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