As part of the evaluation of the 7^th Environmental Action Programme (7^th EAP), our colleague Rob Williams (senior expert on energy and the environment) will be speaking at a conference in Vienna concerning future EU environmental policy. He will participate as a panellist in the discussion on “State of Environment and Challenges for the next decade: 7^th EAP progress and policy needs for 2021-2030.” Mia Forbes Pirie will moderate the discussion. The conference takes place on Wednesday June 13^th, in Vienna.

The high-level panel discussion will focus on the following questions:

• How has the 7^th EAP been working? On what issues has the most/ the least progress been made?
• What about the suggestions coming out of the EEB/UWD background paper?
• What specific aspect is most important to focus on?
• What issues will be priorities for an eventual 8^th EAP that covers 2021-2030?

The full conference programme can be found here. For more details on the event including a registration form, please visit the website of the organisers of the conference.

Trinomics is currently supporting the European Commission (DG Environment) in their Evaluation of the 7^th EAP. The 7^th EAP was created to provide an integral framework for EU environmental policy, planning and implementation, to more effectively tackle persistent challenges. The Evaluation of the 7^th EAP will be finalised in December 2018. The project page can be found here.