The Green Deal and the bigger picture
1 June 2022 | 14:00 – 16:00

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Partner Event for EU Green Week 2022

We are One Planet, One Health. In the 21st century and taking into account the many challenges we face – climate change, ecocide, pollution, threats to human health – we can no longer afford narrow points of view that only focus on the short term and that only see part of the picture.

The Green Deal, presented by the European Commission in 2019, sets the path for a more integrative approach to EU policies.

This workshop will explore how the Green Deal contributes to this objective and how several pieces of EU legislation, all interconnected, are implementing the Green Deal holistic approach. Experts will exchange ideas on how to reinforce these legislations, and actively interact with participants through several channels in three inclusive roundtables.

The workshop is conceived with a multidisciplinary approach and will include presentations and visual materials. Pioneer women will be honored, by highlighting the work of a female naturalist who embraced the holistic approach to nature and was well ahead of her time.

Agenda

14:00 – 14:05 Welcome speech – Lukas Visek – Member of Cabinet of Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, European Commission

14:05 – 14:10 Introduction – Patrick ten Brink – Deputy Secretary General and Director of EU Policy, European Environmental Bureau

14:10 – 14:40 Roundtable 1: The Green Deal with a focus on the Zero Pollution Action Plan and the Farm to Fork Strategy

• Assessing the Green Deal and the Zero Pollution action plan – Patrick ten Brink – Deputy Secretary General and Director of EU Policy, European Environmental Bureau
• The European Commission’s assessment of the Zero Pollution Action Plan and next steps – Veronica Manfredi – Director – ENV C. Zero Pollution, European Commission
• The Farm to Fork, zero GHG, zero pollution and food security in times of a war: is the Green Deal relevant under crisis? – Guy Pe’er -German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
• Discussion

14:40 – 14:45 Pesticide video

14:45 – 15:15 Roundtable 2 : Pollution from agricultural sources and solutions

• Revision of the SUD. Complying with EU law and taking science into account – Eva Corral – Senior Policy Officer for Pesticide and Water Pollution, European Environmental Bureau
• SAIO – Improving transparency in the use of chemical products in agriculture – Alice Bernard – Senior Law and Policy Advisor. Chemicals, Client Earth
• Air pollution from Agriculture – Margherita Tolotto – Senior Policy Officer for Air and Noise, European Environmental Bureau
• Discussion

15:15 – 15:25 Virtual exhibition

15:25 – 15:55 Roundtable 3 : Pollution from industrial sources and solutions

• Making chemical laws fit to achieve the EGD toxic-free environment vision – Dolores Romano – Deputy Policy Manager for Chemicals, European Environmental Bureau
• Making the IED fit for delivering on EU Green Deal – Christian Schaible – Policy Manager for Industrial Pollution, European Environmental Bureau
• PRTR – Making industrial reporting fit for the digital age – Joze Roth- Senior Policy Officer for Zero Pollution, European Environmental Bureau
•  Discussion

15:55 – 16:00 Conclusions – Patrick ten Brink – Deputy Secretary General and Director of EU Policy, European Environmental Bureau