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, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
- Stoyan TCHOUKANOV, President of the NAT section
9:45 – 10:45 | Mapping the global context for fossil fuel phase out: What role for the EU?
Chair: Prof. Peter NEWELL, University of Sussex
- Thijs VAN DE GRAAF, Associate Professor at the University of Ghent
- Natalie JONES, Senior Policy Advisor at International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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
- Pauline FOURNOLS, Energy Policy Manager, WindEurope
- James TRINDER, International Climate Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe
- Ben LENNON, Climate, Energy and Industry Policy Advisor, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- Rich COLLETT-WHITE, Energy Analyst, Carbon Tracker
12:00 – 12:50 | Lessons from EU first movers
Chair: Corina MURAFA BENGA, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee
- Dr. Lukas SLOTHUUS, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Sussex
- Zoe AVISON, Senior Political Advisor at Uplift, UK
- Daniele VEZZELLI, PhD Candidate at the University of Padua - Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Just Fossil Fuel Transitions, Italy
12:50 – 13:00 | Closing remarks
- Prof. Peter NEWELL, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
- Marcin NOWACKI, President of the TEN section of the EESC