IDDRI is part of the Think2030 platform, whose mission is to produce recommendations for EU policymakers and stakeholders on key sustainable development issues. The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) organises the 2024 edition of the biannual Think2030 conference on 27 March. Taking place in Brussels, the Think2030 biannual conference will be held in a critical phase, both to deliver the European Green Deal and to ensure its sustainability principles influence the future direction of the EU beyond 2024.
In 2018 IEEP launched Think2030, an evidence-based, non-partisan platform gathering decision-makers and analysts from policy, business, and research across Europe to debate the key sustainability issues at stake for EU policy.
Taking place in Brussels, the Think2030 biannual conference will be tailored to the Belgian context. From 1 January to 30 June 2024, Belgium will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. An honest broker for Council meetings, the Presidency also has a direct influence on setting the priorities to be discussed. The Council is the most powerful player to increase ambition and accelerate the EU Green Deal implementation, while individual member states are facing big challenges due to their different circumstances.
In 2024 the EU will be in a critical phase, both to deliver the European Green Deal and to ensure its sustainability principles influence the future direction of the EU beyond 2024. The current political struggle challenges the idea that European Green Deal should remain the framework for the EU’s action, influencing Europarties’ political manifestos and the future Commission. The conference sessions will address sustainability issues against the backdrop of the EU’s main political debates on the impacts of the environmental policies approved and planned. It will focus on emerging priorities and work of the Belgian Presidency, but also of the current Trio Presidency, which began with Spain followed by Belgium and Hungary.
The conference will also explore how science can better inform policy to create the enabling environment for these recommendations to be brought to scale, focusing on innovations and best practices.
Sebastien Treyer, IDDRI's Executive Director, will participate to the session "Just transition: aligning climate and environmental action with social equity and well-being".
