Environment Working Group

As sustainability challenges arise with instability around the globe and rising climate change and emissions effects are more and more noticeable, the Working Group on Environment wishes to bring clarity to environmental topics at the European level. Our initial scope of research will englobe policies that can bring the EU to a net-zero state and ensure a sustainable future: urban governance and sustainability, Just Transition, economic tools like carbon taxes and ETS, and strong environmental law that gives juridical personhood to natural ecosystems (e.g ecocide). This areas are multidisciplinary and a possible bridge between Working Groups, aiming to produce research in partnerships with them. 

Lastly, we wish to develop EST events for key EU weeks (EU Week of Regions and Cities, EU Energy Week, EU Green Week, etc.) and partner organisations.

Lucie Martinez – Head of the Working Group

Lucie Martinez is a French master’s student in European Environmental Economics and Policy at the University of Copenhagen and Heidelberg University. With an academic background in European Political Science, with previous internships at the Senate and within private-sector, she has been actively involved in various student initiatives and civic engagements.

Her commitment to environmental justice began when she served as a UNICEF Young Ambassador. She became acutely aware of the profound inequalities intensified by climate change, particularly its disproportionate impact on already vulnerable communities. Her commitment continued throughout her undergraduate studies (eco-responsible association ACT). She currently contributes to climate and biodiversity policy writing as a Project Officer at Generation Climate Europe.

Motivated by the pressing nature of contemporary environmental crises, Lucie is dedicated to advancing research at the intersection of international governance and social justice.

Gaia Federica Belcastro

Gaia recently completed my MA focusing on European affairs at the University of Bologna. Passionate about sustainability and climate policy, she is dedicated to shaping a more environmentally conscious future.

With a wealth of international experiences, including both studying and working abroad, she is currently working as a trainee at the European University Institute.

Peter Valicek

I am a Bachelor’s student in Mulhouse with a strong interest in ecology, sustainability, and animal welfare.

Enzo Guillaumet

He is a Bachelor’s student in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His main field of interest is comparative

constitutional studies. He wishes to investigate the effect of semantics and narratives on policy acts. More generally, he is interested in comparing governance structures instead of policy reforms.