The European Citizen Initiative “StopGlobalWaming.Eu” and Eumans, in cooperation with the European Parliament office in Italy, are inviting you to the online conference:
THE PARIS AGREEMENT 5 YEARS LATER
The way ahead
12 of december, from 11 to 13 am
Global Session (11h to 12h)
Introduction: Marco Cappato, StopGlobalWarming.Eu co-promoter, President of Eumans
David Sassoli: President of the European Parliament
Mogens Lykketoft: Former President of the UN General Assembly at the time of the Paris Agreement
Navi Pillay: Former UN High Commissioner for Human rights
Emma Bonino: Former EU Commissioner
Yannick Jadot, MEP, Rapporteur on the Carbon Border Adjustment
Italian Session (12h to 13h):
Debate with MEPS and expert chaired by Flavia Pansieri, Former United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
Introduction: Carlo Corazza Head of the European Parliament office in Italy
Eleonora Evi
Simona Bonafè*
Antonio Tajani*
Conclusions: Monica Frassoni, former MEP
The event will be translated in Italian
To follow the event:
– In English: StopGlobalWarming.eu Facebook Page – EUMANS Facebook Page – EUMANS Youtube channel
– In Italian: Marco Cappato Facebook Page – Associazione Luca Coscioni Youtube Channel
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Celebrating the past to build a better future – message from the organisers
On 12 December it will be 5 years since the signing of the Paris Agreement between Member states of the Convention of the United Nations, which established a global framework to limit global warming and avoid dangerous climate change.
A tree was planted, but the sun and rain haven’t started yet. The objectives have been defined, but the paths we need to take to
achieve them have not been found. The international conference “The Paris Agreement 5 years later – the way ahead” is an occasion to explore possible paths and political solutions. We know that economy and ecology are different issues, and that if it came to a clash between them, economics would defeat ecology.
So our ambition is to promote a sustainable, more ecological economy, an ecology which respects the dreams, needs and wellbeing of the people.
An idea on the table is “carbon pricing”. For many years, 27 Nobel Prize winners have been showing us a way forward: carbon pricing, that is setting a price, a tax on C02 emissions in order to progressively remove incentives on carbon production and at the same time reduce taxes on labor.
With the resulting revenue, we could encourage energy saving, promote renewable energy (which is less competitive now due to the drop in the price
of fossil energy as a result of the pandemic) and reduce taxes on the lowest incomes. The proposal has been relaunched by the ongoing European Citizens’ Initiative www.StopGlobalWaming.Eu.
The Conference on december the 12th will give the opportunity to discuss this and other proposals aimed to face climate change with the needed urgency.
