Indicative programe
Chair: João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action
9.20 Doorstep by minister Matos Fernandes
9.30 Beginning of the meeting
Agenda
9.30 EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change (public session)
11.30 Any other business (public session)
– European Climate Law
12.00 European Semester: (public session)
– The role of the Recovery and Resilience Plans for a Green Transition
– The future of the Semester in the context of Recovery and Resilience Facility in view of the Green Transition
13.30 Lunch break
15.00 Batteries and waste batteries (public session)
17.00 Any other business (public session)
– 8th Environment Action Programme
– Sustainable Chemicals Strategy of the Union: Time to Deliver
– Reports on main recent international meetings
– Fifth meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) (Nairobi, 22 – 23 February 2021)
17.45 Any other business (public session)
Trade Policy Review – An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy
At the end of the videoconference 18.00 – press conference in live streaming.
Arrangements for the press conference
Please note that there will be no physical press conference. EU accredited journalists will be able to ask questions remotely provided they have registered in advance.
In order to participate and ask questions, EU accredited journalists should register using this link.
Those who already registered for the previous press events in the field of environment do not need to do it again.
Deadline for registration: Thursday 18 March 2021, 17.00
Further instructions will be sent to all registered participants approximately half an hour after the deadline.
