Taube Van Melkebeke (@TaubeVM) profile picture

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

Brussels
Joined March 2022
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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. greeneuropeanjournal.eu/sust…
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🚨#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👉link.gef.eu/KC-green-care-so…
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#G7 reaffirmed their #ParisAgreement commitments. #ClimateAction is here to stay. How should this be reflected in the EU #Energy project?👉link.gef.eu/KC-energy-climat… 🔎Long-term strategic planning 💚Renewed intra-Europe solidarity 🌍The need to look outside of the EU borders
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"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". 👇euronews.com/business/2024/0…
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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
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#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
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Taube Van Melkebeke retweeted
[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 euobserver.com/opinion/15765…
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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.
⌛️ Our Euro-demonstration is coming 🗓️ Tomorrow we will take the streets of #Brussels to say: #StopAusterity All together to protect public investment in the services that allow working communities to thrive 📌Join us at Place Poelaert in Brussels at 11 am Follow us online: etuc.org/en/BrusselsEuroDemo…
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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: greens.eu/4aek5uG #TogetherAgainstAusterity
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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👇 greeneuropeanjournal.eu/edit…
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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
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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⚡️
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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
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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
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CEASEFIRE NOW! CEASEFIRE NOW! CEASEFIRE NOW! CEASEFIRE NOW! In the face of unfettered devastation and suffering, humanity must prevail. Demand a ceasefire by all parties to end civilian suffering. Act now ⬇️ amnesty.org/en/petition/dema…
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Taking wind out of populist sails in the EU🌬️ @javorbenedek and I urge democratic parties to propose a future 🇪🇺 #EUenergy project that convinces citizens @Budapest_Forum @GEF_Europe euronews.com/2023/10/19/ener…
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Replacing Energy at the Centre of the European Political and Democratic Project needs a rethinking of the #EnergyTrilemma 🧠💡 1⃣ Adding a 4th dimension: #democracy 2⃣ Integrating the 4 pillars - #equity, #sustainability, #security, ➕#democracy
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