3 SOLUTIONS TO FINANCE THE GREEN DEAL WEDNESDAY, 16TH OF OCTOBER – 13:30 > 15:30 Proposals to scale up EU ambitions and obtain financial guarantees , Room PHS3C50 to win the climate battle With the support of Jacques Delors Institute and FEPS

13:30 CONFERENCE SIGNATORIES OF THE INVITATION Climate Action Network Europe ◦◦ Lászlo Andor, former Commissioner for Employment and Are the responses from EU policymakers commensurate with ◦◦ Klára Dobrev, Vice-President of the European Parliament; inclusion (2010-2014), and Secretary General of FEPS the climate challenge? Are the promises for a Green Deal and a ◦◦ , MEP from Portugal, Vice-Chair BUDG ; ◦◦ Geneviève Pons, Director, Jacques Delors Institute - Brussels Climate law enough to win the climate battle? Is there sufficient ◦◦ Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, MEP from Portugal, Vice- office serious commitment to allocate enough budgetary and financial Chair IMCO ; ◦◦ Karl Falkenberg, former Director-General for Environment resources to make the Green Deal a success? On 16 October, we ◦◦ Domènec Ruiz Devesa, MEP from Spain, AFCO ; (2009-2015), European Commission invite in the European Parliament young climate strikers, leading ◦◦ Pierre Larrouturou, MEP from France, shadow rapporteur on ◦◦ Laurent Berger, President of the European Trade Union experts in climate science, economics and law, to explore concrete Budget 2020 ; Confederation (TBC) solutions and specify what additional guarantees are needed for ◦◦ , MEP from Italy, BUDG ; enough budgetary resources to make the Green Deal win the ◦◦ Sàndor Rónai, MEP from Hungary, ENVI ; REPRESENTATIVES OF STATES AND GOVERNMENTS climate battle, before the new Commission is installed. We will talk ◦◦ Delara Burkhardt, MEP from , ENVI ; ◦◦ Teresa Ribera, Minister for Ecological Transition, Kingdom of about concrete solutions to face the historical climate challenge: ◦◦ Jude Kirton-Darling, MEP from the UK, PETI ; Spain a concrete plan called the “Climate-Employment Pact”, which is ◦◦ , MEP from the Netherlands, ENVI ; ◦◦ Michal Kurtyka, Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Republic capable of mobilizing 400 billion € per year for climate investment ◦◦ Maria Arena, MEP from Belgium, Chair DROI ; of Poland and create more than 5 million jobs without taxing common ◦◦ Pascal Lamy, President emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute ◦◦ Monseigneur Bruno-Marie Duffé, Advisor of Pope Francis for citizens. ◦◦ Geneviève Pons, Director, Jacques Delors Institute – Brussels climate, Holy See office MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ◦◦ Iratxe Garcia-Perez, MEP (S&D, Spain), President of the S&D 15:30 NETWORKING TIME 15:30 > 16:30 group 16:30 Speakers will be available for interviews SPEAKERS ◦◦ Alícia Homs, MEP (S&D, Spain), Commission member EMPL, President of the Young European Socialists (TBC) YOUNG CLIMATE MARCHERS ◦◦ Domènec Ruiz Devesa, MEP (S&D, Spain), Commission member ◦◦ Virgile Mouquet, Jeunes pour le climat, France AFCO ; REGISTRATION ◦◦ 3 representatives from Fridays for Future from 3 EU countries ◦◦ Delara Burkhardt, MEP (S&D, Germany), Commission member For people who need an accreditation to access the European ◦◦ ENVI Parliament building, registration is compulsory and preferably EXPERTS ◦◦ Pierre Larrouturou, MEP (S&D, France), shadow rapporteur S&D before 11 October and at the latest before 13 October, via this link: ◦◦ Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Climatologist, former Vice- on Budget 2020 https://forms.gle/YaWmnnv8jkA79Y3n7 president of International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ◦◦ Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, MEP (Renew Europe, France), Vice- ◦◦ Olivier de Schutter, Professor of Law, former United Nations president of the commission INTA Special Rapporteur on the right to food (2008-2014) ◦◦ Philippe Lamberts, MEP (Greens/European Free Alliance, For participants who don’t need an accreditation to enter Belgium), co-President of the group of the Greens/European the European Parliament, please register via this link: CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENTS Free Alliance https://forms.gle/Uag8J27NEx5oFK1t9 ◦◦ Laura Sullivan, Director, wemove.eu, ◦◦ , MEP (Greens/European Free Alliance, ◦◦ Wendel Trio, Climate Action Network Europe, Germany), Commission member BUDG ◦◦ Rebecca Thiessen, Climate Coalition Belgium, Member of

Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats S&D in the European Parliament

Annual Conference organised by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) in partnership with the S&D Group

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Venue: Steigenberger Wiltcher’s, 71 Av. Louise, Place Stéphanie, 1050 - Brussels

Overall conference moderation by: Dr László Andor, incoming FEPS Secretary General Conference Report: coordinated and prepared by FEPS Young Academics Network

With the financial support of the European Parliament

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