15 February 2024We invite you to participate in the 2nd Opening conference of the project “LIFE After Coal PL – Implementation of the Climate Neutrality Strategy. Eastern Wielkopolska 2040”
The event, titled “Wielkopolska’s road to climate neutrality,” will be held on February 23 this year, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Session room of the Office of the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region in Poznan, 34 Niepodległości Avenue.
The conference will be a good opportunity to discuss the most pressing challenges facing regions on the road to climate neutrality with a special focus on the transformation of coal regions. The planned event will also include a signing ceremony of the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) declaration in the presence of the ambassadors of the UK and Canada to Poland, as representatives of the governments that initiated the coalition at COP23 in 2017, in Bonn. The PPCA is the world’s first and only coalition of national and local governments and businesses working together to move away from coal-fired power generation.
Willingness to participate in the conference should be submitted to: life.dsk@umww.pl.
If you can’t be with us in person, we invite you to watch the online broadcast:
Agenda:
9.45-10.00 Registration of guests
10.00-10.10 Official opening of the conference – Marek Woźniak, Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region
10.10-10.25 Key directions of changes in the national climate policy – Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Minister of Climate and Environment
10.25-10.35 Coalition of national and local governments, businesses and organizations working to accelerate the transition from coal-fired generation to clean energy – Anna Clunes, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Warsaw, Catherine Godin, Ambassador of Canada to Poland
10.35-10.45 LIFE Program as a helpful tool for the transition towards a sustainable, energy-efficient, renewable, climate-neutral and resilient economy – Paloma Aba Garrote, Director of the European Executive Agency for Climate, Infrastructure and Environment (CINEA) Hans Rhein, Head of LIFE Energy + LIFE Climate
10.45-10.50 Actions of the State of Brandenburg to implement climate requirements – Axel Vogel, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg
10.50-11.00 Support for pro-climate measures under the funds of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management – Robert Gajda, Vice President of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management
11.00-11.10 Ceremonial signing of the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) declaration – Marek Woźniak, Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region, Anna Clunes, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Warsaw, Catherine Godin, Ambassador of Canada to Poland
11.10-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-11.45 Introduction to the debate: Development challenges of coal regions in the conditions of energy transition – Prof. Dr. Paweł Churski, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan
11.45-12.45 Debate: Energy Transformation of Coal Regions – Jacek Boguslawski, Member of the Board of Directors of the Wielkopolska Region, Maciej Sytek, Plenipotentiary of the Board of Directors of the Wielkopolska Region for Restructuring of Eastern Wielkopolska and President of ARR S. A. in Konin, prof. dr. hab. Paweł Churski, Dean of WGSEiGP UAM, Piotr Woźny, President of the Board of Directors of ZE PAK SA, Joanna Furmaga, President of the Board of Directors of ZS Polska Zielona Sieć, Jakub Gwit, Head of Powidz Commune.
12.45-12.55 Life After Coal PL Project – key challenges – dr. Jacek Willecki, Project Manager and acting Deputy Director of the Department of Environmental Management and Climate of the Marshal’s Office of the Wielkopolska Region
12.55-13.00 Summary and closing of the conference – Jacek Boguslawski, Member of the Board of the Wielkopolska Region
13.00-13.30 Lunch
15 February 2024