agenda
This year’s Think2030 conference will include high-level panels and break-out groups focusing on key thematic issues.
Day 1 – Monday, 16 November
13:00 – 14:00
online
Opening speeches
Welcoming words by Camilla Bausch (Ecologic Institute) and Céline Charveriat (IEEP)
Keynote speeches by Camilla Bausch (Ecologic Institute), Klaus Töpfer (TMG) and Hans Bruyninckx (European Environment Agency)
14:15 – 15:45
online
Opening plenary – How can the European Green Deal contribute to solving the climate crisis? How is this impacted by the Corona crisis?
Panelists: Ester Asin (WWF European Policy Office), Hans Bruyninckx (European Environment Agency), Helena Braun (European Commission) and Klaus Töpfer (TMG)
Moderator: R. Andreas Kraemer (Ecologic Institute)
16:00 - 17:00
online
Informal Networking on Whova
Day 2 – Tuesday, 17 November
10:30 – 12:00
online
Breakout groups 1:
• Climate change impacts, biodiversity and nature-based solutions
• How digitalization can help or hamper in the climate crisis
• A climate law for Europe
• Future generations
• Low-carbon circular consumption
• EU environmental sovereignty and security under the Green Deal
13:00 – 14:30
online
Breakout groups 2
• Targets and indicators for the European Green Deal
• Green stimulus post COVID-19: Re-building better
• Low-carbon circular industry for Europe
• The European “farm to fork” approach: How can it help in the climate crisis?
• Implementing the European Green Deal at local level: Lessons on the role of cities in Poland in planning climate policy
• Circular economy in aid of global recovery: The role and potential of EU trade policy
15:15 – 16:45
online
Closing plenary – What can and will Germany contribute to solving the climate crisis and strengthening the European Green Deal?
Conference outcomes: Céline Charveriat (IEEP)
Panelists: Franziska Brantner (Member of German Parliament, Green Party Germany), Dirk Messner (German Federal Environment Agency), Luisa Neubauer (Fridays for Future), Hinrich Thölken (German Foreign Service) and Christian Kroll (Ecosia)
Moderator: Camilla Bausch (Ecologic Institute)