Opportunities for strategic industries in JTF regions
Information
The Just Transition Fund (JTF) will help the regions most affected by the transition, by reskilling their industrial workers and creating new jobs in futureproof sectors. Investments funded by the JTF will help build a new economic future for carbon-intensive regions and for coal regions, for instance in sectors such as green hydrogen and batteries. They will also support the transformation of energy-intensive industries (such as steel, cement or glass production), to protect existing jobs and anchor their activities in EU regions.
This session will open with a keynote speech by Commissioner Breton, who will then join a panel discussion with stakeholders to discuss how investments in strategic industries can boost the competitiveness of EU regions, while contributing to a just climate transition.
Agenda
14:30 - 14:40 Welcome and introduction
- Sasha Twining
14:40 - 14:50 Keynote speech by Commissioner Breton
14:50 - 15:55 Roundtable discussion with panellists with questions from the audience
- Thierry Breton
- Constantine Karayannopoulos
- Ajay Aggarwal
- Giv Brantenberg
- Reinhilde Veugelers
- Ludovic Voet
15:55 - 16:00 Closing remarks
- Sasha Twining