Agenda

Inauguration session: A world without emissions – time to speed up

5 October 2023 • 09:30 -11:30 • Banquet Hall BC

Session translated simultaneously EN / PL

Online broadcast session

Thematic scope

Where are we on the road to climate neutrality and with meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement? How much is missing to prevent climate catastrophe in its worst-case scenario? Main areas of dispute and divergence. Issues around which consensus and international solidarity can be built. What can companies and policymakers do together to close the so-called emissions gap? Which economic sectors/sources of emissions should we focus on? Short- and long-term perspectives on decarbonisation. The most effective ways to reduce emissions (according to the IPCC). How is Poland getting ready for COP28 negotiations? How do UN agendas contribute to fighting climate change?

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Opening

Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship
Vice-Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship
Major of Katowice
President of the Board, PTWP SA
Editor, PortalSamorzadowy.pl, WNP.PL, PulsHR.pl
Country Representative, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact Network Poland

Presentation

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Poland
Director, Multi-Country Office, UNOPS
UN Deputy Secretary General, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
Youth Strike for Climate (Młodzieżowy Strajk Klimatyczny)

Speakers

Member of the European Parliament, President of the European Parliament 2009–2012; Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland 1997–2001; Chairman of the Programme Board of the EEC
Minister of Environment of the Republic of Poland between 2007-2010, winner of the Der Deutsche Umweltpreis award, COP14 President
Extinction Rebellion
Country Representative, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact Network Poland
Mayor of Lodz

Host

Editor-in-Chief, Rzeczpospolita
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