Shifting gears: achieving climate neutrality by 2050
Is the EU executing the decisive gear-shift that is needed to not only meet its own ambitious climate targets and agree on its vision for climate neut...
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World Energy Outlook 2019
The world energy market continues to experience major transformations: the rapidly falling cost of renewables and breakthrough innovations in energy u...
Session III – Achieving bold EU national E&C plans through inclusiveness and sustainable finance
As required by the EU Governance Regulation, every EU country must submit its final plans for achieving the 2030 targets on energy efficiency, renewab...
Session I – Out with the old, in with the bold: there's an opportunity in the climate crisis
The urgency of the climate crisis is impossible to brush off. Even if we wanted to ignore the extreme weather events that have plagued the planet rece...
Session II – Energy justice and the industry competitiveness: a mutually beneficial partnership
Previous years have seen tremendous advancements in the rollout of new socially-driven technologies aimed at empowering citizens to become prosumers. ...
Equal access to care for rare diseases
The EU has already made great progress on the treatment of rare diseases. However, persistent gaps remain. Of the 5000 to 8000 rare diseases that exis...
Session II: EU Security And Defence In A Wider World
Greater EU strategic autonomy in defence and security is bound to be met with mixed reactions. While leaders in France, Germany and Spain have endorse...
Session I: European Strategic Autonomy – What, where and how?
The 2019 EU elections pose a new test for those seeking greater European strategic autonomy. Considerable gains for populist parties could see a chang...
North Macedonia and its quest for Euro-Atlantic Integration
In a time when Europe is divided and geopolitical tensions are high, North Macedonia has delivered on its promises. By reaching the Prespa Agreement w...
Sharpening EU Leadership in Plastics Recycling
In March 2019, the European Parliament voted in favour of a motion that would phase out a number of single-use plastic items across the EU by 2021. Th...