The Warsaw climate change conference - Time to move into high gear
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Oct 29, 2013
00:00 - 00:00
The main objective of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, taking place in Warsaw from 11-22 November, is to set a clear timetable in view of reaching a global deal by 2015. Poland will work to ensure that major emitters such as China, Brazil and Russia make a positive contribution and are on board by 2015, heard participants in this Policy Dialogue with: Beata Jaczewska, Deputy Minister of the Environment, Poland; Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and Professor of Climatology and Environmental Sciences, Université catholique de Louvain; Wendel Trio, Director, Climate Action Network Europe; and Alexandre Affre, Director, Industrial Affairs, BUSINESSEUROPE.
The Sustainable Prosperity for Europe (SPfE) Programme explores the foundations and drivers for achieving a sustainable, resilient and competitive European economy.
Prospering within the planetary boundaries requires rethinking our economic model, including our production and consumption patterns, as well as our energy, mobility and food systems. It requires addressing the climate emergency and environmental degradation, as well as becoming smarter with the resources we have. The transition to the world we want must bring both businesses and people along, if it is to succeed.
The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Agenda provide the direction for travel globally and in Europe, and the SPfE Programme engages in a debate on the drivers and the means for achieving our goals. The Programme focuses on areas where working together across the EU can bring significant benefits to the member states, citizens and businesses and can ensure sustainable prosperity within the limits of this planet.
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