Watch GREEN WEEK launch from Lisbon Portugal
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20 Oct 2020
Internationally renowned scientists and policy makers will join in a full-day conference to discuss ongoing and future biodiversity trajectories and to highlight its contribution to society and the economy. They will also look at the role this can play in supporting and stimulating recovery in a post-pandemic world, bringing jobs and sustainable growth. The conference will also examine how EU policies such as the European Green Deal can help protect and restore nature. The opening of this year’s EU Green Week will also act as a milestone on the path to the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) on the Convention on Biological Diversity, now planned for 2021, where world leaders will adopt a 10-year action plan for biodiversity – a new global deal for people and nature.
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The opening of the EU Green Week 2020 will take place in Lisbon - European Green Capital 2020 - on the 19th of October 2020.
The official opening of the EU Green Week 2020 - Programme
19th October 2020 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
| 09:30 | OFFICIAL OPENING |
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| 09:30 | Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon |
| 09:40 | Carlos Moedas, Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation |
| 09:50 | Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries |
| 10:00 | Elisa Ferreira, European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms |
| 10:10 | João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action of Portugal |
| 10:30 | GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY –THE 2030 AGENDA |
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| 10:30 | Biodiversity adaptation under climate change, Miguel B. Araújo, MNCN-CSIC & Univ. Évora |
| 10:45 | Protecting the web of Life: the case of pollinating services, Rúben Heleno, Univ. Coimbra |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:30 | Bringing biodiversity back into cities, Paulo Farinha Marques, Botanical Garden of Porto |
| 11:45 | Biodiversity and the new blue economy, Emanuel Gonçalves, Oceano AzulFoundation |
| 12:00 | Biodiversity and the new green economy, Helena Freitas, University of Coimbra |
| 12:15 | Round table discussion with Miguel Araújo, Rúben Heleno, Paulo Farinha Marques, Emanuel Gonçalves, and Helena Freitas – Chair: Cristina Máguas, Univ. Lisbon |
| 13:00 | LUNCH BREAK (DUE TO COVID-19 RESTRICTONS, NO CATERING AVAILABLE ON THE PREMISES) |
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| 14:30 | SOLUTIONS FOR A BIODIVERSE AND EQUITABLE WORLD |
| 14:30 | Rewilding nature, Henrique Miguel Pereira, iDIV & CIBIO |
| 14:45 | Reducing deforestation and forest degradation, Mario Boccucci, UN-REDD Programme, UNEP |
| 15:00 | Towards biodiversity-friendly food production systems, Francisco Moreira, Univ. Lisbon & CIBIO |
| 15:15 | Planetary condominium: a legal approach for managing earth, Paulo Magalhães, CIJE - Centre for Legal and Economic Research & Univ. Porto |
| 16:00 | Break |
| 16:30 | Round table discussion with Henrique Miguel Pereira, Mario Boccucci, Francisco Moreira, Paulo Magalhães – Chair: Rosário Oliveira, Univ. Lisbon |
| 17:30 | CLOSING REMARKS |
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| 17:30 | Humberto D. Rosa, DG Environment European Commission |
| 17:40 | Susan Gardner, UNEP Director of Ecosystems Division |
| 17:50 | Elizabeth Mrema, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Environment Program |
| 18:00 | José Sá Fernandes, Deputy Mayor for the Environment of the Lisbon City Council |