Green-Paths
The Chair of Economics and their Didactics is a member of the new project “GREEN-PATHS: European Knowledge Hub On Just Transition Pathways”, funded within the European Union's Horizon research and innovation program (grant agreement number 101112305). Based on an enhanced understanding of key issues and challenges influencing the transitions and a synthesis of the latest and most relevant research, GREEN-PATHS will enable the development and adoption of more coherent and effective policy strategies and instruments, furthering the positive outcomes and reducing the negative impacts on environmental sustainability and social well-being. To improve the design, governance, and implementation of transition strategies, GREEN-PATHS pays particular attention to the European Green Deal, the Fit for 55 packages, and the actions funded by the Just Transition Fund and the European Social Fund+.
Key objectives include 1) mapping and explaining links between policies, environmental sustainability and social well-being; 2) identifying and assessing indicators and tools to analyse interactions between climate interdependencies, environmental sustainability and social well-being; 3) developing systemic, in-depth and innovative understandings of green transition policies and approaches vis-à-vis social impacts and trade-offs; 4) offering new insights into the relevance and significance of institutional, regulatory and legal frameworks affecting the green transitions; 5) producing policy recommendations for desirable changes in European and national policies through a multi-stakeholder backcasting approach and the participatory design of lighthouse projects and facilitate an enhanced civil society-stakeholder-policy dialogue on green transition pathways.