GLOBE EU Events

Building a Sustainable Financial System – the Role of the EU

March 22, 2016

GLOBE EU is organizing a high-level event together with UNEP and the European Commission in Brussels on March 22. The event will focus on the role of the financial system in sustainable development in the context of the Commission’s recent proposals for a Circular Economy and a Capital Markets Union which, among others, are relevant in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement (COP21), the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and the upcoming UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 2) in Nairobi in May 2016.

Registration for the event is now closed. Live streaming will be available as of 13h00 on March 22nd.

Rapporteur: Jorge Nuñez Ferrer, Center of European Policy Studies

This event is organised by GLOBE EU, UNEP, and the European Commission (DG ENV)

http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/unep/event/building-sustainable-financial-system-role-eu

High-level dinner with Vice President Jyrki Katainen

GLOBE EU president Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP and GLOBE EU members Reinhard Bütikofer MEP and Peter Liese MEP welcomed Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen at a dinner to discuss the Commission’s plans for financing the EU’s transition towards a circular economy with key stakeholders.

First GLOBE EU circular lunch with Walter Stahel

The first in a series, GLOBE EU hosted a thought-provoking circular lunch meeting in Strasbourg on December 15 with Walter Stahel, an accomplished circular economy pioneer and author of “The Performance Economy“. Walter presented his views on the Commission’s revised Circular Economy Package, which was published on December 2.

GLOBE EU side event during COP21 on greening the financial system

GLOBE EU organized a COP21 side event on climate financing in Paris on December 8. Chaired by Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP, our guest speakers were Nick Robins from UNEP, Hugues Chenet from 2degrees investment, and Pierre Ducret from the Groupe Caisse des Dépôts. Nick Robins presented the latest report of the Inquiry project on the design of a sustainable financial system: “The financial system we need”; Hugues Chenet explained the impact of climate risks on the re-allocation of capital whereas Pierre Ducret gave specific examples of his company’s efforts to integrate sustainability in investment decisions.

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Presentation Inquiry – Greening the Financial System GLOBE Dec 2015

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GLOBE EU event on Resource Efficiency Indicators

Good turnout for the GLOBE EU event on Resource Efficiency Indicators on November 18 with presentations by Janez Potočnik, former EU Environment Commissioner and presently co-chair of the UNEP International Resource Panel, François Wakenhut, European Commission, and Vasileios Rizos from CEPS. Resource Efficiency Indicators are an important tool to measure resource productivity and, in turn, help society progress towards a circular economy.

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