On November 20th, Tufts European Horizons hosted its first panel of the semester on the European Green New Deal and its implications for international institutions, economic growth and climate change. The expert panel featured Fletcher School Professor emeritus William Moomaw, Harvard Kennedy School Professor Muriel Rouyer, and Juergen Braunstein who is a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
The discussion explored how the incoming European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, has grasped the willingness of the European population to adopt more stringent environmental policies to deal with the current climate emergency. The panelists also acknowledged successful policy in the US, particularly in the sphere of local politics.
