Annual Conference of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) was held in Stockholm, on May 8th, back to back with the General Assembly. The Conference started with an introductory speech on what we need our common future to look like and what we need to do to make this happen, led by European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries and the Swedish Minister for Climate and the Environment. In the continuation of the Conference, the possibilities for tickling triple crises (concerning climate and energy, biodiversity and chemicals), why building on The European Green Deal, emphasizing the EU as a crucial player with a key role and responsibility in addressing these. For each one of the three crises, a panel discussed the main challenges which are facing, to what extent the European Green Deal delivered an appropriate EU policy and legislative response to the crisis, what milestones are yet to be achieved within this Commission and European Parliament, as well as what should the priorities for a European Green Deal 2.0, beyond the European elections in 2024?
The scale of the common global challenge and how policy, civil society, and science can make the change we need happen was the focus of the presentation of youths.
The Conference was held during the preparations for the elections for the EU Parliament, which will be held in the spring of 2024. it is evident that issues of importance for the protection of the environment are becoming less and less important topics among the majority of members of the European Parliament. It is necessary to find new ways to raise the importance of this topic, not only in the EU but also in the accession countries.
More about Conference: https://conference.eeb.org/
