Can the EU Lead the Fight against Climate Change?

Participants in this session will discuss the European Green Deal: What has been achieved since the launch of the EU Green Deal in December 2019? What is the impact of the Covid crisis on efforts to address climate change? How is the EU partnering with other international actors to fight climate change?

December 8, 2020: Thierry Grillet interviews climatologist Jean Jouzel (pre-recorded in French). The video will be posted on Columbia Global Centers | Paris YouTube Channel.

December 15, 2020 | 1pm (New York) | 7pm (Paris): Join Laurence Tubiana (European Climate Foundation), Alex Halliday (Earth Institute, Columbia), Jason Bordoff (Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia), in a debate moderated by Adam Tooze (European Institute, Columbia).

This discussion is part of the series Debating the Future of Europe, organized by Columbia Global Centers | Paris, the European Institute, the Alliance Program, and Thierry Grillet, former director of Cultural Affairs at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). The debates are co-sponsored by Columbia’s Maison Française, Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Alumni Association, European Legal Studies Center, and the Columbia University Libraries. This series is made possible in part thanks to the support of the Erasmus + programme of the European Union and the Advisory Board of Columbia Global Centers | Paris.