European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft Programme
Morning hybrid session
9:00 | Arrival & tea and coffee
9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome & aims of the meeting
- Prof. Peter NEWELL, University of Sussex
- Stoyan TCHOUKANOV, President of the NAT section
9:45 – 10:45 | What role can the EU play in supporting supply-side policy ambition?
Chair: Prof. Peter NEWELL, University of Sussex
- Representative of DG CLIMA (tbc)
- Cristina LOBILLO BORRERO, Directorate-General Energy (tbc)
- National government (tbc)
- Lídia PEREIRA, MEP, EPP (tbc)
- Corina MURAFA BENGA, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 | Civil society, labour and business perspectives on EU leadership on fossil fuel phase out
Chair: Brendan DEVLIN, DG ENER, European Commission
- Sian BRADLEY, BOGA (tbc) / Vance CULBERT or Farooq ULLAH or Natalie JONES, IISD (tbc)
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development (tbc)
- Ludovic VOET, ETUC (tbc)
- Chiara MARTINELLI, CAN International (tbc)
12:00 – 12:50 | Lessons from EU first movers
- Dr. Lukas SLOTHUUS, Nordic experiences
- Frederick DALEY, UK
- Daniele VEZZELLI, University of Padua, Italy
- Judit CARRERAS GARCIA, Director of the Just Transition Institute, Spain (tbc)
12:50 – 13:00 | Closing remarks
- Prof. Peter NEWELL, University of Sussex & Marcin NOWACKI, President of the TEN section of the EESC