EU GREEN WEEK Virtual Conference - Closing speech
27-10-2020

Speech by President von der Leyen at the closing session of the EU Green Week 2020

It is at events like this Green Week that one feels the energy. That one gets the resolve to transform our economy and society.

We are teaming up. We are providing leadership to help us agree on a new Global Biodiversity Framework in Kunming next year.

Global rules that are clear, measurable that allow us, to hold each other accountable.

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EU Green Week 2020 is now scheduled for 19-22 October 2020, on the theme of nature and biodiversity.

After the adoption of a new EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 in May, Green Week will highlight the contribution biodiversity can make to society and the economy, and the role it can play in supporting and stimulating recovery in a post-pandemic world, bringing jobs and sustainable growth. The new strategy shows how the recovery is an opportunity for a fresh start, in the knowledge that transformative change is possible. It’s a chance to rethink our relationship with nature, to change the activities that are driving biodiversity loss and the wider ecological crisis, and to weigh up the implications for our economy and society. EU Green Week will examine how EU policies such as the European Green Deal can help protect and restore nature, leaving it room to recover and thrive.

This year’s Green Week will also act as a milestone on the path to the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, now planned for 2021, where world leaders will adopt a 10-year action plan for biodiversity – a new global deal for people and nature.

Register to be a part of the Event: https://www.ubivent.com/register/11/EUGreenWeek2020

PDF program: EU Green Week 2020_programme 

Website: https://www.eugreenweek.eu/en