Climate Diplomacy Weeks in Aotearoa New Zealand
From September to early November, Caroline Lambert, Head of Trade and Climate expert, had a packed agenda speaking at many events, panels and lectures across New Zealand talking about the EU Green Deal, RePowerEU, Sustainable Finance and climate action.
The events and panels brought together students, academics, politicians, NGOs and businesses, which allowed for better understanding of EU climate policy especially due to the acceleration of the EU’s energy and climate policy developments following Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
A large portion of the EUDEL in Wellington’s work is Climate diplomacy. The recently agreed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) commits the EU and New Zealand to effectively implement the Paris Agreement and to work together on climate-related matters, including carbon pricing, or transition to low-carbon economy.
List of full events were as followed:
- 08/09: Guest Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington on EU Trade and Sustainability,
- 13/09: Speaker at Goethe Institute in Wellington, panel on EU Green deal and the implications for NZ,
- 20/09: Speaker at the Climate Change and Business Conference in Auckland, panel on Climate and our competitive advantage
- 27/09: Keynote speaker at the NZ Green Building Summit to present the EU’s Renovation Wave and new building legislation
- 06/10: Briefing to NZ Press on acceleration of EU climate commitments
- 26/10: Speaker at University of Auckland, event on REPower EU
- 28/10: Speaker at M2Woman Magazine presentation on the Power of Authentic Environmental and social Governance for Global Trade
- 03/11: Speaker at State of Sustainable Finance on International Developments in Sustainable Finance (Full speech can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8sSNW2VDLo)
- 04/11: Workshop on EU climate policy with EU and NZ colleagues