In person event
Creating clean and competitive industries within Europe will be one of the key priorities of the next Commission. A shift to greener industries will cause changes in labour markets and people’s lives, leading to major implications for the environment and human wellbeing.
The Political Guidelines for the next Commission highlight the importance of green jobs and skills for a green industrial transition. However, these strategies alone may not be enough to address the environmental and social implications of work.
To improve human wellbeing within planetary boundaries, there is potential in bridging policy siloes between green and social strategies. Integrated eco-social policies offer ways to make labour markets more sustainable both environmentally and socially.
In this event, we will explore how the next political cycle can better align the EU’s approach to delivering clean industries with eco-social considerations. On a broader level, we will investigate the EU’s role in ensuring that a green industrial transition is also a just transition. More specifically, we will look into different eco-social policy options and their potential to tackle interlinked environmental and societal challenges.
Welcome by Patricia Urban, Researcher, CEPS
Creating sustainable labour markets through eco-social policies:
Francesca Chapman, Associate Research Assistant, CEPS
Panel discussion:
Frank Siebern-Thomas, Head of Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission
Matteo Mandelli, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sciences Po
Mehtap Akgüç, Senior Researcher, ETUI
Isabelle Brachet, Fiscal Reform Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe
