European Green Deal – What’s in it for Sweden and Swedish business?

The breakfast seminar will discuss the European Green Deal, the EU’s new growth strategy. Some of the thematic questions that will be covered include: What does the European Green Deal mean for climate change and as a net-zero emission engine? In what way will the European Green Deal be able to stimulate investment in sustainable solutions and technologies? How is geopolitics affected – how will China and the US act? Does the EGD stimulate new business models – what is missing to further increase the ambition? How can we use the EGD in Sweden to give the ongoing transformation in energy and circular economy a boost?

The seminar is held in English and is a collaboration between the Haga Initiative and the research program Mistra Geopolitics.

Participants:

• Annika Korzinek, Deputy Head of the European Commission Representation in Sweden
• Mia Pantzar, Senior Analyst at IEEP, Institute for European Environmental Policy
• Ronan Palmer, Head of Clean Economy Program at the international think tank E3G
• Alarik Sandrup, Director Public and Regulatory Affairs, Lantmännen and President of ePURE, the European Renewable Ethanol Association
• Björn-Ola Linnér, Professor of Environmental Change, Linköping University
• Karl Hallding, Research Leader and China expert, SEI

Moderators: Nina Ekelund, Haga Initiative and Robert Watt, Stockholm Environment Institute