of Decarbonisation - Re-shaping European Foreign Relations

CLIMATE CRISIS :: IFES: The Geopolitics of Decarbonisation - Re-shaping European Foreign Relations
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Venue: Virtual Event:  3 July 2020, 14:00 – 15:30
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The European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen has committed to accelerating decarbonisation in Europe as a major priority. The European Green Deal aims to reach the objective of climate neutrality by 2050, in line with the Paris Accord objective of keeping global temperatures as close as possible to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era.

This also needs to be adequately reflected in European external relations. To what extent and how will the EU’s and global decarbonization patterns impact the EU’s external relations with suppliers of fossil fuels? How should the EU’s foreign relations be shaped to exploit the opportunities and address the vulnerabilities stemming from deep decarbonization?

A new study from Adelphi and the Institute for European Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, supported by the German Ministry for Foreign Affairs, inquires the impact of decarbonization on six suppliers of fossil fuels, exploring the consequences for the EU’s foreign policy with a view to providing recommendations to the EU, including the incoming German Presidency
of the Council of the European Union.

Programme:
14:00 – 14:05: Introductory remarks by Sebastian Oberthür, Professor for Environment and Sustainable Development, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Moderator)

14:05 – 14:25: Presentation of the IES-Adelphi study “The Geopolitics of decarbonization: re-shaping European and foreign relations”

Dennis Tänzler, Director for International Climate Policy, Adelphi
Emily Wright, Project Manager, Adelphi

14:25 – 15:00: Discussion
Caroline Kuzemko, Associate Professor in International Political Economy, University of Warwick
Marc Vanheukelen, EU Ambassador at large for Climate Diplomacy, European External Action Service

15:00 – 15:30: Q&A

About the The Institute for European Studies (IES) 
At the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is an academic Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and a policy think tank that focuses on the European Union in an international setting. The Institute advances academic education and research in various disciplines, and provides services to policy-makers, scholars, stakeholders and the general public.

The IES specifically explores EU institutions, policies and law within the context of globalization and global governance, including a focus on the EU in international affairs and institutions. The disciplines applied at the IES include law, social/political sciences, economics and communication sciences, and the Institute’s activities focus on the various ways in which institutions, law and politics intersect with each other in the EU, its member states and at the international level.