Virtual briefing on climate policy: Germany’s Council Presidency in the run-up to COP26
Green Recovery – Emerging stronger from the crisis
Four month into Germany’s EU Council Presidency the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the German Climate Consortium hosted a joint briefing on climate policy – speakers at the virtual conference included: Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas, Federal Minister for the Environment Svenja Schulze and DKK-Chairman Mojib Latif.
Overcoming the impacts of the COVID-19-pandemic and rebuilding Europe’s economies in a resilient manner as quickly as possible are among Germany’s top priorities during its Council Presidency. Combining these efforts with the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals as our long-term goals will be challenging. We invited you to discuss with us ways to effectively implement the European Green Deal in times of economic crisis and turn the COVID-19-pandemic into an opportunity. Achieving greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050 and reaching an ambitious agreement on a new 2030 greenhouse gas mitigation target remain of utmost importance and will be Europe’s contribution to a sustainable future.
Usually the annual World Climate Conference provides the occasion for our briefing. Since a strong signal for more climate protection is important, we decided to adapt the format and host a virtual briefing focusing on Germany’s Council Presidency. It is aimed at representatives of the diplomatic corps, business, scientific community, civil society and the press.
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Programme
Mid-term review of Germany’s Council Presidency and economic recovery plans – where do we stand?
Heiko Maas
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Svenja Schulze
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Video: EU2020 – Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Federal Foreign Office
How to move forward to a sustainable Europe
Keynote: European Green Deal
Raffaele Mauro Petriccione
Director-General, European Commission
Panel Discussion
Karsten Sach
Director-General for International and European Policy and Climate Policy, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Hinrich Thölken
Director for International Climate and Energy Policy and Digital Transformation, Federal Foreign Office
Maja Göpel
Secretary General, German Advisory Council Global Change
Martin Kaiser
Executive Director, Greenpeace Germany
Video: Climate policy must reflect the fact that we are in a climate crisis
Antje Boetius
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
How to keep up momentum ahead of COP 26
Statement from scientific community
Mojib Latif
Chairman of the Board of the German Climate Consortium (DKK)
- Presentation (PDF)
- DKK statement: Despite corona, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere remains at record levels
- Facts on climate change: What we know about climate today
Panel Discussion
Nick Bridge
Special Representative for Climate Change, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK
Kristina Jeromin
Head of Group Sustainability, Deutsche Börse Group
Anita Engels
Professor for Sociology, especially Globalisation, Environment and Society, Universität Hamburg
Lutz Weischer
Head of Policy Berlin, Germanwatch
Moderation
Conny Czymoch
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Host organisations
- Federal Foreign Office
- Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
- German Climate Consortium
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Picture credits: DKK, S. Roehl
26 October 2020