🔎 #Climate change is the most unjust development: it impacts the #poor more than the #rich🎞Watch another episode of the „Climate Future Interviews” series – out now on YouTube, with @Nils Meyer-Ohlendorf, Ecologic Institute. An interview by Clara Volintiru.1️⃣ The success of climate #policies comes down to political will – if a majority of people are in favour...

🔎The post-#pandemic world: an opportunity for the #climate agenda?🎞Watch another episode of the „Climate Future Interviews” series – out now on YouTube, with @Giulia Sofia Sarno, Istituto Affari Internazionali – IAI. An interview by Clara Volintiru➡#Populism and political #manipulation are the main challenges to the implementation of the climate agenda, beside the...

My thoughts on the upcoming Summit for Democracy for GMF:”The Summit for Democracy offers an important opportunity for renewed action and commitments in support of democratic resilience. Romania’s government could lead by example in a troubled region by offering as a commitment a concrete national engagement. It could develop with civil society partners a domestic action plan for a National...

EU is deploying great efforts to become a global leader in climate action, with its carbon neutrality goals and Green Deal commitments. However, member states have different abilities to address and overcome the environmental challenges. To a certain extent, political agendas or structural economic vulnerabilities can explain varying national positioning with regards to the ambitious energy and...

by Clara Volintiru Summary  Cities mean more in terms of economic activity, population, budgetary resources, and international standing than they once did. Despite persistent east-west divides in terms of development in the EU, cities from East-Central Europe (ECE) have showed remarkable economic growth potential. Hubs of innovation and high-value-added activities, they also created...

Speranța de viață sănătoasă e un indicator pe care nu-l ignoră nicio economie serioasă. Astfel încât orice investiție în sistemul de Sănătate e, de fapt, o investiție în creșterea competitivității economiei.Atunci când vorbim de ”cheltuieli de Sănătate”, vorbim, de fapt, de investiții: cheltuielile reale sunt cele cu boala, cu scăderea capacității de muncă și cu...

Check out our latest article on anti-liberal ideas and institutional change in CEE. Central and Eastern Europe region has showed how democratic institutions do not only consolidate, but they can also decay. In this article we map a set of narratives pitted against liberal democracy, which take the form of causal stories, put forward values and solutions, and are ultimately used to legitimise...

#LIVE | #AspenDialogue: The New Climate Economy, a roundtable discussion with decision-makers, experts and leading representatives from the Romanian private sector, moderated by Clara...

by Clara Volintiru As a result of the current pandemic and the concurrent economic, social, and climate crises, there is an increasing preoccupation for societal resilience in Europe and the US. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated national and regional efforts in forecasting and preparing emergency reactions. Crisis management tools often gained priority over the idea of broader societal...

E greu sa iti imaginezi spatiul public din Romania fara dezbaterile si proiectele excelente ale Aspen Institute Romania! Sa sarbatorim impreuna si urmatoarele decenii de...