Online workshop // Second workshop on climate change and sustainable energy
The Research and Innovation partnership Climate Change and Sustainable Energy’ of the African Union-EU High-Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation organize a second online workshop on climate change and sustainable energy. The workshop is addressed to policymakers from the African Union Commission and the European Commission, African and European stakeholders, researchers and representatives of governmental institutions, and selected funding agencies in the broad field of climate change and sustainable energy.
September 2 | 2:00-5:00 PM CEST
About the event
How can the African-European cooperation in climate change and sustainable energy be strengthened and where are the chances, constraints and needs?
The R&I partnership ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Energy’ of the AU-EU High-Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation (HLPD) will discuss with the workshop´s participants in four break-out sessions the necessary actions and responsibilities to be tackled:
- Knowledge & research
- Technology development and demonstration & innovative markets
- Capacity building, social sciences, humanities & resilience behaviour
- Good governance and policies
The workshop is considered a follow-up of the first CCSE workshop which took place in February 2021 and focused on climate change and sustainable energy in relation to COVID-19 recovery and resilience packages as well as the health-energy climate nexus.
The event will involve research and international institutions, academia, funding agencies, the private sector and policy makers to provide guidance for future cooperation.
Agenda
The detailed agenda can be found here.
Registration
Registration is possible here until September 2, 2021.
Further information
More information on the website of the European Commission.
Download
You can download the minutes of the first Workshop on COVID-19 and the Health-Energy-Climate Nexus here.
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