Programme

14:30 | Introduction
  • Peter Schmidt, President of the EESC NAT Section
14:45 | Panel 1 - Addressing the triple planetary crisis while ensuring a wellbeing economy and a just transition

Conversation with:

  • Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Honorary President, The Club of Rome (🎬video message)
  • Prof. Enrico Giovannini, University of Rome
  • Assia Oulkadi, European Youth Forum
  • Judit Carreras Garcia, Director, Institute for Just Transition, Spain
  • Agata Meysner, Co-founder, Generation Climate Europe

Debate with NAT Members

16:15 | Panel 2 - Fostering sustainable food systems and thriving rural areas as drivers for the implementation of the Agenda 2030

Conversation with:

  • Prof. Tim Lang, Emeritus Professor of Food Policy (🎬video message)
  • Guillaume Lafortune, Vice President and Head of the Paris Office at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)
  • Tom Jones, President of the European Rural Community Alliance
  • Marta Messa, Secretary General at Slow Food

Debate with NAT Members

17:30 | Conclusions
  • Stoyan Tchoukanov, designated EESC NAT section president for the next mandate
17:45 | Final remarks
  • Peter Schmidt, President of the EESC NAT Section
18:00 | End of the event