Climate finance seminar
A Greens/EFA meeting in Paris ahead of COP21
PROGRAMME
WARMING UP
10:00-10:10
Welcome and introduction
Rebecca Harms or Philippe Lamberts, Co-President of the Greens/EFA
10:10-10.30
Impacts of climate change: findings of the Tara project
Romain Troublé, Executive Director of Tara Expeditions
10:30-11:30
CLIMATE FINANCE
Safeguarding a clear, reliable and predictable pathway to climate finance might just be the game changer for these negotiations. How much money is needed? Where should it go to? Where should it come from? These and many more questions will be addressed by the following speakers:
- Strategic importance of climate finance at COP21
Monica Araya, think thank Nivela and former Costa Rican head of negotiations - The French government's climate finance strategy
Alix Mazounie, international policy coordinator at CAN France - Global QE - where there is a will there is a way
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP and green economist - A de-risking instrument to lower capital cost of renewables and energy efficiency
Claude Turmes, Green MEP - Allocating and employing climate finance in developing countries
Isabella Lövin, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation
Questions, remarks and suggestions
Moderated by MEP Bas Eickhout
Coffee break
11:45-12:50
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES, COMMUNICATION, AND FOLLOW-UP
No one can predict the future, but an exchange of view on the possible COP21 outcomes allows us to think about different communication strategies. What are the key issues for this COP? What should be our Green demands? What happens after Paris? NGOs and Greens active in national/regional governments give their opinion:
- Main issues to be solved at COP21
Wendel Trio, director of CAN Europe - Demands and expectations of cities in the COP21 debate
Tine Heyse, alderman Environment, Energy & Climate for Gent (Belgium) - The EU's role during the Paris negotiations and possible outcomes
Carole Dieschbourg, Luxembourgish minister of Environment - Life after Paris
Asad Rehman, International Climate Coordinator of Friends of the Earth England, Wales & Northern Ireland
Questions, remarks and suggestions
Moderated by MEP Yannick Jadot
12:50-13:30
LET'S GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS - A JOURNALIST'S OPINION ON THE COP
Love it or hate it, but public opinion sets the political agenda. Nothing has as much influence on public opinion as the media, or is it the other way around? Whichever it is, no one will deny the large role that the media can play in the fight against climate change. Two key journalists discuss how the Green message can be made visible in the press:
- Selling climate change in Poland
Karolina Zbytniewska, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director EurActiv Poland - Climate journalism over the years
Fiona Harvey, Environment correspondent at The Guardian
Discussion and goodbye
Moderated by MEP Bas Eickhout
