Governance for Sustainable and Just Transitions

Programme

Thursday, 8 February 2024

14:00-14:30    
Welcome remarks by Stefano Schiavo, Director of the School of International Studies, University of Trento

Organizational remarks: Louisa Parks, University of Trento    

Panel 1: Environmental governance 

14:30-16:00

Chair: Louisa Parks, University of Trento
Discussant: Marco Pertile, University of Trento

• Otto Bruun, University of Eastern Finland: Investigating the Role of Property in the Just Transition: A Case Study of Peat Phasedown in Finland
• Robin Rönneke Belfrage, Uppsala University: Blindsided but still Powerful? Delegated legislation and the Role of Stakeholders in the Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities
• Yuetong Guo, King’s College London: Shaping Global Climate Governance: The Role of the European Commission and EU Institutions in the EU’s Leadership Dynamics

16:00-16.30    Coffee break

Panel 2: Just transitions

16:30-18:30  
Chair: Annalisa Savaresi, University of Eastern Finland
Discussant: Anna Casaglia, University of Trento

• Marco Nicolò, University of Trento: Just Transition as a legal principle and sacrifice zones: the case of Chile
• Chiara Serioli, University of Trento: Indigenous land rights and natural resources: A comparative analysis of Indigenous direct participation
• Konrad Gürtler, Potsdam Research Institute for Sustainability: The Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa: Towards a spatially just transition?
• Sharayu Shejale, University of Geneva: Energy consumption, citizenship and wellbeing in the Global South: A case of Mumbai

Friday, 9 February 2024

Keynote: Climate litigation in the European Union

9:00-10:00    

Opening: Giuseppe Nesi, University of Trento

• Annalisa Savaresi, University of Eastern Finland
• Jacques Hartmann, University of Dundee 

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Panel 3: Adaptation questions

10:00-11:15  
Chair: Elsa Tsioumani, University of Trento
Discussant: Louisa Parks, University of Trento

• Francesca Colla, University of Trento: Uninhabitability and Relocation in the Context of Climate Change: A Justice Perspective
• Raihanatul Jannat, University of Eastern Finland: Understanding the role international climate finance can play in supporting climate-resilient development of women from the global South: a case study of locally-led adaptation initiatives in Bangladesh

11:15-11:30    Coffee break

Panel 4: Economics of the environment

11:30-13:00    
Chair: Michela Faccioli, University of Trento
Discussant: Giacomo Pallante, University of Trento

• Marie Sciaccitano, Ecole Normale Supérieure/GREDEG: Un-Equal Enough? The effects of Income Inequality on Sustainable Consumption
• Simon Otto, Vrije Universiteit Brussel: The externalisation of European climate policy: how CBAM is driving climate politics in non-EU countries
• Alessandra Miccolis, University of Trento: Challenging accountability of a social housing project in a remote Alpine village

13:00-13:15    
Conclusion
 

Participants

• Alessandra Miccolis, University of Trento
• Annalisa Savaresi, University of Eastern Finland
• Anna Casaglia, University of Trento
• Chiara Serioli, University of Trento
• Elsa Tsioumani, University of Trento
• Francesca Colla, University of Trento
• Giacomo Pallante, University of Trento
• Giuseppe Nesi, University of Trento
• Jacques Hartmann, University of Dundee 
• Konrad Gürtler, Potsdam Research Institute for Sustainability
• Louisa Parks, University of Trento
• Marco Nicolò, University of Trento
• Marco Pertile, University of Trento
• Marie Sciaccitano, Ecole Normale Supérieure/GREDEG 
• Michela Faccioli, University of Trento
• Otto Bruun, University of Eastern Finland
• Raihanatul Jannat, University of Eastern Finland
• Robin Rönneke Belfrage, Uppsala University
• Sharayu Shejale, University of Geneva
• Simon Otto, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Stefano Schiavo, University of Trento
• Yuetong Guo, King’s College London