European Economic
and Social Committee
Programme
8:30 – 9:00 | Registrations and welcome coffee
9:00 – 9:10 | Opening remarks
- Peter Schmidt (replacing Ester Vitale as President of the study group)
- Toni Vidan, rapporteur of the opinion
9:10 – 9:40 | Policy panel
Moderated by Toni Vidan
- Elena Višnar Malinovská, Head of Unit, Adaptation to climate change, DG CLIMA
- Philip Owen, Head of Unit for Climate Finance, DG CLIMA
- Nataša Kačić Bartulović, Croatian Permanent Representation
- Pierre Larrouturou, Member of the European Parliament
9:40 – 11:00 | Green and Social Deal for Europe: Financing the low-carbon transition and climate change adaptation
Moderated by Peter Schmidt, President of the Sustainable Development Observatory
- Elettra Agliardi, Professor in Economics, University of Bologna
- Wouter Vanneuville, Expert Climate Change Adaptation, European Environment Agency
- Maria Kleis Walravens, Head of Energy, Client Earth
- Monica Peña Sastre, Policy Officer, Climate and Energy, European Investment Bank
Q&A and debate
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 | Involvement of non-state actors – interactive discussion
Moderated by Dimitris Dimitriadis, co-rapporteur of the opinion
- Gerhard Huemer, Director for Sustainable Development, SME United
- Benjamin Denis, Policy Adviser, industriALL
- Markus Trilling, Finance & Subsidies Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe
Q&A and debate
Conclusions
- Toni Vidan, rapporteur
- Dimitris Dimitriadis, co-rapporteur of the opinion
Participants can speak in FR-EN-IT-EL-HR and listen to FR-EN-IT-EL-HR