Europe is actively promoting a green transition through its EU Green Deal and is making promising strides on systems change. Changing the way Europe, and the rest of the world produces and consumes both food and energy and designs its cities also requires shifting the supporting economics, finance and governance systems. These “enabling systems” can incentivize the right behaviors and practices, such as also proposed in the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), EU Taxonomy and other Fit for 55 measures.

Also, decisive action in the European context will  have repercussions around the world. We want to make sure that systems transitions are ambitious, whilst ensuring that countries we often rely on for resources and materials will have capacity support in adapting to such change, otherwise our transition will not be long-term nor sustainable.

Stientje van Veldhoven is the Vice President and Regional Director for Europe and is based in the Europe Regional Office in The Hague. Stientje has been a prominent politician in the Netherlands, most recently serving as a Member of Cabinet responsible for Public Transport and Environment and as Minister for the Environment and Housing.

She has also been a Member of Parliament, an international diplomat, representing the Dutch government in the European Union in Brussels and has been working with the European Commission DG research and development. Stientje has had longstanding involvement in environmental issues, especially related to climate change, energy and the circular economy. Stientje is based in the Europe Regional Office in The Hague.

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