What happens to democratic systems as climate impacts intensify? How do heatwaves, droughts, floods, and rising inequality shape political trust, participation, and stability? And can democracies withstand the pressures of a warming world — or even help us navigate them in a more just and inclusive way?In this episode, Daniel Lindvall shares his insights about how natural disasters and environmental crises could temporarily boost civic engagement or threaten democratic stability altogether.This season is produced in collaboration with RETOOL, a HORIZON EUROPE project aiming to advance our understanding of how to address the twin challenges of responding to the climate imperative while strengthening and reinvigorating democratic governance.To stay up to date on ‘How Green is Your Deal?’ episodes, please follow GreenDeal-NET on Bluesky or LinkedIn. Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.

Delegated and implementing acts form a crucial but often overlooked aspect of EU climate policymaking. These technical measures play an important role in ensuring efficiency in climate governance, but they also raise important questions concerning accountability if they become more political in nature. Jeff Rosamund and Brendan Moore join us today to shed light on these more hidden measures, their use by policymakers and their impact on the quality of EU democracy. This season is produced in collaboration with RETOOL, a HORIZON EUROPE project aiming to advance our understanding of how to address the twin challenges of responding to the climate imperative while strengthening and reinvigorating democratic governance.To stay up to date on ‘How Green is Your Deal?’ episodes, please follow GreenDeal-NET on Bluesky or LinkedIn.

The EU requires member states to engage the wider public in the drafting of their National Energy and Climate Plans. However, the quality of participation varies significantly between EU countries. In this episode, Lea Schewe discusses why public participation in these plans is so important, the challenges participation faces, and what could explain variation in quality. This season is produced in collaboration with RETOOL, a HORIZON EUROPE project aiming to advance our understanding of how to address the twin challenges of responding to the climate imperative while strengthening and reinvigorating democratic governance.To stay up to date on ‘How Green is Your Deal?’ episodes, please follow GreenDeal-NET on Bluesky or LinkedIn.

In this episode with Aishwarya Machani, we explore how citizens’ assemblies are used to facilitate climate action and increase the legitimacy of the climate transition. Can citizens’ assemblies help bridge political divides? Do their recommendations lead to meaningful change? And what can they teach us about building more democratic and effective responses to the climate crisis?This season is produced in collaboration with RETOOL, a HORIZON EUROPE project aiming to advance our understanding of how to address the twin challenges of responding to the climate imperative while strengthening and reinvigorating democratic governance.To stay up to date on ‘How Green is Your Deal?’ episodes, please follow GreenDeal-NET on Bluesky or LinkedIn. Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.

This first episode with Diarmuid Torney, associate professor at Dublin City University, focuses on the challenges democracies and climate action face, and how democratic innovations can address them both. From citizens’ assemblies to scientific advisory bodies, new democratic approaches are emerging that aim to include more people and societal groups in climate policymaking. But do they actually lead to faster, fairer action, or do they risk slowing things down when time is already running out? This season is produced in collaboration with RETOOL, a HORIZON EUROPE project aiming to advance our understanding of how to address the twin challenges of responding to the climate imperative while strengthening and reinvigorating democratic governance.To stay up to date on ‘How Green is Your Deal?’ episodes, pleasefollow GreenDeal-NET on Bluesky or LinkedIn. Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.

Let us take you to Brazil, where COP30 took place in November, to continue our conversation about international climate governance. You’ve probably heard the term “COP” before, but what actually happens there? And what does this process really decide for the planet’s future?In this episode, we unpack the architecture of internationalclimate governance: how it works, why it matters, and what a multilateral setting can achieve in increasingly turbulent times. To help us make sense of it all, we’re joined by Karin Bäckstrand,professor at Stockholm University and a leading expert on global climate governance.To stay up to date on ‘How Green is Your Deal?’ episodes, pleasefollow the host Jana Gheuens on Bluesky or Linkedin, or sign up for the GreenDeal-NET newsletter. Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.

Do you want to learn more about the European climate transition but you don’t know where to start?Are you interested in getting your information straight from experts themselves?Then How Green Is Your Deal? is just the podcast foryou! In 20 to 30-minute episodes our host Jana Gheuens talks with climate experts about their latest research findings. Together we explore everything from how the EU is planning to reach climate neutrality, the challenges it faces, and the ideas that guide it.Subscribe now and don’t miss an episode!

In this episode, we take stock of one year of climate policy developments under von der Leyen II. What does the shift in priorities from a European Green Deal to a Clean Industrial Deal mean for climate legislation? How has the success of far-right parties in the European Parliament and in the EU member states impacted discussions on climate files?Jeff Rosamond, a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, joins us for this episode to discuss these questions and more. To stay up to date on ‘How Green is Your Deal?’ episodes, please follow GreenDeal-NET on Bluesky or Linkedin, or sign up for the GreenDeal-NET newsletter. Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel.

We end our series on the external dimension of EU climate governance with reflections from policymaking itself.Jacob Werksman, Principal Adviser to the European Commission on international aspects of EU climate policy, shares his insights on how science meets politics and economics in EU climate policy, how changes in the international system impact it, and what we can expect from global and EU climate policy in the coming years.Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel

The EU imports large amounts of products from the Global South each year. Unfortunately, their production is often associated with child labor, human rights violations, and ecological damage. To combat these issues and to hold companies accountable for the products they sell, the EU has introduced the Corporate Sustainability Directive or CSDDD. However, the CSDDD has found itself in the crosshairs of ongoing turbulence within and outside of the EU. To help us understand the CSDDD’ objectives, its potential impacts on companies and local stakeholders, and how it has been affected by turbulence, Maria-Therese Gustaffson and Johanna Coenen join us for this episode. Stay on top of their latest work on the topic by following their ‘Corporate accountability in global supply chains?’ research project.Music: ‘Lazy Walk’ by Cheel