Sakharov debate 2021: Covid-19 and Intergenerational Equity

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented a disproportionate risk for older generations, and required extraordinary sacrifices from the young – underlining concerns about intergenerational equity, already looming large as a result of austerity and the climate emergency.

As governments across Europe aim to ‘build back better’, the 2021 Sakharov debate will explore the impacts of the pandemic on older and younger generations; policy approaches to intergenerational equity; and youth perspectives on a sustainable, post-Covid European society.

The Sakharov debate is an annual public event held in honour of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, bringing together academics, law-makers and civil society to discuss topical issues with a human rights dimension.

Hashtag for the event: #SakharovUK

SPEAKERS:

Professor Sir Richard BLUNDELL
David Ricardo Professor of Political Economy
University College London
@R_Blundell_UCL

Frances FITZGERALD MEP (Ireland)
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
European Parliament
@FitzgeraldFrncs

Professor Danny DORLING
Professor of Human Geography
University of Oxford
@dannydorling

Thomas DESDOUITS
Policy Officer
Intergenerational Justice and Fiscal Policy
European Youth Forum
@DesdouitsThomas

MODERATOR:

Emma NELSON, Presenter and reporter for France 24, Classic FM, Monocle24, and BBC London News