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Conference COP22: Regions and cities mobilised for climate
Organised by the Committee of the Regions
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 – 2.30-6.00
Brussels, European Committee of the Regions
Rue Belliard 101, 1040 Brussels room JDE52,
14.30
Welcome
Francesco Pigliaru, President of the Commission for Environment, Climate Change and Energy,
Rapporteur on the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on COP22, President of Sardinia, Italy
What regions and cities of the EU can do to enhance action on climate – CoR Opinion on Delivering
the global climate agreement
14.40
Roundtable 1 – A new climate order
Following the adoption of the Paris agreement, Parties have now to operationalise the
agreement and ensure it is being duly implemented. The COP22 will see whether efficient
review mechanisms can be put in place to ensure the world stays on a good track to
combat climate change. It will also see whether the concept of multi-level governance
recognised within the Paris Agreement is put into practice through enhanced dialogue
with cities and regions. More generally, Parties will have to rely on non-Party stakeholders
to implement the Paris Agreement and will need to set up a new climate order.
Matthieu Ballu, International and Inter-institutional Relations, Director-General for
Climate Action, European Commission
The state of play of negotiations within the UNFCCC in preparation of COP22 and EU
climate policy
Mohamed Sadiki, Mayor of Rabat, rapporteur of the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and
Local Assembly (ARLEM) on energy and climate
Euro-mediterranean cities and regions on energy and climate and the Mediterranean
Covenant of Mayors
Awatif Berdai, Deputy Mayor delegated to international relations and decentralised
cooperation, Marrakesh City, Kingdom of Morocco
Marrakesh leading on the mobilisation of cities and regions for the COP22
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Debate
15.30
Roundtable 2 – Engaging all actors to accelerate implementation
Given the level of ambition needed, all stakeholders – state and non-state ones – will
have to contribute to tackle the climate threat. Coordination between these different
actors instead of superposition of various initiatives will bring a significant added value in
climate action. However in practice coordination of action is still hardly found.
Ana Oregi Bastarrika, Basque Minister for the Environment and Territorial policies,
Basque Country, Spain
The Basque Country plan on competitiveness and climate – and how to work with the
business sector on ambitious climate policies
Sirpa Hertell, Vice-Chair of the Commission for Environment, Climate Change and Energy
of the Committee of the Regions, Vice-Chair of Espoo, Finland
Cross-administrative collaboration – finding synergies between different policies relevant
to climate and sustainable development
Donatella Spano, Regional Environment Minister of Sardinia, Italy
Multi-level governance – the regional level as a pivotal level to ensure coherent policymaking, the example of adaptation
Lutz Ribbe, Rapporteur of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), vicepresident of the Sustainable Development Observatory
EESC opinion on "Building a coalition of civil society and subnational authorities to deliver
commitments of the Paris Agreement"
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Debate
16.40
Coffee break
16.55
Roundtable 3 – How will regions and cities finance the transition to a low-carbon
and resilient economy in the EU?
Beyond good governance mechanisms and coordination of action, financing and capacitybuilding will be instrumental in a successful implementation of the Paris Agreement. In
the EU, cities and regions need to know all possible funding available to support them in
the climate and energy transition as well as the capacity building programmes put in place
to access these funding schemes. Given the scale of the change needed, it is also
necessary to shift minds from exclusively relying on public funding to attracting private
investment too.
Owen Philip, Acting Director, Head of Unit Climate Finance, Mainstreaming, Montreal
Protocol, European Commission
EU Climate finance for cities and regions of the EU
Simona Bonafè, Member of the European Parliament, Intergroup on Long-term
investment
Public-Private Finance to support the low-carbon transition
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Esther Badiola, Senior Economist, Environmental, Climate and Social Office, European
Investment Bank (EIB)
The EIB strategy on climate and its support to cities and regions' action on climate
Adam Struzik, Marshal of Mazovia region, Poland
EU financing in Mazovia – opportunities for sustainable development
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Debate
17.55
Conclusions
Francesco Pigliaru, President of the Commission for Environment, Climate Change and
Energy, President of Sardinia, Italy
18.00
End of the conference
Interpretation:
participants may speak in: EN/FR/DE/IT/FI/PL/NL/ET/LT/HR
participants may listen in: EN/FR/DE/IT/FI/PL/NL/ET/LT/HR/ES
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