EVENT: Climate Change: European responses to a global challenge

Joint event by the Federal Trust with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Global Policy Institute

12^th October 2021

The COP26 meeting, hosted by the UK in November, will turn the spotlight on the global challenge of tackling climate change.

At our webinar, our expert panel discussed the public policy responses to this challenge by the EU, the UK and Germany. Among the questions discussed were:  Will a green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic be possible? What is the impact of Brexit for the UK’s and European climate policy?

Speakers:

Professor Charlotte Burns
Professor of Politics; Director of the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, University of Sheffield

Professor Andy Jordan
Professor of Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia

Prof Dr Andreas Goldthau
Franz Haniel Professor for Public Policy of the Willy Brandt School at the University of Erfurt; and Research Group Leader at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam