Thursday, 14.11.2013, 2-6:30 pm
pl. Defilad (special temporary construction by the City of Warsaw)
Warsaw, Poland
Languages: Polish, English, French
In the face of resource depletion and advancing climate change, energy transition towards sustainable/low carbon energy is becoming a necessity. Such a transition can also be an opportunity - to increase economic competitiveness and create jobs, to improve the quality of life through a cleaner environment, etc. However, this process should be based on a large public debate, in which citizens are an equal partner in a comprehensive and transparent discussion on the future of energy and on the way of life we want to pass on to future generations.
Main organisers: Green Zone Foundation and Heinrich Böll Foundation
Partnership: Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany, Institute for Eco-development, the City of Warsaw
With the participation in the debate of the MEPs of Green/EFA EP group present at that time in Warsaw.
Media sponsors: Gramwzielone.pl, Euractiv.pl, Ekologia.pl, „Ekologia i Rynek”, „Zielone Wiadomości”, „LaRevueDurable”, OdnawialneŹródłaEnergii.pl,Oze.pl
The climate summit in Warsaw provides an opportunity to promote the energy transitions of EU pillar countries such as France and Germany. For Germany, the abandonment of nuclear energy and the development of renewable energy are the most important. In France, the debate is ongoing, but the orchestration and ambition of the debate itself is worth promotion. New ideas, like “circular economy,” enter the debate to show that energy transition is just the beginning of profound systemic transformation that must happen in the future. Poland’s economy is based on coal, which is considered a national resource (even if more and more of the coal is imported). Poland’s transition to low-carbon energy seems to be possible mostly through energy efficiency, which we would like to promote. We would also like to provide the Polish government the opportunity to share with the international public its ministerial vision of the energy future of Poland, in the context of climate change.
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Thursday, 14 Nov 2013
(Registration from 13:30)
14.00-14:30 – Opening of the Conference, welcome speeches and introduction by Marcin Popkiewicz “The World at a Crossroads”
14.30-15.30 – Germany: Energiewende – energy efficiency and renewables in the heart of the new energy system; moderation by Katarzyna Ugryn
– Energiewende – why, how, with which effects?
Silke Karcher, Department European Climate and Energy Policy at the German Federal Environment Ministry
– Energiewende in practice
Michael Knape, Mayor of the town of Treuenbrietzen-Feldheim
– Questions from the public
15.30-15:45 – coffee break
15:45-16.45 – France: democratic debate towards the economy of the future; moderation by Ewa Sufin-Jacquemart
– National debate on the energy transition in France – the art of the efficient democratic debate
Yves Marignac, Director of Wise-Paris and member of négaWatt NGOs, closely involved in the organization and conduct of the National Debate on Energy Transition
– Circular economy, one of proposals how to preserve the resources keeping high employment rate
Anne de Bethencourt, Institut of Circular Economy
– Questions from the public
16.45-17:45 – Poland: energy efficiency as the best way to decarbonize the economy; moderation by Ph.D. Andrzej Kassenberg
– Low Emission Poland 2050
Dr Maciej Bukowski, Warsaw Institut of Studies in Economy
– Ministerial vision on the energy transition in Poland - National Program of Low-Carbon Economy Development Zbigniew Kamieński, Vice-Director of the Department of Innovation and Industry, Polish Ministry of Economy
– Questions from the public
17.45-18:15 – discussion with the public; moderation: Ph.D. Andrzej Kassenberg
18.15-18.30 – Conclusion of the Conference