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2011

29 November: GLOBE EU Round Table 'Advanced biofuels by 2020 towards a competitive, green and innovative Europe'. The International Energy Agency will present its recently published Technology Roadmap Biofuels for Transport, according to which biofuels could provide up to 27% of world transportation fuel by 2050, and deliver significant CO2 emission savings when produced sustainably. Representatives from the value chain and civil society will present the potentials available in Europe as well as the state of technology, in order to foster a debate on the policy tools needed to ensure market deployment, taking into due consideration the necessary sustainability of the production. Venue: European Parliament

28-29 October, Bundestag, Berlin: GLOBE Europe Annual Strategy Meeting, hosted by GLOBE Germany in cooperation with the Parliamentary Council on Sustainable Development of the Bundestag. This year's strategy meeting focused on the impact that the German and Italian decisions to phase out nuclear energy in the aftermath of Fukushima will have in the EU's energy mix and on the EU's Sustainable Development Strategy in the run-up to Rio+20. More information available here.

 

18th October, 13h30-15h00, Brussels: Exchange of views with EU Commissioner Janez Potocnik on the recently published European Commission Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe. Venue: European Parliament, room A1E-1

Download the Chair's Summary.

13th July: GLOBE EU Roundtable “Sustainable Transition in the Life Cycle of Plastics” MEPs Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE, the Netherlands) and Sirpa Pietikainen (EPP, Finland) hosted a lunch roundtable at the European Parliament titled "The Plastic Soup: What Can The EU Do About It?" with two experts in the issue plastic litter in the marine environment, Dr. Carel Cronenberg and Ir. Wouter Lubberts from engineering consultancy DHV. The DHV team presented a detailed outlook of the possibilities of a sustainable transition in the life cycle of plastics generated through research and interviews with plastic producers and scientists. The presentation included a checklist of measures that could be taken at EU level to limit the impact of plastic litter in the marine environment and to steer the transition towards sustainability in the sector. To download the materials click on the titles: Presentation and policy recommendations - Q & A report.

6th July, Hungarian Parliament, Budapest: GLOBE Parliamentary Conference "EU 2020 Objectives in Central and Eastern Europe: National and Regional Strategies Towards Energy Efficiency", hosted by Dr Andor Nagy MP (Fidesz, EPP), Vice-Chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee and GLOBE Focal Point at the Hungarian Parliament. Crucial issues for the success of the EU 2020 Strategy in Hungary such as how to address the obstacles to support national energy efficiency improvements in power generation, transmission and consumption with EU regional funds, the potential of housing stock retrofit programmes as drivers of employment and economic growth, the best ways to use EU and national funding as a leverage for private capital for green growth, the need to ensure that the Hungarian National Energy Efficiency Action Plan puts the country on track towards the 2020 objectives and the views of the employers and of civil society were addressed at the conference.

Dr Andor Nagy MP noted that "all across Central and Eastern Europe, legislators have a key role to play to ensure that EU funding both up to 2012 and for the period 2013-2020 is made available in ways that suit better the realities of our countries, which have suffered severe energy sector adjustments. On the other hand, experts point out that there is much that legislators could do to address some of the non-economic roadblocks of the green economy agenda in Central and Eastern Europe, which have to do with market fragmentation or inadequacy, like regional harmonisation in areas like renewables support and energy distribution, development of schemes to attract private capital towards energy-saving programmes, etc. In this sense, the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans which all EU Member States are due to submit represent a concrete opportunity to steer national policy in this direction." For more information, draft agenda and Chairman's Conclusions click here.

  • 22nd June, 13h00-15h00 - Part 2 of GLOBE Dialogue “Green & Sustainable Growth, the Bottom Line for the European Financial Industry” with banks, insurance companies, pension funds, the asset management industry, private equity, rating agencies and stock exchanges. Part 2: Preparing for Rio + 20.  How do European Private and Public Financial Institutions contribute to a green economy and poverty alleviation in Europe and in the other regions of the world ? What could be the main elements of a  “Private Financial Institutions Covenant” open to all European banks, including private banks, cooperative banks, saving banks, investment banks, retail banks, asset managers, and pension funds? . Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, ASP 5F 385
  • 1st June, 12h30 - 14h30 - Part 1 of GLOBE Dialogue “Green & Sustainable Growth, the Bottom Line for the European Financial Industry” with banks, insurance companies, pension funds, the asset management industry, private equity, rating agencies and stock exchanges. Part 1: Launch of a European Parliament Written Declaration. Members of the four major political groups intend to submit to the European Parliament a written declaration on a comprehensive package of tools, carrots and sticks,  to encourage European public and private financial institutions to mobilize capital through their investment and lending policies. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, ASP 5F 385
  • 26th April, 12h00 - 13h00 - Launch of the GLOBE Climate Legislation Study, to mark the meeting of the Majors Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in Brussels. This groundbreaking study into the status of climate change legislation in 16 of the world’s largest economies will be launched by the President of GLOBE International, Rt Hon. John Gummer, Lord Deben, joined by the lead Chinese Minister responsible for climate change negotiations at the National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC), Vice Minister Xie Zhenhua, Australian Climate Minister, Hon Greg Combet MP, and the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change, Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP. Venue: Residence Palace, Polak Room, Brussels
  • 12th April, 12h30 - 14h00 - GLOBE EU Bee Round Table Priority Indicators for Resource Efficiency: From Theory to Practice. The EU needs to set environmental and economic policies to meet its objective to reduce its ecological footprint by 50% in the next 20 years. A first step to make this overall ambition more operational should be to integrate the proposals for indicators of the EEA and the the Sustainable Europe Research Institute. Each of the indicators should be connected to reduction of use targets, and appropriate policies need to be agreed. These should focus on both supply and demand, on de-materialisation and re-use, on standardisation and market instruments, on innovation and information. Guest speakers: Mr William Neale, Member of the Cabinet of Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik, European Commission DG Environment; Mr Oliver Zwirner, Policy Officer on Indicators, Statistics, Beyond GDP, European Commission DG Environment; Dr Jock Martin - Head of the Integrated Environmental Assessment Programme of the European Environment Agency (EEA); Dr Stefan Giljum, Head of Research Group 'Sustainable Resource Use' - Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI); Ms Ariadna Rodrigo - Policy Officer, Friends of the Earth Europe; Ms Estelle Plard, Sustainable Development Project Manager at Suez Environnement. * Conclusions by the Chair * Participants list *

2010

  • 18th November - Sandwich Lunch Briefing Changing Perspectives: How the EU Budget can shape a sustainable future. In the last financial perspectives, the EU broadly failed to match real funding to its sustainable development ambitions. GLOBE EU will host the EP launch of a comprehensive vision presented by a group of leading environmental NGOs for a greener, fairer and more effective EU budget, providing green jobs and turned to tackling environmental challenges of our time: climate change, biodiversity loss and resource inefficiency. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, ASP A5E-3
  • 29-30 October 2010 - Annual GLOBE Europe Strategy Meeting. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels.
  • 28th September - Sandwich Lunch The Need for an Improved Role of the Private Sector in the EU Research & Innovation Strategy. Mr David Harmon, Member of the Cabinet for International Relations of EU Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn will exchange wiews with GLOBE EU and the Bee Group on the role of PPPs in the upcoming Research & Innovation Strategy of the European Commission and their contribution to supporting economic recovery and tackling global political challenges. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, ASP 3 F383, from 12h30 to 14h00.
  • 22nd September - The Year Ahead of Davos - Launch of the Resource Intelligent Europe Working Group of GLOBE EU and the Bee Group. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament,Strasbourg.
  • 7th July - Promoting Sustainable Development: Policymakers and industry working together through voluntary initiatives. GLOBE EU Bee Group Lunch conversation with Hans Bender, VP Global External Relations. By invitation only. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament,Strasbourg.
  • 30th June - Promoting sustainable lifestyles. How can policymakers and businesses work together. GLOBE EU Bee Group breakfast conversation with Paul Polman, Unilever CEO. By invitation only. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels.
  • 6th-8th June - GLOBE World Oceans Day Meeting. At this meeting the draft of the GLOBE Marine Ecosystems Recovery Strategy Part I: Marine Fisheries, produced by the GLOBE International Commission on Land Use Change and Ecosystems will be developed for final agreement. Please click here for the Agenda Outline for the GLOBE World Oceans Day Meeting. If you have any questions about the London meeting or GLOBE’s work on the marine environment, please feel free to contact the Director of the GLOBE International Commission on Land Use Change and Ecosystems, Chris Stephens, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or +44 (0)7545 696 562 or +44(0)20 7222 6970. Venue: House of Commons, London.
  • 31st May - Bee Group Dinner conversation with the co-Chairs of the UN International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management (Resources Panel), Ernst v Weiszaecker and Ashok Khosla; plus Anders Wijkman, Club of Rome Vice-President, and Timo Mäkelä, Director of Sustainable Development and Integration, DG Environment. Hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP and Claude Turmes MEP. By invitation only. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels.
  • 24th May - Financing EU 2020 Objectives for Smart, Green and Inclusive Growth: The New Risk-Reward Paradigm to Mobilise Private Capital. GLOBE EU Lunch in cooperation with European Partners for the Environment, Eurosif and TBLI Group. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels.
  • 29th April - Europe in Search of Excellence in Resource Efficiency. GLOBE EU Bee Group lunchtime conversation with Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik. By invitation only. Please contact the GLOBE Secretariat for details. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels.
  • 23rd March - Marine Ecosystems Recovery Plan Workshop. GLOBE EU will host a workshop open to MEPs and MPs from the key European fishing countries, which will be part of a series of regional parliamentary workshops to be celebrated worldwide, on the basis of the Recommendations of the GLOBE International Marine Technical Advisory Group. The findings will feed into the final GLOBE International Legislators Forum on Fisheries to be held in Washington DC in April (date tbc). Venue: European Parliament
  • 3rd March - ETS Update: Costs and Windfalls; Mapping CDM; What Next? GLOBE MEPs Linda Mc Avan MEP and Theodoros Skylakakis MEP will host a lunch time workshop in cooperation with Sandbag. Venue: European Parliament
  • 24th February - Lauch of the report A Green Budget for a Sustainable Future: Adapting the EU Budget to Climate Change of th Save e Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), hosted by Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP. Venue: European Parliament
  • 17th February - 'Climate Change and Security after Copenhagen' Workshop. The Institute for Environmental Security is organising the workshop within the framework of the EastWest Institute's Seventh Annual Worldwide Security Confererence at the European Parliament, hosted by Nirj Deva MEP. The purpose of the workshop is to re-state the importance of Climate Change & Security as an issue; to separate it from the discussion about the Copenhagen Accord; to identify an institutional home for the debate; to outline necessary research and teaching on the issue and to plan co-ordinated action in 2010. Programme Venue: European Parliament. If you wish to attend the workshop please contact the IES Secretariat by writing at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling the number +32 2 511 5850.
  • 26th January - 'Global Trade Outlook post-COP15'. Mr Malachy Hagardon, former Environment Counselor for the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States and part of the European Commission International Climate Negotiations Team in COP15 (DG Environment), Ms Vicky Pollard, part of the European Commission International Climate Negotiations Team in COP15 (DG Environment), Ms Ditte Juul-Jorgensen, Head of DG Trade Unit on Sustainable Development and Mr Peter Czaga, Policy Officer on Sustainable Development at DG Trade, briefed the MEPs on the climate-trade interface post-COP15 and the WTO's likely response to any trade-related measures taken pursuant to climate policy, and took questions from the floor. Venue: European Parliament, A5G365. 12h30-14h00.
2009
COP15 - Bella Center, Copenhagen
GLOBE International Programme of Events during Week II - Open to all GLOBE Europe & EU Parliamentarians
  • 17th December - Formal presentation to President Calderon of Mexico - at 0900-1000. GLOBE International will be presenting the 2009 GLOBE Award for International Leadership on the Environment to President Calderon of Mexico.  Following the presentation the President will deliver an address on climate and the environment.  This event is open to legislators and accredited media only. Venue: VIP Media Briefing Room
  • Main GLOBE International Side Event - Presentation of GLOBE Legislators Principles and Report of Congressman Markey's Commission on Climate & Energy Security exact time to be confirmed on the 17th December.  Open to legislators, negotiators and media only.  This will be the main side event for GLOBE legislators during which a senior US legislator will deliver a keynote address on the role of parliaments and legislators in 2010. To participate please contact GLOBE International's Project Director, Gauri Kiik at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , CC. Rafael Jiménez-Aybar, GLOBE Joint Secretariat in Europe Director at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  • GLOBE International meeting with the World Bank President.  Heads of GLOBE delegations are invited to a private meeting with the President of the World Bank, at 1700-1800 on the 15th December. To participate please contact GLOBE International's Policy Director, Terry Townshend at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , CC. Rafael Jiménez-Aybar, GLOBE Joint Secretariat in Europe Director at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  • Forest Carbon Funding Initiative - GLOBE International will be co-hosting a private dinner with Ministers and senior legislators interested in the issue of future public and private sector funding of forestry.  Dinner by invitation only - please contact GLOBE International's Director of the Commission on Land Use Change & Ecosystems at
    Ecosystems at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , CC. Rafael Jiménez-Aybar, GLOBE Joint Secretariat in Europe Director at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  • Legislators Daily Briefing - during the high level session of the COP in week two GLOBE International will be holding a daily briefing for legislators at 0930 in the Bella Centre.  The objective of the briefing will be to share latest intelligence and to discuss how the key issues GLOBE International are advancing have been reflected in the negotiations.
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  • 8th-9th December - The Road To Copenhagen - 2009 Edition. By invitation of EU Commission Vice President Margot Wallström, the Club of Madrid, Globe Europe and Respect Table joined forces to create the Road to Copenhagen in 2007. This annual initiative builds upon the Global Leadership for Climate Action project launched in 2007 by the Club of Madrid, the United Nations Foundation, and the ongoing work of GLOBE with legislators and of Respect Table with the business community. The aim of Road to Copenhagen is to ensure that the environmentally conscious business community and other key stakeholders have a direct input into the post-2012 agreement process. Venue: Malmö City Hall - Malmö, Sweden
  • 1st December – "Supporting Europe's Parliamentarians: Europe’s response to an international agreement" – This will focus on Europe’s response to an international agreement in Copenhagen. The credibility of Europe’s position will depend on our perceived ability to act rapidly post Copenhagen. The European Council has committed to raise the EU target from a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 20% to a 30% by 2020 in the event of an agreement. However, two questions remain open: what might trigger this increase and is 30% sufficient? Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
  • 12th-13th November - "Turkey's Role in a Post-Kyoto Climate Deal". GLOBE Europe's Turkish Focal Point, Haluk Özdalga MP, will host a meeting on the challenges of opportunities brought by Turkey's recent ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. Look at the Conclusions here. Venue: Sofa Hotel - Istanbul
  • 3rd November - "Supporting Europe's Parliamentarians: Delivering EU leadership - future policy priorities for Europe" – This session is intended to offer MEPs an platform to debate the future challenges for Europe raised in the IEEP climate briefing including the reformulation of the budget to reflect climate priorities, embracing action on energy efficiency, delivering adaption to climate change and future of land use in this context. This is timed in order to help facilitate preparation for the hearings of the new Commissioners. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
  • 24th-25th October - GLOBE International Legislators Forum. Venue: Danish Parliament, Copenhagen. Please contact GLOBE International's Secretariat for agenda details.
  • 15th October -"The Role of Energy Efficiency in Climate Protection & Outlook on COP15". Mr Andor Nagy MP, GLOBE Europe's Hungarian Focal Point will host a joint Committee Meeting which will firstly focus on the national dimension of the EU's energy efficiency targets and particularly the revision of the EU Directive on Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD), followed by a briefing and discussion on the latest developments in the negotiations of a post-Kyoto climate protection deal, which will inform a parliamentary resolution on COP15.
  • 13th October - "Climate Change: Meeting the Financing Challenge" – Linda McAvan MEP will host a GLOBE EU expert meeting on financing the global efforts to address the challenge of climate change. Representatives of leading European financial institutions will introduce their views on mechanisms, strategies and perspectives on how national, European and global climate change policies can advance low-carbon investments. The event will provide the investors’ perspective and support for a clear and definitive post-2012 global agreement that lays the framework for and facilitates effective national level action in developed and developing countries. This perspective and support was set out in the 2009 Investor Statement on the Urgent Need for a Global Agreement on Climate Change, which was signed by over 180 investors from around the world (including 9 EU countries), representing 13 trillion US dollars.
  • 8th October - Speed Dating for Climate Change. Who is who in the Brussels policy community dealing with climate? GLOBE EU is glad to help MEPs break the ice. Twenty-two MEP's and twenty-two delegates from prominent organisations active in the field of climate policy (NGOs, experts, institutions, business community) will have a chance to meet and exchange ideas using the dynamic format of 'speed dating' for approx. 2 hours. This means that, unlike in a typical meeting, the time will be divided into seven minute slots during which the participants will have the chance to chat informally and make contact face to face. Venue: Yehudi Menuhin Space, European Parliament, Brussels
  • 29th September - "Supporting Europe's Parliamentarians: The role of MEPs in influencing the EU’s position for the COP15".  The series of 3 lunchtime briefings "Supporting Europe's Parliamentarians" will be held in collaboration with the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP). In the run up to Copenhagen MEPs have an important role in helping the EU coalesce a credible position for the international negotiations. External speakers and experienced MEPs will set out the positions of key players, the role of the EU and MEPs in particular. This will be followed by a debate facilitated by IEEP Director, David Baldock, aimed at identifying the roles and positions MEPs can adopt to best influence the EU’s position. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
Meeting documents: Summary of the debate, speech by EEA Executive Director Jacqueline McGlade, OXFAM briefing paper Beyond Aid.
  • 30th April - GLOBE Europe Focal Points' Strategy Meeting Annual strategy meeting of Focal Points of GLOBE Europe (for draft agenda, click here). Meeting will focus on climate change and will be preceded by a presentation by the Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
  • 2nd April - GLOBE EU 6th Legislature Legacy Message Hosted by ALDE leader Graham Watson MEP, GLOBE Europe President Steen Gade MP and GLOBE EU President Anders Wijkman MEP. Press conference on main achievements of GLOBE EU followed by 6th Legislature GLOBE Lunch. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
  • 26-27 January - Club of Rome Policy Dialogue - jointly organised by GLOBE International: "Managing the Interconnected Challenges of Climate Change, Energy Security, Ecosystems and Water". Click here for draft agenda, background note and executive summary. Venue: Palace of Westminster, London
2008
  • 3 December - GLOBE EU Biodiversity Lunch. IUCN will give a state of play presentation on their Countdown 2010 programme. Holcim, Unilever and key NGOs will provide practical examples from their own experience of best practice actions that stakeholders can take to help preserve biodiversity. We also hope to have the participation of Commission officials to explain what plans they have for biodiversity legislation in the forthcoming legislative term. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
  • 12 November - GLOBE EU Breakfast. "EU/UN climate policy based on outdated science". Dr Johan Rockström, head of the Swedish Environment Institute (SEI), will speak and lead a discussion on why the targets underpinning EU & UN climate talks are not sufficient, in the light of the latest science. Specifically, Mr Rockström will argue that the goal of 450 ppm & the 2 degree target are outdated and need to be revised. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels
  • 6 November - The Road To Copenhagen - 2008 Edition. By invitation of EU Commission Vice President Margot Wallström, the Club of Madrid, Globe Europe and Respect Table joined forces to create the Road to Copenhagen in 2007. The initiative builds upon the Global Leadership for Climate Action project launched in 2007 by the Club of Madrid and the United Nations Foundation and the ongoing work of GLOBE with legislators and Respect Table with the business community.
    The aim of Road to Copenhagen is to ensure that business and other key stakeholders have a direct input into the post 2012 agreement process via inputs to the policy process at strategically important times. Venue: European Commission - Centre Borschette, Brussels
  • 21 October -"Climate Policy" parliamentary hearing at the Polish Parliament. Venue: Sejm, Warsaw
  • 10 September - "GLOBE EU Water Lunch": Grant Lawrence, recently retired Director of water policy in D.G. ENVI, will share with us his thoughts as to the future direction of EU water policy in the context of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. Venue: European Parliament, Brussels


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