Europe Direct Molise, Europe Direct Abruzzo, the Consorzio Punto europa, the European Documentation Centre of the University of Molise are organising an online meeting on the theme 'Conference on the Future of Europe. Environment and climate change’. The event takes advantage of the collaboration of Legambiente Molise and the Re-active Association. Participants are the teams of the Technical Institute ‘Marconi’, of the I.I.S. ‘L. Da Vinci — Fascetti’ of Pisa, of the Liceo Scientifico ‘M. Delfico’ of Teramo (Convitto Nazionale) and of the I.I.S. ‘G. Lombardo Radice’ of Bojano. The event is part of the series of initiatives planned by the organisers to celebrate the European Year of Youth and to encourage citizens’ participation in the work of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Each meeting, then, is characterised by an in-depth focus that will vary from time to time, taking into account the topics covered by the Conference. On this occasion, we are discussing environmental protection and combating climate change via the European Commission’s Green Deal. The event is held on the Meet platform at meet.google.com/ujr-ezej-pqt and live Facebook on the page of ZonaRossa Webtv and Europe Direct Molise. After the institutional greetings of the President of the Province of Campobasso, Francesco Roberti; of the Single Consorzio Punto Europa — Europe Direct Abruzzo, Filippo Lucci; by the head of the Unimol European Documentation Centre, Rosanna Cifolelli, the technical interventions followed by the debate with the students who will first present their projects. Carmela Basile, responsible for Europe Direct Molise, will speak with a report on ‘The Conference on the Future of Europe’; Paola Casalena (responsible for Europe Direct Abruzzo) will report on ‘The environmental policy of the European Union’; the director of Legambiente Molise, Giorgio Arcolesse, will talk about ‘PNRR, the last call for Europe’; finally, the president of the Scientific Committee of Legambiente Molise, Angelo Sanzò, spoke on ‘The global energy transition’. These are topics of extreme topicality, which animate daily discussions on the press and social media but that want to bring back even in moments of confrontation like these, encouraging the discussion and the active participation of the participants. Important moment is the presentation of projects by schools: class 4^ A of the Scientific High School ‘G. Lombardo — Rodice’ of Bojano (Project ‘But what air pulls’), class 3^C of the Scientific High School M. Delfico di Teramo (Project ‘The food of the future... the future of food’), class 3^ AI — I.T.S.T ‘Marconi’ of Campobasso with the I.I.S.S ‘Da Vinci — Fascetti’ of Pisa (Project Etwinning Future in your hands). At the end of the final debate to gather indications and ideas for reflection on the topics covered. After the institutional greetings of the President of the Province of Campobasso, Francesco Roberti; of the Single Consorzio Punto Europa — Europe Direct Abruzzo, Filippo Lucci; the head of the Unimol European Documentation Centre, Rosanna Cifolelli, will be followed by the student debate. Carmela Basile, responsible for Europe Direct Molise (also as moderator), spoke with a report on ‘The Conference on the Future of Europe’; Paola Casalena (responsible for Europe Direct Abruzzo) will report on ‘The environmental policy of the European Union’; the director of Legambiente Molise, Giorgio Arcolesse, will talk about ‘PNRR, the last call for Europe’; finally, the president of the Scientific Committee of Legambiente Molise, Angelo Sanzò, will speak on ‘The global energy transition’. These are topics of extreme topicality, which animate daily discussions on the press and social media but that want to bring back even in moments of confrontation like these, encouraging the discussion and the active participation of the participants. Important moment is the presentation of projects by schools: class 4^ A of the Scientific High School ‘G. Lombardo — Rodice’ of Bojano (Project ‘But what air pulls’), class 3^C of the Scientific High School M. Delfico di Teramo (Project ‘The food of the future... the future of food’), class 3^ AI — I.T.S.T ‘Marconi’ of Campobasso with the I.I.S.S ‘Da Vinci — Fascetti’ of Pisa (Project Etwinning Future in your hands). At the end of the final debate to gather indications and ideas for reflection on the topics covered.

As part of this conference on the future of Europe, the subject of which will be “France and Germany in ecological transitions in Europe”, Dr. Franziska Brantner (Member of the German Bundestag) and Frédéric Petit (Member of the National Assembly) will discuss with the citizens present the challenges of Franco-German cooperation in the context of the ecological transition. As Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and Member of Parliament Die Grünen in the Bundestag, Franziska Brantner is an expert on environmental issues and European cooperation. Frédéric Petit is also very involved in European cooperation and cohesion and, in particular, Franco-German cooperation as a member of the MoDem MEP of the French based outside France in Germany, Central Europe and the Balkans. You will not only have the opportunity to participate during the meeting through surveys and your questions, but the results of the debate will also be used for the Conference on the Future of Europe.