AMEC is taking place on 4 December 2019, from 9:00 to 11:00, Room JAN 6Q1, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
How to achieve a real Just Transition?
Date
29 Jan 2020 16:30 to 19:00
Address
European Parliament, Room ASP 1G2
BRUSSELS
BelgiumSection
InfoSociety
Event Location
Brussels
Event Description
A discussion on the Just Transition mechanism with the European Commission as well as local, national and regional authorities and civil society who are the key drivers and most impacted by the ecological transition.
Simultaneous interpretation in FR, DE, EN, ES and EL
To register, please click here
16:00 – 16:30 REGISTRATION
Meeting point: European Parliament, at the main entrance of the Altiero Spinelli building (access via Place Luxembourg). Mandatory temporary access stickers will be distributed to registered event participants which enables access to the European Parliament for one day (this is not required for people who already have access badges).
16h30 – 17h15 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
· Younous Omarjee, Chair of the REGI committee, GUE/NGL (France)
· Martina Michels, Member of the REGI committee, coordinator for the GUE/NGL (Germany)
· Eric Von Breska director of DG for Regional and Urban Policy at the European Commission
Q&A with the room
17:15- 17:55
The Just Transition in the regions
· Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Vice President of the EP and Substitute Member of the REGI committee, GUE/NGL (Greece)
· Antonia Mertsching, Member of Parliament of Coal Region Saxony (Germany)
· Sokratis Famellos, SYRIZA MP and former Alternate Minister for Environment and Energy of Greece (2016-2019)
· Video Statement by Mr Torsten Pötzsch, Major of Weißwasser (Germany)
· Q&A with the room
18:15 – 18:50
A just transition in questions : other perspectives
· Cornelia Ernst, Member of the ITRE committee, GUE/NGL (Germany)
· Katie Treadwell, Energy policy Officer at WWF
· Ana Cristina Pérez García former councillor in Andorra (Teruel) (tbc)
· Nicolas Brookes, Executive Director Policy, CPMR
· Q&A with the room
18h50 – 19h
Conclusions, debate, and proposals
Petros Kokkalis, Member of the ENVI Committee, GUE/NGL (Greece)
Martina Michels, Member of the REGI committee, GUE/NGL (Germany)
Younous Omarjee, Chair of the REGI committee, GUE/NGL (France)
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