EAERE Policy Outreach event
13 September 2024 | Pontignano, Siena (Italy) & online

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The EAERE Policy Outreach event “Environment, Resources, and Cooperation in the Mediterranean“, in partnership with the University of Siena and the EUI, will take place on September 13, 2024 at 15:15-16:15 CEST in Pontignano, Siena (Italy) and will be streamed online.

The event is framed within the Vision Pontignano Conference on the Future of Europe 2024.

The full agenda is available here.

Chair
Simone Borghesi, Vice Rector for International Relations of the University of Siena, Director of the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) Climate at the European University Institute, and President of EAERE

Speakers

• Romano Prodi, Former President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister of Italy
• Valeria Costantini, Economics Department Director at Roma Tre and President of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
• Marcello Scalisi, Director of the Mediterranean Universities Union  (UNIMED)
• Angelo Riccaboni, President of the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA)
• Carmen Arguedas, President of the Spanish-Portuguese Association of Natural and Environmental Resource Economics
• Raja Chakir, Steering Committee of the French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Concept Note

Political borders and unions offer unparalleled opportunities for robust, integrated climate policy. The EU’s Green Deal, a suite of ambitious, largely binding, climate legislation is a prime example of this. However, they also artificially restrict the field of cooperation to within specific borders, a risky limitation in the face of notoriously cross-border climate impacts.

The EU’s Southern border with the Mediterranean is as relevant for climate futures as its Northern border with the Arctic, additionally layered with the social complexities of climate change, including resource conflicts, migration, energy access, and climate disasters. In the face of this, building on a rich history of Mediterranean cooperation and diversity, and on environmental economics cooperation around the world, we see ample scope for sustainable collective environmental progress. The University of Siena and Vision have long supported Mediterranean cooperation in research and development, most notably in Prime Minister Prodi’s advocacy of a Mediterranean University, and we are honored to support missions in this direction.

If you are willing to follow the event online, please register via this form.

ORGANIZED BY

EAERE – Vision – Crafting the Future and University of Siena