Thursday, 12 December 2019. 17:00 – 19:00h. Venue: Spanish Pavillion, Blue Zone COP 25. IFEMA, Avda. del Partenón, 5. Madrid, Spain.
Programme
*Note: Access to the Blue Zone requires accreditation for COP25.
Welcome: Emilio Lamo de Espinosa, Chairman, Elcano Royal Institute.
17:00 – 17:45. High-level dialogue: Delivering on Paris: from euphoria to changing the development model through climate laws
- Teresa Ribera, Minister for Ecological Transition, Spain.
- Fabiola Muñoz, Environment Minister, Perú.
- Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Climate Change and Environment Minister, UAE.
Moderator: Lara Lázaro, Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute and lecturer at the CES Cardenal Cisneros (attached to Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
17:45 – 19:00. Ambitious climate laws: international experiences on developing, implementing and making them work
- Alina Averchenkova, Distinguished Policy Fellow. Lead, Governance and Legislation. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics.
- Roberto Esmeral, Environment and Sustainable Development Vice Minister, Colombia.
- Monica Araya, Founder & Director, Costa Rica Limpia and Nivela.
- Joaquín Mollinedo, General Director, Acciona.
- Laurence Tubiana, CEO, European Climate Foundation (TBC).
- Gonzalo Muñoz, Chile’s High-Level Climate Action Champion. (TBC).
Moderator: Lara Lázaro, Senior Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute and lecturer at the CES Cardenal Cisneros (attached to Universidad Complutense de Madrid).
