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EU leaders tell Green Growth Summit ‘we are not backtracking’ on climate objectives

The Green Growth Partnership (GGP) is a joint initiative between members of CLG Europe and ministers of the Green Growth Group (GGG). It provides a forum to promote positive exchange between progressive European governments and businesses, with regular involvement of like-minded parliamentarians, and other key stakeholders and opinion formers, determined to support the development of a climate neutral and prosperous Europe.

 

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Interviews from Green Growth Summit 2024: A new cycle for climate and competitiveness – Putting the EU on the road to success, 16 December 2024

24 February 2025

24 February 2025 - During the Green Growth Summit, we conducted a series of high-level interviews with policymakers and business leaders to gain insights into their perspectives on climate policy and competitiveness

Green Growth Summit 2024: A new cycle for climate and competitiveness – Putting the EU on the road to success

29 January 2025

16 December 2024 - Policymakers and businesses discussed how to align the Clean Industrial Deal with the objectives of the EU Green Deal, to drive competitiveness and innovation while setting the course for a robust 2040 climate target.

Event: Green Growth Summit 2024: A new cycle for climate and competitiveness – Putting the EU on the road to success, 16 December 2024

17 October 2024

The Green Growth Summit, the flagship high level event of the Green Growth Partnership, took place on 16 December in Brussels and online. The Summit brought together Ministers and State Secretaries of the Green Growth Group and high-level representatives from the European institutions and business. In a context of the...

Date: 
Monday, 16 December, 2024 - 12:30 to 18:00

Green Growth Summit 2023: The green transition goes in the right direction - now it’s all about speed

19 October 2023

19 October 2023 - Businesses and policymakers call for an accelerated green transition, including an ambitious 2040 target, to increase the EU's competitiveness and phase out fossil fuels.

Event: Green Growth Summit 2023, 10 October 13:15 – 17.45 CET (Hybrid)

28 July 2023

The 2023 Green Growth Summit will bring together high-level Member State representatives from the Green Growth Group, the EU institutions, and business. The Summit will mark the celebration of the 10-year anniversary of the Green Growth Partnership (GGP).

Date: 
Tuesday, 10 October, 2023 - 13:15

EU leaders tell Green Growth Summit ‘we are not backtracking’ on climate objectives

12 October 2022

12 October 2022 - At the 2022 Green Growth Summit, EU decision makers, including Austrian Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Leonore Gewessler, German State Secretary Sven Giegold and MEP Pascal Canfin insisted the EU is not slowing or reneguing on its climate objectives in response to the energy crisis.

Event: Green Growth Summit 2022, Monday 10 October, 12.30 - 16.30 (CET) (Hybrid Event)

18 July 2022

The annual Green Growth Summit took place on 10 October 2022 in the context of the EU moving rapidly to reduce its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and address soaring energy prices and run up to COP27. The Summit brought together Environment, Climate and Energy Ministers, State Secretaries, Ambassadors, Members of the European Parliament and business leaders, to discuss how to ensure an ambitious outcome of the negotiations and implementation of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’, in parallel to the REPowerEU Plan, and reflect on how the EU could show global leadership in climate action and clean energy transition.

Date: 
Monday, 10 October, 2022 - 12:30 to 16:30

Event: Green Growth Partnership Webinar on the Carbon Pricing, 14 March 2022, 10.30 – 13.00 CET

18 February 2022

14 March 2022 - The high-level decision makers from Member States and the European Parliament, leading businesses, researchers, and NGOs came together for the Green Growth Partnership webinar on 14 March and had a fruitful exchange on the role of carbon pricing in the Fit for 55 Package and reducing emissions globally.

Date: 
Monday, 14 March, 2022 - 10:30

Event: Green Growth Summit 2021: 5 October 2021, 14.15-17.15 (CET)

20 September 2021

The 2021 Green Growth Summit took place virtually on 5 October at a crucial time when the EU and its partners have the unique opportunity to transform their economies and societies to adequately respond to the climate emergency while providing economic and social benefits in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

High-level webinar: Unpacking the Fit for 55 Package: perspectives and next steps, 16 July 2021

21 July 2021

21 July 2021 - Organised with the support of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), this virtual event was an opportunity for representatives of the Green Growth Group, Members of the European Parliament and business to provide initial reactions to the publication of the Fit for 55 Package by the European Commission on 14 July, exchange perspectives and formulate recommendations on the way forward to achieve climate objectives and the transition towards a prosperous, competitive and climate neutral Europe.