As ecological and social challenges intensify, sufficiency is shifting from the margins to the center of policy discussions. Join us for a high-level roundtable exploring how sufficiency can drive systemic change across Europe and beyond.
With climate and resource crises escalating, sufficiency-reducing consumption through intentional, equitable strategies-has become a key policy priority. This event brings together leading voices from European institutions, national governments, municipalities, academia, and civil society to discuss its role in shaping governance and social transformation.
From the European Parliament to grassroots innovations in the social and solidarity economy at the local level, the panel will examine how sufficiency can be integrated into public policy and urban practices. Speakers will explore mechanisms, levers, tensions, opportunities, and pathways for embedding sufficiency into decision-making and collective action.
Panellists
- Yvan Verougstraete (external link), Member of European Parliament
- Diane Simiu (external link), Director at the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition
- Dan Lert (external link), Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of Ecological Transition
- Dr. Yamina Saheb (external link), Lecturer/Researcher at Sciences Po, Director of World (external link)Sufficiency Lab (external link)
Moderation: Dr. Céline Cantat (external link), CARE Program (external link), Sciences Po Paris
The roundtable is part of the first-ever Sufficiency Summer School co-organized by the World Sufficiency Lab (external link) and the CARE Programme (external link) on "Sufficiency in Practice" and is open to the public.
It will be followed by a reception during which creative work on sufficiency by graduate and postgraduate students will be exhibited (external link).