Oct 2–3, 2023 — the kick-off meeting of GREENPATHS took place in Brussels, launching a Horizon Europe project that aims to improve the design, governance and implementation of green transition strategies across Europe, with a focus on environmental sustainability and social well-being.
Based on an enhanced understanding of key issues and challenges influencing green transitions, and on an in-depth review and synthesis of the latest and most relevant research, GREENPATHS will support the development and adoption of more coherent and effective policy strategies and instruments, furthering positive outcomes and reducing negative impacts on people and ecosystems.
To improve the design, governance and implementation of transition strategies, GREENPATHS pays particular attention to the European Green Deal, the Fit for 55 package, and the actions funded by the Just Transition Fund and the European Social Fund+.
Key objectives include:
- Mapping and explaining links between policies, environmental sustainability and social well-being.
- Identifying and assessing indicators and tools to analyse interactions between climate interdependencies, environmental sustainability and social well-being.
- Developing systemic, in-depth and innovative understandings of green transition policies and approaches vis-à-vis social impacts and trade-offs.
- Offering new insights into the relevance and significance of institutional, regulatory and legal frameworks affecting green transitions.
- Producing policy recommendations for desirable changes in European and national policies through a multi‑stakeholder backcasting approach, the participatory design of lighthouse projects, and enhanced civil society–stakeholder–policy dialogue on green transition pathways.
At the Brussels meeting, policymakers, civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders met to better plan the project activities in an amicable and cheerful atmosphere.
More information is available at www.greenpaths.info.