“Charting the Path to Sustainable Resource Management: Unveiling the 2024 Global Resources Outlook Report (GRO24)”
Program:
15h30 – Welcome and Introduction – Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP
15h40 – Keynote Address: Towards sustainable resource management and decent lives for all: science and solutions from Global Resources Outlook 2024
- Janez Potočnik, co-chair of the International Resource Panel (IRP)
16h00 – Presentation: Exploring financial mechanisms and indicators for sustainable resource management
- Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP
16h15 – Panel Discussion 1: Finance for Systemic Resource Management (Chair: Paul Tang MEP)
- Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP
- Paul Ekins – Professor of Resources and Environment Policy, University College London
- Mathilde Crêpy – Head of Environmental Transparency, ECOS
16h45 – Presentation: Introducing the WBCSD’s Global Circularity Protocol
- Josip Pervan – Senior Manager, Policy Advocacy & Member mobilization, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
17h00 – Panel Discussion 2: Global Governance for Systemic Resource Management (Chair: Heidi Hautala MEP)
- Jeff Turner – Senior Advisor, WBCSD (remote)
- Hans Bruyninckx – Professor of Environmental Governance, University of Antwerp
- Heather Grabbe – Senior Fellow, Bruegel
17h30 – Break
17h45 – Panel Discussion 3: Equity and Justice (Chair: Ville Niinistö MEP)
- Janez Potočnik – co-chair IRP
- Veronika Hunt-Šafránková – Head of Brussels Office, UN Environment Programme
- Astrid Ladefoged – Head of Unit for Planetary Resources, Universal Values and Environmental Security, DG ENV
18h15 – Closing Remarks – Paul Tang MEP
18h30 – Networking Reception (Members’ Salon)