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The European Forum Alpbach

August 2023

The forum included a fireside session on sufficiency with Dr. Yamina Saheb and a round table discussion on sufficiency and democracy with Dr. Kirsten Dunlop, Dr. Yamina Saheb, Dr Lewis Akenji, co-chaired by Ms. Flurina Wäspi and Ms. Jospéhine von-Mitschke-Collande

The European Commission Policy Lab

July 2023

The foresight report entitled “Towards a fair and sustainable Europe 2050 – Social and economic choices in sustainability transitions” identified the economic shift towards sufficiency as a first step towards a strategic autonomy of the EU

EUSEW

21th June, 2023

A full session was dedicated to the untapped sufficiency potential. Scientists, practitioners, NGOs, policymakers and the European Commission (EC) discussed the importance of considering sufficiency in the up-coming EC modelling and policy proposals. EUSEW Interactive

The Versailles statement

8th June, 2023

The Versailles statement, under the leadership of the French Energy Transition Minister, Ms Agnes Pannier-Runacher, 32 energy ministers endorsed for the first time sufficiency as one of the pillars to decarbonise the world economy

Beyond Growth Conference

16th May, 2023

Dr. Yamina Saheb brought to the European Parliament the main conclusion of the IPCC 2022 mitigation report on sufficiency