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Understanding the territorial patterns of climate discontent

Join us for a half-day discussion exploring the relationship between climate change, climate mitigation policies, and regional discontent in Europe.

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Across Europe, discontent is fueling the rise of anti-systemic sentiments, often in regions negatively impacted by economic transformations, including climate policies. 

The JRC Exploratory Research Activity on Climate Discontent aims to explore the relationship between climate change, climate mitigation policies, and regional discontent in Europe, with a focus on understanding how these three dimensions interact in a spatial dimension. 

On 11 March, we will organise a half-day in person workshop to explore: 

  • the relationships between discontent, climate change and climate policies
  • the interlink between Cohesion policy, public finance and climate discontent
  • how to effectively measure territorial dimensions on climate discontent

This JRC Exploratory Research Activity is part of the Regional Economic Monitoring (REMO) work. 

Please note that this workshop is full and registration has closed.

  • climate change policy | adaptation to climate change | economic policy
  • Tuesday 11 March 2025, 09:00 - 13:00 (CET)
  • Brussels, Belgium

Programme

  1. 11 Mar 2025, 09:00 - 09:30 (CET)
    Registration
  2. 09:30 - 09:40 (CET)
    Welcome
    • Carlos Torrecilla Salinas (Head of Unit - European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
  3. 09:40 - 10:40 (CET)
    Discontent and climate: How to measure the territorial dimensions?
    • Chair: Andrea Conte (TEDAM Team Coordinator - European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
    • Guest speaker: Sébastien Bourdin (Professor, EM Normandie, France)

    Discussants:

    • Francesco Molica (Director - EURADA / Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
    • Aleksandra Sojka (Assistant Professor - University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain)
    • Katarzyna Kopczewska (Associate Professor - University of Warsaw, Poland)
    • Vicente Royuela (Professor - Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
  4. 10:40 - 11:00 (CET)
    Coffee break
  5. 11:00 - 12:00 (CET)
    Exploring the relationship between discontent and climate effect/policies
    • Chair: Francesco Molica (Director - EURADA / Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
    • Guest speaker: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Professor - London School of Economics, UK)

    Discussants:

    • Anabela M. Santos (REMO Team leader - European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
    • Reinhilde Veugelers (Professor - KULeuven & Bruegel, Belgium)
    • Nicola Francesco Dotti (Economic and policy analyst - European Commission, DG R&I)
    • Reena Badiani-Magnusson (Program Leader - World Bank, Belgium)
  6. 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)
    Cohesion policy, public finance and climate discontent
    • Chair: Andrea Conte (TEDAM Team Coordinator - European Commission, Joint Research Centre)
    • Guest speaker: Ugo Fratesi (Professor - Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

    Discussants:

    • Rachel Lancry Beaumont (Head of Unit - European Committee of the Regions)
    • Joaquim Oliveira Martins (Counsellor - CEPII and University Paris-Dauphine-PSL, France)
    • Alison Hunter (Senior advisor - European Policy Centre, Belgium)
    • Camilla Lenzi (Professor - Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
  8. 13:00 (CET)
    Concluding remarks and networking lunch

Practical information

When
Tuesday 11 March 2025, 09:00 - 13:00 (CET)
Where
Room L102
Rue de la Loi 102, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Languages
English

Description

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About the Exploratory Research Activity

This research activity on climate discontent aims to put together three thematic areas (climate change/policies and public opinion/discontent) and to measure them over time. 

This type of analysis - related to green transition, climate change and perceptions and attitudes of the European public opinion - is extremely relevant for policy makers, as discontent may negatively affect the acceptance and implementation of climate mitigation policies.

Furthermore, the research activity seeks to assess how territorial factors are correlated to citizens’ perception towards climate change and climate mitigation policies. The study focuses on:

  • measurement of climate discontent at regional-level using survey data from Eurobarometer or voting patterns in the European elections
  • measurement of the effects of climate change/climate mitigation policies at regional level
  • exploring the relationship between climate discontent and climate effect/policies
  • assessing the relationship between Cohesion policy/public finance and climate discontent