Training and workshops: 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. 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.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025
Time: 09:00 - 13:00 (CET)
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Programme
| Time (CET) | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Welcome | Carlos Torrecilla Salinas (Head of Unit - European Commission, Joint Research Centre) |
| 09:40 - 10:40 | 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, Aleksandra Sojka, Katarzyna Kopczewska, Vicente Royuela |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Exploring the relationship between discontent and climate effect/policies | Chair: Francesco Molica Guest speaker: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Professor - London School of Economics, UK) Discussants: Anabela M. Santos, Reinhilde Veugelers, Nicola Francesco Dotti, Reena Badiani-Magnusson |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Cohesion policy, public finance and climate discontent | Chair: Andrea Conte Guest speaker: Ugo Fratesi (Professor - Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Discussants: Rachel Lancry Beaumont, Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Alison Hunter, Camilla Lenzi |
| 13:00 | Concluding remarks and networking lunch |
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.
