Official opening of the EU Green Week 2020
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The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in partnership with the Lisbon City Council, will be hosting the EU Green Week Opening Event.
Internationally renowned scientists and policymakers will meet to discuss the contribution biodiversity can make to society and the economy, and the role it can play in supporting and stimulating recovery in a post-pandemic world, bringing jobs and sustainable growth.
The conference is part of the Lisbon European Green Capital 2020 initiatives.
About the EU Green Week
Promoted by the European Commission, EU Green Week is the biggest annual event on European environmental policies and this year will take place on 19-22 October, focusing on the theme nature and biodiversity.
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TRANSMISSION
The conference live broadcast is available on the channels of the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (Lisboa City Hall).
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Opening
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, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
10:10 João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action of Portugal
Global Biodiversity – The 2030 Agenda
10:30 Biodiversity adaptation under climate change
Miguel B. Araújo, MNCN-CSIC & University of Évora
10:45 Protecting the web of Life: the case of pollinating services
Rúben Heleno, University of 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 Azul Foundation
12:00 Biodiversity and the new green economy
Helena Freitas, University of Coimbra
12:15 Round table
With Miguel Araújo, Rúben Heleno, Paulo Farinha Marques, Emanuel Gonçalves and Helena Freitas
Chaired by Cristina Máguas, University of Lisbon
13:00 Luch break
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, UNEP
15:00 Towards biodiversity-friendly food production systems
Francisco Moreira, University of Lisbon & CIBIO
15:15 Planetary condominium: a legal approach for managing earth
Paulo Magalhães, Nova University Lisbon & University of Porto
16:00 Break
16:30 Round table
With Henrique Miguel Pereira, Mario Boccucci, Francisco Moreira, Paulo Magalhães
Chaired by Rosário Oliveira, University of Lisbon
Closing Remarks
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
18:00 José Sá Fernandes, Deputy Mayor for the Environment of the Lisbon City Council
