Joint Closing Plenary: From the Fight Against Climate Change to a Just Transition: A Strategy for Europe

From the Fight Against Climate Change to a Just Transition: A Strategy for Europe

This plenary session will allow us to draw the first lessons from the two days of debates, workshops and exchanges, and to present the main lines of operational proposals for the implementation of the European Green Deal at local level. It will stress on the need to integrate the issues of social cohesion and international solidarity and the link between Europe and Africa, in the implementation of these new European climate action policies. The session will highlight the importance of a convergent approach between the three conventions arising out of the Rio conference in 1992 on Climate, Biodiversity and Desertification.

Programme and Speakers

8 March, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm – Auditorium 450

Review of the Climate Chance Europe 2022 Summit

• Jean Jouzel, Former Vice-Chair of the Scientific Working Group of the IPCC, Honorary President of Climate Chance

• Ronan Dantec, Senator of Loire-Atlantique and President of Climate Chance Association

• Olivier David, Head of the climate and energy efficiency department of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition

Just Transition in Europe

• Julie Laernoes, Vice President for Climate, Energy and Food Transition, Agriculture, Resilience and Economic Change at Nantes Métropole and Member of the Energy Cities board

• Anne Barre, Gender and Climate Policy Coordinator, Women Engaged for Common Future

• Jean-Yves Grandidier, Founding President of Valorem

• Cillian Lohan, Vice-President at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), representative of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP)

• Dan Lert, Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of the ecological transition, the climate plan, water and energy, President of Eau de Paris

Climate, Biodiversity, Desertification, Développement: Africa, a continent of convergences for more coherent and efficient policies

• Vincent N’CHO Kouaoh, Vice Governor of the Autonomous District of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

• Gilles Kleitz, Director of the Ecological Transition and Natural Resources Department of the French Development Agency (AFD)

• Patrice Burger, President of CARI Centre d’Actions et de Réalisations Internationales

• Anne Marie Abaagu, Executive Director of the Women Environmental Programme (WEP)

Conclusion

• Ronan Dantec, Senator of Loire-Atlantique and President of Climate Chance Association

Moderator

• Bernard Soulage, Secretary General of Climate Chance Association