Digitalisation for the green transition: Empowering community action

25 June 2024
Policy Dialogue
#greentransition #communityaction #digitalisation
Speakers: Ewa Malz, Head of Unit, Strategy, Digitalisation, Better Regulation & Economic Analysis, Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission; Elisa Lironi, Programme Director for European Democracy, European Citizen Action Service (ECAS); Brooke Moore, Policy Analyst, Sustainable Prosperity for Europe Programme, European Policy Centre; Dr. Ruaraidh Dobson, Programme Manager, Air Quality - Trilateral Research; Chris Ruff, Director for Political Outreach & Communications, DIGITALEUROPE
Moderator: Stefan Sipka, Head of Programme and Senior Policy Analyst, Sustainable Prosperity for Europe Programme, European Policy Centre (Moderator)
The Green Deal is facing a reality check as protests and discontent sweep across Europe. At the same time, the ongoing digital transformation is changing how Europeans work, communicate, and engage on policy matters. As Europe navigates its necessary green transition, it is crucial that citizens are fully engaged both as beneficiaries and proactive agents of change in the fight against climate change, with data and digital solutions offering a vital pathway to achieving this.
This hybrid Policy Dialogue examined how digitalisation empowers community action for the green transition, showcasing both the opportunities data and digital solutions provide for citizen involvement, and the accompanying challenges. The event, furthermore, seeked to grasp how the EU's policies can help enable the use of data and digital solutions for citizen engagement in the green transition.