Jens Holm

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  • Pandemic as an opportunity

    Tonight I spoke on the European Forum´s panel on Global warming – a fair and inclusive ecological transition. Please find my presentation below. Sorry for misspellings 🙂 The pandemic as an opportunityThe class and gender benefits of a just green new dealJens Holm, European Forum 19/11 We all agree that we need a just transition.…

  • Transport, corona, sustainable transformation

    Today I will talk on the European Left climate conference, Transform or Collapse organized by the Spanish/Basque party Bildu. You can follow my presentation and the following discussion at the conference site. We will come up at 18.00. You´ll find my presentation below. Transport sector, corona and the urgent need for a just and sustainable…

  • EU and cars – when market trumps the climate

    I am participating right now in the conference ”The European Green Deal”, hosted by the German EU presidency (can be followed on the lived stream). Very interesting indeed and so many passionate contributions froom fellow MPs all over Europe. That is very promising. But how promising are signals from the EU? For that reason I…

  • Stop annexation of the West Bank

    I am co-signing this important letter against the planned Israeli annexation of the West Bank, together with more than 1000 other MPs and MEPs around the world. The whole letter here (with signatories):  WestBank Joint Letter 23-06-2020 and below (without names). I has got a world wide spread attention: BBC, El Pais, Le Figaro, Sveriges…

  • Situación grave de abogados en Colombia

    We have today sent this letter to the Colombian president, Ivan Duque. AbogadosColombiaCarta2020-05-28 Estimado Sr. Presidente, Es un placer saludarle en nombre de Riksdagen, Parlamento Sueco, con el objeto de expresarle nuestra preocupación por la presunta realización de seguimientos ilegales al abogado Sebastián Escobar del Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo – CCAJAR y otras…

  • A crisis is also an opportunity

    I am interviewed at the PR firm New Republic: Can the crisis be a catalyst for changes in transport policy? ”Yes, a crisis is also an opportunity. One thing this crisis teaches us is how vulnerable we are to external conditions. This brings to the fore even more the importance of getting rid of fossil…