Programme

Healthy planet for healthy people

14/07/2022 - 14:30-16:30 CEST

14:30 | Opening

• Mr Cillian Lohan, EESC Vice-President for communication
• Ms Anna Pasková, Director of Department of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development, Ministry of the Environment of Czech Republic 

14:45 | Setting the scene: EU challenges & progress on SDG 15

Moderated by Mr Felipe Medina Martín, Employers' Group, EESC member

• Mr Brian MacSharry, Head of Group, Biodiversity Ecosystems Data and Information, European Environment Agency (EEA) 
• Ms María Cortés Puch, Vice-President, Network, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) 

 Q&A – Sli.do

15:20 | Round table: reinvigorating progress on SDG 15 in the EU

Moderated by Cillian Lohan, EESC Vice president for communication, Civil Society Organisations' Group

• Ms Luisa Samarelli, Deputy Head of Unit, Biodiversity & Nature Conservation (ENV.D.3), Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission
• Mr Josef Settele, German Advisory Council on the Environment, member of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils Network (EEAC Network) 
• Ms Rebecca Humphries, Senior Public Affairs Officer, WWF Europe
• Mr Pierre Coërs, Senior Advisor, CSR Europe

Q&A – Sli.do

16:20 | Concluding remarks

• Ms Isabel Caño Aguilar, EESC Member, Vice-President of the Sustainable Development Observatory, Trade Unions' Group