An aerial view of wind turbines, Holland. Photo: Karl Hendon / Getty Images
The Think2030 Dialogue Sweden 2023 will gather decision-makers and analysts from policy, business and research across Europe to debate the key sustainability issues at stake for EU policy.
The Think2030 Dialogue Sweden takes place in the framework of the activities of Think2030 platform, created by the Institute for European Environmental Policy in 2018 to provide science-policy solutions for a more sustainable Europe. This event is a follow-up to the latest Think2030 biannual conference that took place in Paris in 2022.
The event will be held in Stockholm on 20 April in direct connection with the informal meeting of EU environment ministers. This provides a unique opportunity to gather high-level representatives from EU member states to reflect on the outcome of the informal ministerial meeting and focus on the EU’s sustainability goals achieving the common vision described in the European Green Deal.
The overarching theme of the 2023 Think2030 Dialogue is the role of the EU in securing future sustainability and resilience within Europe and abroad. The Think2030 Dialogue Sweden will include high-level policy debates and science and policy sessions focusing on four key thematic issues.
- Energy transition and the cost of living: How to strike the right balance between short-term fixes and long-term solutions to the energy crisis
- Climate security and trade in times of multiple crises
- Innovation and industry transition: towards a green industrial strategy
- European Green Deal 2024 and beyond, which vision and priorities for the EGD 2.0?
The sessions will address sustainability issues against the backdrop of broader issues facing the EU, including security and geopolitics, innovation and competitiveness, and social inclusion in the transition. It will focus on emerging priorities and work of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, but also the next Trio Presidency, beginning with Spain as the next Presidency.
Draft Agenda
9:15 – 9:40 Welcome: Navigating crises through sustainability
- Måns Nilsson, Executive Director, SEI
- Anna Jöborn, Executive Director, Mistra,
- Johan Kuylenstierna, Director General, Formas
- Göran von Sydow, Director General, SIEPS,
- Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Executive Director, IEEP
9:40 – 10:00 Opening remarks: The agenda for the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU and ways forward for sustainability in the EU
- Daniel Westlén, State Secretary to the Swedish Minister for Climate and the Environment
10:00 – 10:45 High level policy panel: Can the EU become the world’s number one exporter of sustainability and resilience?
- Zakia Khattabi, Belgian Minister of Climate, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal
- Norbert Kurilla, Senior Green Transition Advisor to the President of Slovakia
- Teresa Ribera, Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition (TBC)
Moderated by: Robert Watt, Engagement Director, SEI
11:15 – 12:30 Parallel Policy Sessions 1 & 2
Science & Policy Session 1: Energy transitions and the cost of living: how to strike the right balance between short term fixes and long-term solutions to the energy crisis?
Co-leads: IDDRI & BC3
Moderator: Nicolas Berghmans, Lead European affairs and energy and climate expert, IDDRI, France
Speakers:
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- Mikel Gonzales, Senior researcher, BC3 (Basque Centre for Climate Change)
- Anette Persson, Policy officer Energy efficiency: Buildings and Products at European Commission DG ENERGY
- Claudia Strambo, Research Fellow, SEI
- Oskar Ahnfelt, VP Public & Regulatory Affairs, Vattenfall
- Isabell Büschel – Director, Spain – Transport & Environment
Science & Policy Session 2: Climate security and trade in times of multiple crises
Co-leads: Mistra & IISD
Moderator: Nathalie Bernasconi, Vice-President, Global Strategies and Managing Director, Europe IISD
Rapporteur: Antoine Oger, Head of Global Challenges and SDGs Team, IEEP, Belgium
Keynote speaker:
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- Henrik Carlsen, Co-Director Mistra Geopolitics, Sweden
Panel:
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- Marc Vanheukelen, former EU Ambassador Climate Diplomacy, former EU Ambassador to the WTO
- Rashid S Kaukab, Executive Director CUTS International, Geneva
- Helena Hansson, Programme Director Mistra Food Future, Sweden
- Ieva Baršauskaitė, Senior Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development, IISD
13:45 – 15:00 Parallel Policy Sessions 3 & 4
Science & Policy Session 3: Innovation and industry transition: towards a green industrial strategy
Co-leads: Formas & SEI
Moderator: John Tumpane, head of Environment division, Formas
Rapporteur: Per Anderson, Head of Secretariat – Leadit, SEI, Sweden
Speakers:
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- Janez Potočnik, former Environment Commissioner and Co-chair for UN International Resource Panel
- Industry representative (TBC)
- EU policy specialist (TBC)
- Circular economy and industry transition expert (TBC)
Science & Policy Session 4: European Green Deal 2024 and beyond: Vision and priorities for the EGD 2.0?
Co-leads: IEEP & SIEPS
Moderator: Martijn Pakker, Head of Strategic Relations IEEP
Rapporteur: Ioli Christopoulou, Executive Director, The Green Tank
Speakers:
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- Luc Bas, Regional Vice-Chair IUCN CEESP (Commission for Environmental, Economic and Social Policy), Europe
- Camilla Bausch, Executive Director, ECOLOGIC Institute
- Mats Engström, Senior Adviser, SIEPS
- Anja Gassner, Senior Scientist Advisor World Agroforestry , Global Landscape Forum
- Lasse Miettinen, Director, Sustainability solutions, SITRA
- Eija Hietavuo, VP Corporate Affairs, Tetra Pak
15:00 – 15:45 Closing panel: Priorities for presidencies of the EU Council to raise the ambition of future post-2024 European Green Deal
- Antoine Oger, Head of Global Challenges and SDGs Team, IEEP, Belgium
- Per Anderson, Head of Secretariat – LeadIT, SEI, Sweden
- Ioli Christopoulou, Executive Director, The Green Tank
Conversation leaders: Robert Watt, Engagement Director, SEI & Ng’endo Machua-Munio, Communications Officer, SEI
15.45-16.00 Final remarks
- Måns Nilsson, Executive Director, SEI
- Eero Yrjö-Koskinen, Executive Director, IEEP
Green public procurement can help cut the EU's greenhouse gas emissions. This report details how to boost this policy tool in construction and road transport.
- SEI reports
- Climate
- Economy
- Energy
- Governance
- Land
- 9 February 2023
- Europe
- Sweden
- Germany
- France
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Italy
- Poland
- Estonia
Technology and climate mitigation are driving a transformation in road freight. The brief sets out the benefits and challenges for sustainability in the sector.
- SEI briefs
- Energy
- Climate
- Air
- 30 January 2023
- Europe
- Northern America
SEI's Derik Broekhoff offers recommendations on regulating net-zero standards and criteria for the UN Secretary General's High Level Expert Group (HLEG).
- Perspective
- Climate
- 10 October 2022
- Africa
- Asia
- Americas
- Europe
- Middle East and North Africa
- Oceania
This policy brief finds that while Estonia and Poland have set goals to grow green public procurement, few mandates exist to make them happen.
- SEI briefs
- Air
- Climate
- Economy
- Energy
- Governance
- Land
- 14 September 2022
- Estonia
- EU
- Poland
Green choices in public procurement can help EU Member States reach their climate goals. This brief compares the policies of Sweden and the Netherlands.
- SEI briefs
- Air
- Climate
- Economy
- Energy
- Governance
- Land
- 18 August 2022
- Europe
- EU
- Northern Europe
- Sweden
- Netherlands
Households in the EU will feel the impact of efforts to decarbonize the heating and transport sectors. What can be done to promote a just transition?
- SEI reports
- Climate
- Energy
- Governance
- 21 June 2022
- EU
This policy brief analyses the direct effects of the war in Ukraine and explores several integrative policy approaches to mitigate these implications.
- Other publications
- Governance
- 18 August 2022
- EU
- Europe
- Ukraine
This study analyses Bosnia and Herzegovina’s environmental finance to facilitate future sustainable finance prioritization.
- Journal articles
- Climate
- 16 August 2022
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
SEI Affiliated Researcher Pete Erickson lays out the benefits and drawbacks – mostly benefits – in the recently passed transformative climate law in the US.
- Feature
- Air
- Climate
- Economy
- Energy
- Governance
- Health
- 8 September 2022
- Americas
- Northern America
- United States of America
The North Sea countries all have the necessary finance, economic diversity, technical knowledge and ample renewable energy potential to break their dependency.
- Perspective
- Energy
- Climate
- 6 September 2022
- Northern Europe
- Denmark
- Norway
- United Kingdom
The Think2030 Dialogue Sweden is an in-person event by invitation. The number of participants is limited.
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The opening high-level policy debate will be live-streamed and open to public attendance. Join us online on 20th of April from 9:00 to 10:45 (CEST).
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