Lessons from a crisis – How to achieve a climate neutral, energy secure and prosperous transition for Europe and the business sector? All across Europe, business networks have been working

Lessons from a crisis – How to achieve a climate neutral, energy secure and prosperous transition for Europe and the business sector? All across Europe, business networks have been working actively to increase climate ambition recognising the economic, social and environmental benefits of the transition towards a climate neutral, resource efficient and sustainable Europe. In January 2022, a roundtable brought together these business networks and policymakers to reflect on how businesses can support Europe’s transition towards climate neutrality and the Fit for 55 Package can deliver this transition. The past year saw a great number of policy developments as the EU and its Member States had to deal with the economic and energy related consequences of the war in Ukraine, with the RePowerEU plan, while negotiating the Fit for 55 Package. This event was an opportunity to reflect on the progress made during the past year. Speakers presented solutions developed by businesses to scale up the production and demand for renewable energy, boost energy efficiency, accelerate the decarbonisation of industry and stimulate green investments. They reflected on how policies can enable businesses to scale up solutions to deal with the current climate and energy crisis while increasing the sustainable competitiveness of the EU’s economy moving forward. The event was chaired by Ursula Woodburn, Head of EU office, CLG Europe. Speakers included: - Yvon Slingenberg, Director of Strategy, Analysis and Planning, Directorate General for Climate Action, European Commission - Ruth Reichstein, Policy Advisor, I.D.E.A, European Commission - Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Environment Committee, European Parliament, Renew - Nicolás González Casares, Member of the European Parliament, S&D - Tomas Lindman, Deputy Director General for International Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Sweden - Peter Wittoeck, Head of Climate Change Department, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Belgium - Ana Struna Bregar, Chief Executive Officer, CER Slovenia - Bjørn K. Haugland, Chief Executive Officer, Skift Business Climate Leaders - Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera, President, Spanish Green Growth Group, and Global Director of Climate Change and Alliances, Iberdrola - Nina Ekelund, Executive Director, Haga Initiative - Ondřej Boreš, Corporate Affairs Director, VELUX Czech Republic - Sabine Nallinger, Managing Director, Stiftung Klimawirschaft - Rasmus Valanko, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, We Mean Business Coalition - Martin Porter, Executive Chair, CISL If you have any questions about this event, please contact [email protected].

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🌐 Business networks and policymakers come together to discuss how policies can enable businesses to scale up solutions to deal with the ‘polycrises’, including the energy crisis, while

🌐 Business networks and policymakers come together to discuss how policies can enable businesses to scale up solutions to deal with the ‘polycrises’, including the energy crisis, while increasing the competitive sustainability of the EU’s economy moving forward. 🤝 Speakers include: Yvon Slingenberg, Director of Strategy, Analysis and Planning, Directorate General for Climate Action, European Commission Ruth Reichstein, Policy Advisor, I.D.E.A, European Commission Pascal Canfin, Chair of the Environment Committee, European Parliament, Renew Nicolás González Casares, Member of the European Parliament, S&D Tomas Lindman, Deputy Director General for International Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Sweden Peter Wittoeck, Head of Climate Change Department, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Belgium Ana Struna Bregar, Chief Executive Officer, CER Slovenia Bjørn Kjærand Haugland, Chief Executive Officer, Skift Business Climate Leaders Gonzalo Saenz de Miera, President, Spanish Green Growth Group, and Global Director of Climate Change and Alliances, Iberdrola Nina Ekelund, Executive Director, Haga Initiative Ondřej Boreš, Corporate Affairs Director, VELUX Czech Republic Sabine Nallinger, Managing Director, Stiftung Klimawirschaft Rasmus Valanko, Managing Director, Systems Transformation, We Mean Business Coalition Martin Porter, Executive Chair, CISL Ursula Woodburn, Head of EU office, CLG Europe (Chair)

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TEDxNYUShanghai Ye Huang Zoe participated in 34 advocacy campaigns against illegal wildlife trade in seven African countries, and held seminars and trainings with Huawei, Bank of China and other 8

TEDxNYUShanghai Ye Huang Zoe participated in 34 advocacy campaigns against illegal wildlife trade in seven African countries, and held seminars and trainings with Huawei, Bank of China and other 8 multinational companies. The series of activities impacted over 160,000 Chinese in Africa and were covered by over 50 African and Chinese media, receiving over 2.6 million views. She has worked as a researcher for an international wildlife organization, conducting research on wildlife products in Uganda. As a project manager, she led Chinese youths to conduct in-depth field research on international wildlife conservation issues, researching the status of protected area operations in Kenya, and studying the status and challenges of orangutan conservation in Indonesia, etc. In 2017, her story was featured on the CCTV news program "China with me". In 2018, as a youth representative, she talked to Sabine on CCTV's “Voice" program. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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In learning settings and conference inter-generational community building is a principle and value of the work

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