How Green Is Your Deal‪?‬ GreenDeal-NET

The EU’s transition to climate neutrality requires significant efforts from all economic sectors. A key requirement for sectors to move to more sustainable practices is the availability of alternative climate-friendly technologies. Developing these requires innovation and strong investments. How do you create the right conditions for innovation to flourish? What can be improved from our current circumstances? 



To help us better understand the role of innovation in industry decarbonization, we are joined by Viktor Salenius, a researcher at Oxford University who works on innovation and the green transition in energy-intensive industries. 



Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel. 

The EU has a long history of formulating climate policies resulting in the European Green Deal. What are some of the trends that have emerged over the last 30 years and does the Green Deal break away from them? What can they tell us about the future of EU climate policy?

 In this episode, Claire Dupont shares her insights on the past, present and future of climate governance.

You can read the GreenDeal-NET state-of-the-art review ‘Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality?’ lead-authored by Claire to delve deeper into
this topic.

Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.

Greta Thunberg and the climate youth ignited a wave of climate activism in the EU. People took to the streets in mass protests, and groups like Extinction Rebellion started to use some more disruptive tactics. How can we understand these types of activism and what has been their impact on EU climate policy? 

Louisa Parks joins us in this episode to share her insights on climate
activism in the EU and the direct and indirect effects it has had. 

To learn more about this topic, you can read the GreenDeal-NET policy options paper on ‘Contemporary Climate Activism and EU Climate Policy'.

Carbon pricing has been at the heart of EU climate and energy policy since the very beginning with the development of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS). As part of the European Green Deal, the EU has expanded the EU ETS to include new sectors and has set up a scheme to price carbon at an international level. How do these instruments work and what are their social implications?



To help us answer these questions, we are joined by Peter Vis, a renowned expert with many years of experience on the matter. 



Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.

Hydrogen is often portrayed as the fuel for the future and it seems to be the solution to every aspect of the climate crisis. But what is hydrogen and can it live up to its promises? 

Marie Dejonghe, researcher at Ghent University, joins us in this episode to answer these questions and more. Together, we explore what makes hydrogen sustainable and how it can feature in the EU’s green transition.

We often hear that a
mere 100 companies are accountable for approximately 70% of global emissions.
But what does this responsibility truly mean, and how can corporations be held
accountable for their environmental impact?

 

In this episode, Annalisa Savaresi, expert on International Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland, shares her insights on the role of corporations in climate change, how they can be held accountable and what the role of climate litigation can be.

 

If you want to learn more about this topic, Annalisa recently published an article on the topic in Regulation and Governance, co-authored with Mikko Rajavuori and Harro van Asselt. They have also written a blog post based on the article.

 

Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.