DEVCO Environment and Climate Week 2020
The DEVCO ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE WEEK 2020 gathered colleagues from EU delegations and headquarters who exchanged on the policy priorities of the new Commission, such as the Green Deal, and explored how to strengthen the environmental and climate dimension of EU cooperation. In the course of thematic sessions with high-level speakers, group discussions and networking events, participants had the opportunity to strengthen their capacity to ambitious environment and climate action through policy dialogue, programming and investments.
The Green Deal was the cornerstone of the week. Together with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, this new policy framework calls for a fundamental rethinking of development models. International cooperation has an essential role to play to promote climate-neutral and resilient development, the transition to inclusive green and circular economies, the conservation and sustainable use of ecosystems and natural resources and the preservation of global commons.
Programme, final report and presentations of this successful week are available here:
INFOGRAPHIC: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF PROGRAMMING AND IMPLEMENTATION
HIGH-LEVEL OPENING SESSION
LATEST POLICY AND PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS
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The European Green Deal by Aurelie Godefroy, Deputy Head of Unit DEVCO C2 |
CLIMATE CHANGE
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Climate change negotiations and the role of nationally-determined contributions (NDCS) by Dimitrios Zevgolis, DG CLIMA and Achim Schaffert, EUD Namibia |
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation by Zinta Zommers, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) / IPCC, and Nacira Boulehouat, DG ECHO and Philip Owen, DG CLIMA |
BIODIVERSITY
BIODIVERSITY BREAKOUT SESSIONS
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(1) Land-based approach Integrated Landscape Management, including at multi country level by Sylvanie Jardinet, EUD Cameroon Integrated Landscape Management in the Tonle Sap Biosphere reserve by Clemens Beckers, EUD Cambodia |
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(2) Nature-based solutions Regreening Africa by Patrick Worms, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Mersha Argaw, EUD Ethiopia |
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(3) Investing in ecosystems Nature-based tourism to attract investment for conservation by Thomas Yatich, EUD Kenya Financial instruments for conservation by Johny Ariza, EUD Colombia |
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(4) Natural resources related conflicts and human rights Conflicts and human rights related to renewable resources by Florence Van Houtte, DG DEVCO C2 |
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
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The role of EU delegations in the implementation of forest-related policies: Forests in development cooperation by Patrice Moussy, DEVCO C2 |
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Lessons learnt from EU support to forest governance and sustainable forest management in partner countries by Solomon Ioannou, EUD Honduras, and Mersha Argaw, EUD Ethiopia |
SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
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Rwanda’s experience in agroforestry by Pascal Zahonero, EUD Rwanda |
WATER AND OCEANS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
TRANSITION TOWARDS GREEN, CIRCULAR AND CLIMATE NEUTRAL ECONOMIES
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Operationalising EU ambitions through international cooperation - Panel discussion with |
SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND GREEN INVESTMENTS
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
INTEGRATING THE EXTERNAL DIMENSION OF THE GREEN DEAL IN PROGRAMMING
| Greening EU international cooperation: Lessons learnt and prospects by Bernard Crabbé |
TOOLS AND SUPPORT SERVICES
CLOSSING SESSION