Briefing in the run-up to COP23

In Berlin, political and scientific experts informed about the upcoming COP taking place in Bonn. In the following you find the program and related links to the presentations and the speakers.

The briefing of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, the Federal Foreign Office and the German Climate Consortium entitled „Uniting for Climate Action – Putting the Paris Agreement into Practice“ was presented by Volker Angres, who is head of the environmental desk at ZDF.

Welcome

Dr Karsten Sach, Director-General for Climate Policy, European and International Policy, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

• short CV
• BMUB-Website on COP 23

Walter J. Lindner, State Secretary, Federal Foreign Office

• short CV

Video message from Fiji as holder of the COP presidency

• website of the COP presidency
• youtube-channel of the COP presidency

Keynote

The Paris Agreement as an opportunity for a climate-friendly future
Prof. Gernot Klepper, Environment and Natural Resources Research Team, Institute for the World Economy, Kiel University, deputy chairman of the DKK

• core messages
  
• short CV
  
• speech (in German) (PDF)

Lectures

Ensuring a fair transition
Daniel Schneider, Environmental and Climate Policy Officer in the Department for Structural, Industry and Service Policy of the German Trade Union Confederatio

• core messages
• short CV

Videocast: Climate Change, Risks and Challenges –the new DKK and WWF Germany online course, sustainable and free for everyone
Marie-Luise Beck, Deutsches Klima-Konsortium

• more information
  
• trailer on YouTube
• short CV

Sustainable financial instruments to hedge climate risks
Prof. Peter Hoeppe, Head of GeoRisks Research, Munich Re

• core messages
• short CV
• slides (PDF)

Forming alliances to strengthen the resilience of the poorest
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Directorate-General for Global Issues, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

• core messages
• short CV
• speech (in German) (PDF)
• BMZ-Website on COP 23

Panel discussion

What is being discussed at COP23 and what does it mean for Germany?

• Peter Fischer, Federal Foreign Office
• Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Dr Karl-Eugen Huthmacher, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• Dr Karsten Sach, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety