The European Green Deal - European Commission (europa.eu) aims to transform the EU into a modern, resource-preserving and competitive economy, ensuring that there will be no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050; economic growth is to be decoupled from resource use and no person and no place shall be left behind.

How can this transition be both fast and fair? Fair for EU inhabitants who may be negatively effected by legislative or technological measures and fair for people outside the EU. 

The elni webinar ‘Green and Fair Transitions’ will focus on these questions.

We are happy to announce that Julie Fraser and Patrick ten Brink will present their thoughts on this issue and give us food for discussion. 

 Dr. Julie Fraser - Universiteit Utrecht (uu.nl) is Assistant Professor with the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) and the Montaigne Centre at Utrecht University, and board member of 'Fair Transitions', a UU's Institutions Platform.

Patrick ten Brink (eeb.org) is Secretary General of the EEB (European Environmental Bureau), the largest network of environmental citizens' organisations in Europe. In May 2024 the EEB has launched a European Pact for the Future, 'a new social and environmental deal for a one-planet economy that ensures a just transition for all' Homepage - eu2024elections (eeb.org).

elni webinar: Green and Fair Transitions

When: 8 October, 15:00 - 17:00 (CET)

Where: Online (free)

How to register: Send a quick e-mail to info@elni.org

Invitation to write a short article for elni Review on Green and Fair Transitions from a legal perspective before 1 September 2024

We invite you to write a short article (1000 words) on this issue from a legal perspective before 1 September 2024, to be published in elni Review. For guidelines see: About elni Review

As farmer protests grew across Europe, on 28 November 2023, the European Commission renewed the approval for the pesticide glyphosate under Regulation EC 1107/2009: another 10 years of use of the notorious active ingredient for plant protection products. Many civil society organisations have challenged this decision, including a consortium of six NGOs led by PAN Europe.

After thoroughly investigating the glyphosate re-approval process and identifying several critical flaws, the NGOs submitted a request to the Commission for an internal review.In the elni webinar series, we will discuss current legal challenges in the implementation of Regulation EC 1107/2009 with Martin Dermine, Executive Director of PAN Europe, and Antoine Bailleux, lawyer and legal scholar.

elni webinar: Glyphosate & Co - Approval process and review tools under Aarhus

When: 26. March, 16:30 - 17:30

Where: Online (free)

How to register: Send a quick e-mail to info@elni.org