The European Environment - State and Outlook 2020 Launch 4 December 2019 Europa Building, Council of the European Union, Brussels 13:30 Registration opens Please arrive by 14:00 to allow time for ID and security check Moderator: Peter Woodward, Director, Quest Associates Ltd The event is live streamed and filmed Interpretation to French, German and English 14:30 – 14:35 Welcome by Inga Rosinska, Director for Communication and Information, 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 – 15:00 Setting the scene by Frans Timmermans, (tbc) First Vice – President, European Commission 15:00 – 15:40 Presentation of The European Environment – State and Outlook 2020 Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency Policy responses Towards the European Green Deal 15:40 – 15:55 Intervention by Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner designate for Environment and Oceans, European Commission 15:55 – 16:10 Intervention by Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Committee for Environment, Public Health and Food security, European Parliament 16:10 – 17:00 Panel debate 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 for Transport, Energy, Environment and Education, General Secretariat of the Council of the EU Emma Navarro – Vice – President, European Investment Bank Laura Burke – Director-General of the Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland and Chair of the Management Board of the European Environment Agency 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 17:00 – 17:05 Concluding remarks Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment Agency 17:05 – 17:30 Drinks served in the exhibition area .