Understanding how nature is valued and how this shapes governance is crucial

EGE member Nikola Biller-Andorno contributed to a critical discussion at the Green Transition Forum. Speaking in the panel "The EU Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Chapter – Resilience by Design, Local Action and Just Investment", moderated by Svetlana Zhekova, Nikola presented insights from the newly released opinion: "Valuing Nature: Implications for EU Governance"

A key takeaway:
Climate and environmental policy will be more durable if justice, participation, ecological limits, and the plural ways of valuing nature are treated as design conditions.

As Nikola put it:
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵."