Taube Van Melkebeke

Policy manager @GEF_Europe - Formerly @E3G and @BelgiumEU
Thinking about the 🇪🇺 climate, energy and social nexus

[Green European Journal @GreenEUJournal]

Does sustainable welfare have the power to protect people from risks related to the ecological emergency?

📰 Read @TaubeVM, @MatteoMnd, & @philippepochet on climate-adapted welfare states to get a taste of the discussion.

https://t.co/05zJDJbS1Y

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

@GEF_Europe @EUCouncil @MCcharveriat @EU_ENV @VSinkevicius If you are interested to learn more about this publication, to meet the authors and other experts, please join us for its launch on 11 July 💚
👉 Register here: https://t.co/E9eQrhe6av

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

🚨#BREAKING: The #NatureRestoration Law has been saved in the final hour. The #NRL has just been adopted by the @EUCouncil.

Now let's keep up the good work!

🫂🌻Unifying #Care for the environment and human care to deliver sustainable #Wellbeing for all👉https://t.co/ZRAKPglDho

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

@mgoudis @boell_gr The privilege was all ours!

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

#G7 reaffirmed their #ParisAgreement commitments.

#ClimateAction is here to stay.

How should this be reflected in the EU #Energy project?👉https://t.co/3COizEk78a

🔎Long-term strategic planning
💚Renewed intra-Europe solidarity
🌍The need to look outside of the EU borders

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

📢The #SingleMarket is on the #EUCO agenda today

❓How can it better answer #Environmental #Social and #Economic challenges?

💡Shifting focus towards high standards
🤝With a new #SocialandEnvironmentalPact

Read more⬇️
https://t.co/WU0W0jz1jy
By @philippepochet and @TaubeVM

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

The EU should reassess its approach to #EnergySecurity given the #ClimateCrisis, geopolitical turmoil and social issues⚡️

@JesseJJWS, @jmpandera, @rosa_mr_, @TaubeVM & @Egaudot set out what a green & social EU Energy Security Strategy should look like 👇

https://t.co/HiIo1Q02dU

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

"Path dependency and a reflex towards the status quo have left Europe for too long with a #singlemarket that doesn’t fulfil its citizens’ needs", @philippepochet & @TaubeVM write for @euronews.

"We must move towards quality, away from price". 👇https://t.co/tcuYtEouX9

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

#ClimateEmergency is fraying the European social fabric at multiple levels

@philippepochet and I write how the 🇪🇺 #WelfareStates can provide positive and collective answers, as they were designed to do⬇️

https://t.co/YkI5YWhgYh @GEF_Europe

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

@philippepochet presenting our political brief on #ClimateEmergency and #WelfareStates at @EU2024BE #JustTransition Conference

💡 Read the proposals here: https://t.co/V6l7HJcACR

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

How to deliver climate goals while protecting citizens from new risks?

A sneak peek:
1⃣ Systematic greening of current welfare state institutions
2⃣ Responding to climate risks with a new 🇪🇺 sector of social protection
3⃣ Adapting the 🇪🇺 financial framework to new realities

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

Reinventing 🇪🇺 Welfare States in light of the Climate Emergency

Read @GEF_Europe and @philippepochet proposals to seize on untapped potential⬇️

https://t.co/V6l7HJcACR

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

#GEFKnowledgeCommunities propose a new social & environmental pact🌳❤️

To boost the #EUSingleMarket we need to focus on high standards👇

1⃣ Social conditionalities – no exploitation
2⃣ Sustainability as driver – no environmental degradation
3⃣ Quality products & services

[EUobserver @euobs]

[Opinion] Energy security has evolved drastically over the last couple of years. The EU's energy security toolbox, however, remained roughly untouched and left the Union paralysed. By @jmpandera of @ForumEnergii and @TaubeVM of @GEF_Europe https://t.co/3WJ309szvS

[Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @GreensEFA]

We stand together with @etuc_ces, workers, their unions and all those fighting against austerity! #TogetherAgainstAusterity

Join the demonstration today in Brussels at 11:00 to #StopAusterity and to protect investment in public services for working families.

[Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @GreensEFA]

For most, buying a house to invest in the future means taking out loan & paying it off over time.

Same goes for governments. But some politicians obsess over debt reduction at the expense of investments.

We want to stop it: https://t.co/anrrDWHx3L

#TogetherAgainstAusterity

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

The new edition of the @GreenEUJournal is out now!👀

Hit by various crises, the EU project has been both fraying and advancing. How could it move forward?

Authors examine Europe's past & present, exploring possible routes towards a desirable future👇

https://t.co/Q8cua4fKwh

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

Last week, I had the pleasure of representing @GEF_Europe in an enriching debate on accelerating the 🇪🇺 #ClimateTransition while putting the #social dimension and #globaljustice at its❤️

Thanks for having us @eurosorbonne

[Green European Foundation @GEF_Europe]

GEF #KnowledgeCommunities recently travelled to Madrid! 🇪🇸

Thanks to @ieep_eu for co-organising a great conversation on the #EUClimate dimension of Energy & to the experts that took part in the discussion⚡️

[Taube Van Melkebeke @TaubeVM]

Last Saturday's @GEF_Europe workshop at @_EuropeanForum
Speeding up #EUClimateAction in an inclusive way #JustTransition - big thank you to @seanpwcurrie @Lidiabonora21 @eccoclimate @FEPS_Europe and @univ_lille

[European Forum @_EuropeanForum]

The debate on the #EnergyCrisis has generated a huge participation in the room, cases and situations in different parts of the world have been exposed and ideas have been contributed that can be incorporated into the final panel of conclusions #EFORUM2023