Civil society and expert contributions for the UN HLPF and beyond
Location
Rue Belliard 99, 1040
Brussels
Belgium
This workshop aims to discuss priorities to strengthen the EU’s SDG leadership at home and internationally in achieving climate neutrality and sustainable development ahead of major international summits planned for this coming July and September.
How the EU can push back against resource depletion
Event type
Conference
Location
Rue Belliard 99, 1040
Brussels
Belgium
This public event will assess the extent of the EU's current ecological overshoot and look into proposals from organised civil society to push back against resource depletion and present some best practices and initiatives to reduce the EU's ecological footprint.
This online public hearing on carbon removal certification aims to take stock of current certification schemes, looking at different methodologies, and discuss what an EU-wide certification framework needs to provide for in practice to make it transparent, reliable and avoid greenwashing.
Mimořádná schůze skupiny Organizace občanské společnosti
Location
Svět techniky, the lower area of Vítkovice, zs Vítkovice 3004, 703 00 Ostrava-Vítkovice
Vítkovice
Czechia
V rámci českého předsednictví Rady EU uspořádá dne 11. října 2022 skupina Organizace občanské společnosti jako jedna ze tří skupin Evropského hospodářského a sociálního výboru v Ostravě konferenci na téma Hledání nové podoby Moravskoslezského kraje v zájmu zajištění sociálně spravedlivé transformace. Akce proběhne v prezenčním režimu a bude přenášena on-line.
How to speed up the Shift to Renewable Energy in Europe
Event type
Conference
Location
Online event
Brussels
Belgium
The Sustainable Development Observatory of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will host an online conference with the aim to assess the future development of photovoltaic systems and wind power plants and discuss how to build up the European renewable industry to avoid creating new dependencies.
Towards transformational local development policies
Location
14:30-17:30
Online event
Belgium
On 28 November 2022 the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and ECOLISE will hold an event in the context of the annual Communities for Future Week, a week-long series of events at EU, national and regional levels that will explore how best to support ongoing work led by communities on climate change and sustainability in Europe.
The EESC will host a public hearing in the context of its own-initiative opinion: Empowering youth to achieve sustainable development through education. The event aims to explore innovative ideas to foster opportunities and overcome challenges for the implementation of a transformative education for sustainable development.
As in previous years, the European Economic and Social Committee, as the body representing organised civil society in the EU, will be following the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, from Tuesday, 5 July, to Monday, 18 July 2022. The HLPF is the United Nations central platform for follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The objective of this online event - held in the context of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) - is to take stock of EU progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15, in order to come up with a new set of proposals to reinvigorate the EU trajectory through strategic and cooperative approaches.
Extraordinary meeting of the Bureau of the Civil Society Organisations' Group
Location
Bridge House Hotel
Tullamore
Ireland
On 9 June in Tullamore, Ireland, the Civil Society Organisations' Group of the European Economic and Social Committee in partnership with Irish Rural Link, will organise a conference on the topic of the 'Just Transition'.
