17 November 2022
16:45-18:15 EET Time (15:45-17:15 CET Time)
Room: Tutankhamun, Blue Zone, COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh

The side event will be at COP27 and online on the official COP27 YouTube channel.

The European Green Deal needs to be informed by the best available science. JPI Climate organizes the Equinox Summit in Brussels, Belgium in March 2023 to celebrate European Climate Science and launch a European scientific assessment and stocktaking process to address climate resilience, climate neutrality and societal transformation.

We recognise the urgency of actions to address the causes and consequences of climate change as manifested by the recent extreme drought during Summer 2022 in Europe. Actions in response and to prevent disasters need to be informed by the excellent climate research, whose strategic focus now includes the acceleration of the development and transfer of climate knowledge from research and innovation to policy and decision making in support of climate actions.

For this JPI Climate with the support of the MAGICA project is proposing a new European structure which addresses strategic gaps, and which will significantly enhance the profile and use of the outcomes from European investments in research and systematic observations. This envisions a European scientific assessment and stocktaking process, that is focused on three key interlinked challenges i.e. achievement of

1. Climate neutrality

2. Climate resilience and

3. Management of transition and societal transformation (social & economic)

Frank Mc Govern, Chair of the JPI Climate will present the initiative and will dialogue with high level representatives of EU Member States, Academia and financing actors.

Speakers

Chairperson: Frank McGovern – JPI Climate, Chair

Eamon Ryan, Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

Terhi Lehtonen, State Secretary at Finnish Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change

Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Professor of Environmental Sciences at the UCLouvain and Belgian candidate for the IPCC Chair position

Simone Borghesi, EAERE President-Elect, Director FSR Climate, EUI and University of Siena

Marinella Davide, Ca’ Foscari University, Harvard University, CMCC and SISC

Phoebe Koundouri, EAERE President, AUEB, Co-Chair UN SDSN Europe, virtual panelist

Markus Müller, Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer ESG & Global Head of Chief Investment Office, Deutsche Bank, virtual panelist

Massamba Thioye, Executive, Cimate Change Innovation Hub, UNFCCC