Seminar agenda

The 40% Seminar

Seminar on 40% emission cuts in the EU by 2020:
Mobilising Europe to achieve climate custice

European Parliament – April 27th 2010

Agenda: 

Welcome: Corinne Lepage MEP (ALDE) vice chair of ENVI committee
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Session 1: Setting the context – How the EU can achieve 40%domestic cuts

• Moderator: Kriton Arsenis MEP, S&D
  
• Charles Heaps, Stockholm Environment Institute: Presentation of FoEE/SEI scenario
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• Randall Bowie, EURIMA: Why Deep Renovations are Essential to Achieving a 40% Target and Make Sense Economically
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• David Caro, FSB: Keen to go Green - small businesses decarbonising their economy
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• Member of the UK Committee on Climate Change: How does the UK climate law work?
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Session 2: Strengthening the EU’s current climate and energy policy: The need for an overarching climate policy framework, an energy efficiency target and improved existing targets

• Moderator: Vanessa Mock (Journalist, RNW)
  
• Philip Lowe, Director General of DG Energy
  
• Gerardus Klaassen, DG Climate Action
• Claude Turmes,  MEP, vice chair of the Greens/EFA
• Sirpa Pietikainen  MEP, EPP
• Sonja Meister, Friends of the Earth Europe

 
Conclusions and Closing: Magda Stoczkiewicz, Director, Friends of the Earth Europe.
 

The event was followed by drinks offered by MEP Sirpa Pietikainen.

This seminar was organised by Friends of the Earth Europe, working with members of The European People’s Party,  The Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

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