European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft programme
9.30 a.m. | Introduction
- Veselin Mitov, EESC Member, President of the Study Group
9.40 a.m.| EU Climate Finance Architecture
- "Financing fight against climate change via EU Budget", Philip Owen, Head of Unit responsible for Climate Finance, Mainstreaming, Montreal Protocol, DG CLIMA, European Commission
- “Landscapes of Climate Finance as a Step Towards Unlocking Private Support”, Lola Gouiffes, Research Fellow, I4CE - Institute for Climate Economics
- "Perspective of the EU Funds Managing Authority" (tbc)
Q&A
10.30 a.m. | Panel debate: bottlenecks in climate finance access
Perspectives of:
- Romain Crouzet, Climate Chance Association
- Marco Dus, Member of Commission ENVE at the European Committee of the Regions and Rapporteur on climate finance
- Meera Ghani, Policy Coordinator, ECOLISE
- Raphael Hanoteaux, EU policy officer, CEE Bankwatch
- Hélène Le Teno, Director, (video message) and Laurence Modrego, Ecological Transition GROUPE SOS
Debate
11.20 a.m. | Coffee break
11.50 a.m. | Unlocking more and better climate action – collaborative approach to climate finance access
- "Supporting start-ups and SMEs", Emilie Normann, Director for Entrepreneurship, Climate KIC
- "Progress on financing the circular economy" Pavel Misiga, Head of Unit responsible for Eco-innovation, DG RTD, European Commission (tbc)
- "Rolling out the transition via the national 2030 frameworks" - Markus Trilling, Finance and Subsidies Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe
- "Access to Finance at the city level", Andy Deacon, Policy Coordinator, Climate Alliance
Debate
12.50 p.m. | Closing remarks
- Cillian Lohan, EESC Rapporteur