The Geopolitics of the European Green Deal: From Fragile to Strategic Dependencies?
31 March 2025
European industries are facing a challenging time with fierce global competition and high energy costs. The Clean Industrial Deal is the EU’s plan for competitiveness and decarbonisation, following up on the European Green Deal. It outlines concrete actions to turn decarbonisation into a driver of growth for European industries. This includes lowering energy prices, creating quality jobs and the right conditions for companies to thrive. Still a key question remains: Is this enough to ensure the EU’s competitiveness in a turbulent and fundamentally changing global environment?
Join us for this event featuring speaker Marcus Lippold (European Commission) with Marc Ringel (European Chair for Sustainable Development and Climate Transition, Sciences Po) as moderator and co-discussant.
Event details:
Date: Thursday, 24 April 2025
Time: 5:30-7pm
Location: Salle N207, 1 place Saint-Thomas d’Aquin 75007 Paris, Porte N, Pavillon de l’innovation. 2nd floor.
Event registration here
Speaker bio:
Marcus Lippold is leading a team of senior experts at the European Commission’s Ukraine Service, responsible for the sectors energy, transport, agriculture, environment and climate. From 2015 to 2019 he was Corporate Planning Manager for Europe & Russia for Saudi Aramco in London. Prior to that, he served as Vice President for corporate strategy for MOL Group in Budapest and was a deputy member of the Executive Board of FuelsEurope. From 2008 to 2013 he worked for the European Commission as Coordinator for EU International Energy Relations. Preceding this, Marcus spent 17 years working internationally for ExxonMobil in the areas of Financial Reporting & Planning, IT Systems, and Marketing & Business Analysis with management positions held in Europe and the USA. He is a member of Chatham House, Board Member of United Europe e.V. and Member of several advisory boards.