European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft programme
DRAFT AGENDA
Language regime: ES-CS-DE-EN-FR-PT into CS-DE-EN-FR
8.30 a.m. | Registration & coffee
9.00 a.m. | Welcoming remarks
- by Vladimír Novotný, EESC President of the Study Group
9.05 a.m. | Introduction
- by Lutz Ribbe, EESC Rapporteur
9.15 a.m. | Panel debate: Success factors of civil society and sub-national authorities' coalitions in delivering climate action
Moderator: Isabel Caño Aguilar, EESC Co-rapporteur
Panellists:
- Francesco Pigliaru, Chair of the ENVE Commission and Rapporteur on Delivering the global climate agreement – a territorial approach to COP22 in Marrakesh, Committee of the Regions (video message)
- Mercè Rius, Director General for Environmental Quality of the Government of Catalonia
- Miriam Eisermann, Head of Communications & Policy, Energy Cities
- Cristiano Bottone, Transition Network Italy, Association of Italian Municipalities and Filipa Pimentel, Transition Network
- Dirk Knapen, Sustainable Energy Youth Network
10.45-11.15 a.m. | Coffee break
11.15 a.m. | Panel debate: Multi-level governance: scaling up climate action by non-state actors coalitions
Moderator: by Lutz Ribbe, EESC Rapporteur
Panellists:
- Sander Chan, Galvanizing the Groundswell of Climate Actions, German Development Institute
- Dorthe Nielsen, Policy Director, EUROCITIES
- Gilles Berhault, President, Comité 21
- Montserrat Mir, Confederal secretary in charge of the sustainable development, ETUC
- Helen Spence-Jackson, Programme Manager, EU Green Growth Platform, The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group
12.40 p.m. | Reaction
- by Ms Anne Bergenfelt, Member of the Climate Diplomacy team, International and Inter-institutional Relations unit, DG CLIMA, European Commission
12.55 p.m. | Concluding remarks
- by Isabel Caño Aguilar, EESC Co-rapporteur
1 p.m. | End of the hearing