The European Environment - State and Outlook 2020 Launch 4 December 2019

Europa Building, Council of the ,

13:30 Registration, arrival and welcome

13:30-14:30 Coffee served in the exhibition area outside the event room The event is live streamed and filmed Interpretation EN, FR, DE

14:30-14:35 Welcome by Reijo Kemppinen, Director-General, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

14:35-14:45 Address by Terhi Lehtonen, State Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union

14:45-15:25 Presentation of The European Environment – State and Outlook 2020

Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency

Policy responses Towards the European Green Deal

15:25-15:40 Intervention by Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner designate for Environment and Oceans, European Commission

15:40-15:55 Intervention by Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food security, European Parliament

15:55-16:55 Panel debate and questions from the audience The panel debate is a response from European political actors to The European Environment – State and Outlook 2020. The panel debate should raise questions of relevance and underline the need for knowledge contributions in support of The European Green Deal.

Jaroslaw Pietras – Director-General, DG TREE,

Laura Burke – Director-General of the Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland and Chair of the Management Board of the European Environment Agency

Emma Navarro – Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Ester Asin - Director, WWF European Policy Office, Chair of Green 10

Pascal Canfin - Chair of the Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food security, European Parliament

Daniel Calleja – Director-General, DG Environment, European Commission

Mauro Petriccione – Director-General, DG Climate Action, European Commission

16:55 - 17:05 Concluding remarks Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency

17:05 – 17:30 Drinks served in the exhibition area