Securitising the Green Deal? The Challenges of Aligning EU Climate and Security Policy

An event in the CIVICA Public Lecture Series Tours d’Europe.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a geopolitical turning point for the European Union, with implications on the energy market. The Hertie School will host a conversation between researchers and experts on the European Green Deal and the impact of the new geopolitical challenges on climate action.
Speakers will talk about the implications of the security developments on the “Fit for 55” package – a set of proposals to cut emissions and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 –, which EU institutions and member states are due to finalise over the next months. This raises the question if and how the altered context will change the EU’s approach to tackling climate change.
The peaking energy prices and the rising defence expenditures affect the affordability and social cohesion of the Green Deal’s emission reduction targets. Complementarities between climate and security policies exist, for example in speeding up the deployment of renewables, but there are also trade-offs in the use of coal power plants to substitute natural gas in the short term.
Join us to discuss and learn more on the future of EU climate and security policy with researchers, practitioners and experts from CIVICA universities and beyond:

• Christian Flachsland, Professor of Sustainability and Director of the Centre for Sustainability, Hertie School
• Mauro Petriccione, Director-General of DG CLIMA, European Commission
• Geneviève Pons, Director General and Vice President, Europe Jacques Delors
• Jesse Scott, Director of International Programmes, Agora Energiewende
• John Szabó, PhD researcher, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University.

Chair: Sabrina Schulz, moderator.
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