Programme

Ecological overshoot: How the EU can push back against resource depletion

09:30 | Setting the scene: The EU's ecological footprint  

Moderated by Arnaud Schwartz, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory of the EESC

• Marie Toussaint, Member of the European Parliament
• Steven Tebbe, CEO, Global Footprint Network
• Timothée Parrique, author of "The political economy of degrowth"

Q&A and discussion with Members

11:00 | Break

11:15 | Proposals from organised civil society to push back on resource depletion

Moderated by Janusz Pietkiewicz, Vice President of the Sustainable Development Observatory of the EESC

• Patrizia Heidegger, Deputy Secretary General, EEB
• Andreas Brieger, Director for Sustainable Development, SMEUnited
• Jan Mayrhofer, Policy & Advocacy Manager, European Youth Forum

Q&A and Discussion with Members

13:00 | Lunch break

14:30 |  Inspirational talk: from theory to practice

• Janez Potočnik, Co-Chair, International Resource Panel

15:00 | Sharing good practices & initiatives

Moderated by Isabel Caño Aguilar, Vice President of the Sustainable Development Observatory of the EESC

• Leonardo Van Den Berg, ECVC Coordination Committee Member, Via Campesina, Agroecology to cultivate resources instead of exhausting them
• Alessandro Galli, Ph.D., Director, Mediterranean and MENA regions, Global Footprint Network, Supporting state and non-state actors to implement the ecological footprint metrics
• Professor Katja Vintar Mally, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Ecological Footprint accounting at national level
• Adelina Pinto, Vice-Mayor of Guimarães, Portugal, Municipalities in the implementation of the Ecological Footprint

17:00 | End of the event 

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