Interview #2 from the GOVTRAN workshop in Helsinki: Stephen Minas by GOVTRAN

Second episode of a mini-series of podcast interviews conducted at the GOVTRAN workshop on 'Appraising the EU’s 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework' held on 8–9 July 2019 at the Erik Castrén Institute, University of Helsinki. In this interview, Dr. Stephen Minas, assistant professor at the School of Transnational Law at Peking University in China, reflects on the potential of the EU 2030 framework to serve as an example for other countries to follow, and on the capability of the EU to fully implement the framework: while the EU has shown a high level of commitment, much of the framework’s success will depend on whether member states take up their responsibilities, as well as on the EU’s capacity to respond to pushes from citizens and the private sector and, finally, on whether it will be able to turn ambitious targets into reality. Interview by Bradley Martz-Sigala.