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Previous Events
- 27 November 2008, Meet the Russian Region of Perm:
Presentation by the Russian region of Perm on November 27th in Brussels »» - 28 May 2008, EU-Russia Airlines Dialogue:
Enhancing co-operation in the EU-Russian airline business development »» - 21 May 2008, Regions: Khanty-Mansiysk:
Video Conference with officials from Moscow and Khanty-Mansiysk »» - 29 January 2008, Aviation:
EU-Russia Aviation Cooperation: Russian Experts' View »» - 2 July 2007, EU-Russia Climate Change Co-operation:
Key note speech by Mr. Oleg Pluzhnikov (Russian Ministry for Economic Development and Trade, Moscow) on "Prospects of Economic Cooperation between Russia and the EU in the field of Climate Change" ««Key Note Speech and Panel Discussion
Brussels, Hotel Silken Berlaymont
On Monday, 2nd July 2007, we launched
EU-Russia Climate Change Co-operation
, a series of events dedicated to the challenges of Climate Change, the role that the EU and Russia can play and the prospects of cooperation.Programme:
- 8:30 – 9:30 Networking Breakfast
- 9:30 – 9:40 Welcome by Mr. Björn Becker, Director, Dialogue Platform
- 9:40 – 10:00 Key Note Speech:
Prospects of Economic Cooperation between Russia and the EU in the field of Climate Change
by Mr. Oleg Pluzhnikov, Head of Ecological Division at the Russian Ministry for Economic Development and Trade - 10:00 – 10:45 Panel Discussion:
Pathways to EU-Russia cooperation on Climate Change
- Mr. Oleg Pluzhnikov, MEDT, Head of Ecological Division, Moscow
- Mr. Howard Chase, BP Europe, Director European Government Affairs, Brussels
- Mr. Alexey Kokorin, WWF Russia, Coordinator of Climate and Energy program, Moscow
- Mr. Jürgen Salay, European Commission, DG ENV, Directorate C - Climate Change and Air, Policy officer (International relations with Russia, Ukraine, CIS)
- Moderation: Mr. Willy De Backer, 3e Intelligence, Brussels
- 10:45 – 11:25 Q&A Session
- 11:25 – 11:30 Closing remarks
Synopsis:
The first event on EU-Russia Climate Change cooperation was well attended by 40 representatives from the European institutions, multinational business, NGOs and civil society among others. Participants were especially happy at the involvement of the Russia-based speakers and the insights of the panel prompted an exciting and balanced debate.
In the Q&A session, various views were put forward and the dialogue was continuing well after the closing remarks. Amongst issues that have been discussed were:
- EU & RUSSIA
- Challenges facing the Russian government with reference to climate change
- Signals of stabilization and diversification in the Russian energy sector
- The role of Russian business and international bodies
- Ideas for strengthening EU-Russia relations in the field of Climate Change cooperation
- AWARENESS
- Public attitudes in the EU and Russia and methods of attracting the Russian public sector support for Kyoto
- The role of civil society and the media
- Need for NGO and business cooperation and education at a pan-European and Russian level
- MARKET AND BUSINESS
- The importance of the dialogue of EU-Russia business and the position of the EU market as a driver for climate change policy
- ENERGY
- Business support for for EU-level energy negotiation
- Russia-EU energy interdependency and the
common economic space
- Energy cooperation and the prospects for Russia on carbon emissions in the short and long term
- Energy saving potential in Russia and the EU
- RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
- Support to united research efforts and the link between Russia and EU science/research and policy makers.
- Technologically driven response to Climate Change and the role of incentives and targets within the regulative framework
- Technology replacement and the importance of economic-based study
Date:
Monday, 2nd July 2007, 9:30 to 11:30 (with 8:30 to 9:30 Networking Breakfast)
Venue:
Hotel Silken Berlaymont
Conference Room : De Gasperi
Boulevard Charlemagne 11-19, 1000 Brussels
http://www.hotelsilkenberlaymont.com/Support:
We would like to thank BP Europe, WWF Russia and 3E Inteligence for their support.
More:
If you would like to get involved in our series
EU-Russia Climate Change Co-operation
or the Dialogue Platform: Brussels-Moscow in general, please contact:Björn Becker, bbecker@dpbm.org or +32 (0)498 53 00 53
Further reading: Link Forum - 27 November 2006, EU-Russia Summit:
Key Note Speech by H.E. Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov:Russia's View on the Helsinki Summit
»» - 3 October 2006, Renewable Energies:
Meeting of Russian Delegation with EUREC Agency in Brussels »»
Planned Events
In this section we will present topics and issues which have been mentioned by potential partners and sponsors and which are therefore in the pipeline.
If you are interested to become a partner or sponsor to the one or the other event, please do contact us.
- EU-Russia Climate Change Cooperation Series: Energy Efficiency (download concept)
- Investment Twins: European Investment in Russia - Russian Investment in the EU (Twin Events on Opportunities and Challenges for Investors – download concept)
- EU-Russia Aviation Dialogue
- B2B workshop for Russian SMEs
- World Trade Organisation and Trade Issues
- Investment Climate in Russia
- Investment Climate in the EU
- Education (Road Map)
- Kyoto Protocol and Emissions Trading System
- Public Health
- Space and Space Tourism
- Aviation
- Barents Sea
- Automotive Sector
- Intellectual Property Rights
- IT and Telecom
- Sochi 2014