EU 2030 climate policy: Effort Sharing and LULUCF

Public hearing

14.00 -14.30 | Registration & coffee

14.30 | Welcoming remarks by Hans-Joachim Wilms, President of the EESC Study Group

14.40 | Session I: EU climate policy for the non-ETS sectors

Moderation: Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala, EESC Rapporteur

• Jan Nill, Governance and Effort Sharing Unit, DG CLIMA, European Commission
• Katarina Butkovská, Counsellor, Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU, Slovak Presidency of the EU (tbc)
• Andrei Marcu, Senior Advisor, CEPS (tbc)
• Cristina Mestre, Climate and Biofuels Officer, Transport & Environment
• Femke de Jong, EU Policy Director, Carbon Market Watch
• Shradha Abt Energy Efficiency Manager, Eurima, European InsulationManufacturers Association

Questions & Answers

16.00-16.30 | Coffee break

16.30 | Session II: LULUCF in the 2030 climate and energy framework

Moderation: Mindaugas Maciulevičius, EESC Co-Rapporteur

• Elisabeth Köstinger, Member of the European Parliament (Austria, EPP) Chair of the Sustainable Forest Management Working Group of the EP Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development (tbc)
• Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Professor European Forest Resources, Alterra / Wageningen University and Research
• Liisa Pietola, Chairwoman of the Copa and Cogeca Working Party on Environment Ulrich Leberle, Raw Materials Director, CEPI, Confederation of European Paper Industries (tbc)
• Arnd Spahn, Secretary for the agriculture sector, EFFAT – European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (tbc)
• Emma Berglund, Secretary General, the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF)

17.45 | Concluding remarks by Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala, EESC Rapporteur

18.00 | End of the hearing

Interpretation: English, German, Finnish, Polish

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