This year’s EEAC Annual Conference on “The Critical Decade of Action: Mobilising Sustainability Transformation in Europe” takes place in Helsinki on 14–15 September 2022.
The event is hosted by Finland’s three independent science panels: the Finnish Expert Panel for Sustainable Development, the Finnish Climate Change Panel and the Finnish Nature Panel.
This year’s 30th celebration offers an opportunity to reflect on the past years and critically evaluate how we can leap to a sustainable future.
The critical decade for taking a leap to a sustainable future in Europe has started. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, its national implementation roadmaps as well as European Green Deal initiatives are all aiming to accelerate sustainability and climate targets by 2030. The most critical questions for this decade are how do we act now to guarantee that planetary boundaries are respected in economic and other societal action? How can we carry out sustainability transformation within boundaries that are defined by a safe and just space both ecologically as well as socially?
The two-day conference brings together experts from academia, civil society, the private sector and government to discuss the next steps for facilitating the much-needed transformation in the critical decade of action. There will be interesting keynote speeches and engaged in workshops and parallel sessions, including on the following themes:
The keynote and plenary sessions will also be live streamed.
09:30-10:30
Venue: Helsinki & Online
Sustainability transformation requires a systems level approach where all societal actors work in an integrated manner towards a common goal. This session explores mechanisms of joint goal setting, roadmap development, decision making, budget development and follow up. It will explore questions such as: How the economy is equipped to the transition? Who should lead the process? How to ensure that citizens get are brought along? What are the roles of business and what about science? Is it possible to have sustainability transformation that is both effective as well as just and inclusive?
Speakers:
Video: Paasitorni Live / YouTube.
SEI report / This report explores the value of - and offers guidance for - engaging citizens in governance to build climate-neutral, sustainable and resilient cities.
Project / AgroPolis co-creates value chain innovations and policies to scale agroecology and transform Europe’s food systems toward resilience and equity.
Feature / The BALTIPLAST project developed practical tools for municipalities to turn single-use plastic reduction ambitions into action.
