Addressing air pollution in the EU: financing and policy
This event centered on funding for clean air in the EU and key challenges facing clean air policies.
Speakers
Reena Badiani-Magnusson
Senior Economist, Program Leader, World Bank
Raffaele Cattaneo
Undersecretary with responsibility for International and European Relations, Lombardy Region, Italy
Miquel Oliu-Barton
Bruegel Non-resident fellow
Shirish Sinha
Executive Director of Programmes, Clean Air Fund
Toon Vandyck
Senior economist, OECD
François Wakenhut
Head of the Clean Air Unit, European Commission, DG Environment
Agenda
Check-in & lunch
12:30-13:00Agenda
Welcome words
13:00-13:05- Shirish Sinha, Executive Director of Programmes, Clean Air Fund
Agenda
Discussion
13:05-13:45- Chair: Miquel Oliu-Barton, Bruegel Non-resident fellow
- Reena Badiani-Magnusson, Senior Economist, Program Leader, World Bank
- Raffaele Cattaneo, Undersecretary with responsibility for International and European Relations, Lombardy Region, Italy
- Toon Vandyck, Senior economist, OECD
- François Wakenhut, Head of the Clean Air Unit , European Commission, DG Environment
Agenda
Q&A
13:45-14:00The event focused on the financing of clean air within the EU, and the key challenges for clean air policies to work, most notably in big cities, the Po Valley, and Eastern Europe. This issue is particularly timely in the context of the ongoing revision of the Ambient Air Quality Directive which sets a roadmap for the next decades of action against air pollution.
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the for this research workstream.
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