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2-3 October 2024
International Congress Center in Katowice
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Event preparing for the UN Climate Summit COP29
We invite you to read the recommendations of the discussion among representatives of the UN, business, science, climate activists and public administration. Thanks to over 30 debates, discussions and events with the participation of over 1,300 people in person and 2,500 people online, a document was created containing the Polish view on climate issues before COP 28. The document will be presented during the UN climate summit COP 28 in the United Arab Emirates.
DOWNLOADInauguration session: A world without emissions – time to speed up
Climate transformation as an opportunity for business and the economy in emerging and developing markets
Politics, energy, climate
Sustainable finances
A new, sustainable economy
The circular economy
ESG: criteria and strategies
New green Ukraine
Sustainable transport and supply chains
Atom, system, climate
Waste Management Roundtable
Wind for the climate
Greenwashing, transparency and communication
E-mobility
Agriculture of the Future
Businesses facing the climate challenge
Sustainable urban development
Energy: demand, supply, emissions
Water resources. From the spring to the sea
Hydrogen and the hydrogen economy
Energy grids and the electricity system in the face of the challenges of transformation
Climate Education Roundtable
Sustainable construction
4th GOZpodarka Congress (IV Kongres GOZpodarka). Transition of the heating industry – a necessity, a challenge, and an opportunity
Green manufacturing, raw materials and forest management
Fair transformation
4th GOZpodarka Congress (IV Kongres GOZpodarka). What will come next for thermal conversion of waste? GOZpodarz 2023 Awards
Decarbonisation of industry
The two-day PRECOP 28 conference is a preparatory event preceding the United Arab Emirates Climate Summit (the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference – COP28) – the world’s largest forum for common climate change policy.
The agenda of the meeting included the most relevant topics related to the reduction in CO2 emissions, Polish and European climate policy, and halting global warming as well as mitigating the already visible and ever growing consequences of the climate catastrophe.
ENERGY TRANSITION
THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR BUSINESS
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
SUSTAINABLE FINANCING
CLIMATE EDUCATION
GREEN CITIES
The conference was attended by senior representatives of UN and EU agencies, ambassadors and politicians, former COP presidents, and representatives of science, business, institutions and organisations.
President of the Management Board, Deloitte
minister środowiska w latach 2007-2010, laureat nagrody Der Deutsche Umweltpreis, przewodniczący COP14
Mayor of Lodz, member of the CoR ENVE Commission and its Green Deal Going Local WG, CoR Climate Pact Ambassador
Country Representative, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact Network Poland, initiator of PRECOP 28
Director, Multi-Country Office, UNOPS
Vice-President, Corporate Banking and MIB Division, Bank Pekao SA
Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Parliament 2009–2012; Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland 1997–2001
UN Assistant Secretary-General, CEO, UN Global Compact
Mayor of Katowice
Chairman of the Board, Respect Energy
Professor, SGH Warsaw School of Economics; Member of the Programme Board at the UN Global Compact Network Poland
eco-educator, Better Climate (Lepszy klimat)
Head of the Climate Office, EIB
Regional Director, Head of Poland and the Baltic States, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Author, ‘Smog in Poland’ (‘Smog w Polsce’); AGH University of Kraków; Expert, European Research Executive Agency (REA), European Commission
Sustainability Expert, LPP
Senior Associate, Baker McKenzie
Managing Director East Europe Region, 3M
President, IKEA Industry Poland; General Manager, IKEA Industry Zbąszynek
Partner, Strategy and Transactions, Capital & Debt Advisory Leader, EY
CEO, Fortum Power and Heat Polska Sp. z o.o
During the PRECOP 28 gala, the “Green Changer” awards were presented for the first time to honour people, project authors and institutions promoting climate activity and a sustainable lifestyle, as well as undertakings, projects and ideas serving the environment.
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