Bas Eickhout - The role of politics in creating a greener Europe

06/23/23 • 33 min

As a member of the European Parliament for the Dutch political party GroenLinks (green left) and vice-chairman of the Environmental Committee, Bas Eickhout works on European climate policy among other topics. He is convinced that Europe must and can take the lead in combating climate change. Besides being a member of the European Parliament, Bas is also a climate scientist. That’s why he is committed to an ambitious EU Green Deal. In conversation with Hans Stegeman, he elaborates on the political reality in Brussels and how sometimes you need to accept a bad compromise to create an opportunity to improve it later on.

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Operating Principles for Impact Management: https://www.impactprinciples.org/9-principles

Impact Management Platform: https://impactmanagementplatform.org/

GIIN’s IRIS+ taxonomy: https://iris.thegiin.org/

The Social Value International principles: https://www.socialvalueint.org/principles

Theory of Change: https://www.thinknpc.org/resource-hub/ten-steps/

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