Cities for Climate Urban Summit by COP24 5-6 December 2018, Katowice Event co-financed by the European Union Cohesion Fund within the Technical Assistance Operational Programme
VENUE COP24, Katowice LANGUAGE English with Polish-English translation 5 December Urban Summit Official Opening Davos II, COP24 9.30-10.00 Registration 10.00-.10.30 Welcome address and opening speeches: Special Guest: Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki Minister Jerzy Kwieciński, Ministry of Investment and Economic Development Maimunah Mohd Sharif, United Nations Under - secretary- general and Executive Director UN-Habitat, video message Michał Kurtyka, Acting COP24 President NAZCA: Local action for global challenges 10.30-12.00 Opening remarks: air quality - a serious challenge for growing cities. Global and regional perspective the role of international cooperation and NAZCA initiative. 1. Key-note speeches Martin Frick, Senior Director for Policy and Programme Coordination, UNFCCC Javier Cortés, Head of UN Global Compact Cities Program In Madrid Erich Unterwurzacher, Director, DG Regio, European Commission Katrina Graham, Climate Change Officer, City of Hobart, Australia (tbc) 2. Formal introduction of the group of Polish cities to NAZCA Short addresses: Jerzy Kwieciński, Ministry of Investment and Economic Development Martin Frick, Senior Director for Policy and Programme Coordination, UNFCCC Kamil Wyszkowski, President of the Board, Global Compact PL City member of Metropolis GZM joing NAZCA Joint signatures of the Cities under declaration
12.00-12.30 Press conference Together for the future. Poland in EU for global challenges Jerzy Kwieciński, Minister of Investment and Economic Development 13.00-15.00 Lunch Air pollution in the cities global action for local challenges 15.00-15.30 Presenting the summary of the report on clean air policies in Poland Air pollution in Poland way out Kamil Wyszkowski, Representative and President of the Board, Global Compact Network Poland 15:30-16:30 Discussion panel: Tomasz Bednarek, President of the Voivodship fund for Enviromental Protection and Water Management Carlos Piñerúa, World Bank Country Manager for Poland and the Baltic States Tomasz Ożóg, Deputy Mayor, City of Skawina Kazimierz Karolczak, Silesian Metropolis Andrzej Porawski, Director of Polish Cities Association Andrzej Guła, Leader of Polish Smog Alert Katrina Graham, Climate Change Officer, City of Hobart, Australia Piotr Lewandowski, CEO, Institute for Structural Research 16.30 Closing remarks
6 December (Silesian Museum) Earth and water free from pollution innovative solutions for sustainable planet 9:30-9.50 Opening of the session & welcome address Minister Jerzy Kwieciński, Ministry of Investment and Development Michał Kurtyka, Acting COP24 President Minister Marek Gróbarczyk, Ministry of Marine Economy 9.50-10.00 Presenting the summary of the report Water management in Poland Łukasz Kolano, Executive Director, Global Compact Network Poland 10.00-11.00 Leading innovations to reduce pollution in water and on Earth Panel discussion Jacek Kuśmierczyk, ECMA Sławomir Konrad Tadeja, Engineering Design Center, University of Cambridge Michał Silarski, Jagiellonian University Sylwia Łyskawka, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton Ewa Urbaniak, Director, L Oreal Warsaw Plant Director Victoria Ivanova, Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Transport Division, UNECE Wolfgang Munch, Deputy head of Unit, DG REGIO, European Commission Wojciech Wardecki, CEO Grupa Azoty Mateusz A.Bonca, CEO Grupa Lotos
11.00-12.00 Financing Climate global investment strategies and UN global trust funds Jerzy Kwieciński, Ministry of Investment and Economic Development Maciej Grabowski, Global Compact Network Poland, expert Mariusz Bieńkowski, Vice-President, BondSpot Mateusz Walewski, Chief Economist, BGK Andrzej Kassenberg, Cofounder Institute for Sustainable Development Piotr Arak, Director, Polish Economic Institute Stephen Hammer, Advisor, Global Partnerships & Strategy, Climate Change Group, World Bank 12.00-13.00 Lunch Corporate social responsibility - entrepreneurship for the sustainable development 13.00-14.30 Eco - responsible in Business. CSR in small, medium-sized and big businesses Key-note speech: Andżelika Możdżanowska Secretary of State, Ministry of Investment and Development of Poland Panel discussion Adam Banaszak, CEO Polish Agency for Enterprise Development Jacek Kuśmierczyk, CEO Grafikus Patrycja Klarecka, Executive Board member PKN Orlen Carolina Garcia Gomez, CEO IKEA Retail Poland Maria Andrzejewska, Director UNEP/GRID Warsaw Centre Wioletta Rosołowska, CEO L Oreal Poland and Baltic States Katarzyna Byczkowska, CEO BASF Mariusz Kondraciuk, Division Director, Siemens Poland Kamil Wyszkowski, Director General, UN Global Compact Network Poland 14.30-15:00 Global Compact Network Poland and The Ministry of Investment and Economic Development Business Award for Architects of Development