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

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

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.


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

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

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).


Read more at: EU leaders tell Green Growth Summit ‘we are not backtracking’ on climate objectives
EU leaders tell Green Growth Summit ‘we are not backtracking’ on climate objectives

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

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.


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

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

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.


Read more at: Event: Green Growth Partnership Webinar on the Carbon Pricing, 14 March 2022, 10.30 – 13.00 CET
GGP Webinar image 14 March 2022

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

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.


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

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

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.


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

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


Read more at: Event: Unpacking the Fit for 55 Package: perspectives and next steps, 16 July 2021

Event: Unpacking the Fit for 55 Package: perspectives and next steps, 16 July 2021

This webinar was an opportunity for high-level representatives from the Green Growth Group, Members of the European Parliament and business to provide initial reactions to the publication of the Package and formulate recommendations on the way forward to achieve climate objectives and the transition towards a prosperous, competitive and climate neutral Europe.


Read more at: Webinar series 2020: Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality
Green Growth Partnership

Webinar series 2020: Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality

In 2020, the Green Growth Partnership organised a a series of events on ‘Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality: From commitments to action’. Webinar recordings Launch webinar: Greening the economic recovery in line with climate neutrality: From commitments to action -...


Read more at: Ministers and business set the course towards a climate neutral EU by 2050 at the Green Growth Summit

Ministers and business set the course towards a climate neutral EU by 2050 at the Green Growth Summit

The 2019 GGP Summit ‘Achieving a prosperous and climate neutral future: From vision to reality’, brought together high-level representatives from EU Member States, including Ministers and State Secretaries, the EU institutions, business and civil society to discuss the drivers and conditions for the transition towards a climate neutral economy by 2050.