Unlocking Resilience
in Europe and Belgium

• Welcome by Luc Bas, Director CERAC
• Introductory remarks by Zakia Khattabi, Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and the Green Deal
• Keynote address by Director General of DG CLIMA, Kurt Vandenberghe.

• Presentation by EEA’s Executive Director, Leena Ylä-Mononen, of the first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA) report by the European Environment Agency.
• Panel debate with senior government representatives translating findings for the national level.
  • Moderator; Clair Dupont, Research Professor,  UGent and Chair of the EEA Scientific Committee
    • Diane Simiu Directrice du climat, de l'efficacité énergétique et de l'air, Ministère Écologie Énergie Territoires, France
    • Barbara Dewulf, Director General of Brussels Environment
    • Nick Mabey, Founding Director E3G & Co-CEO(3^rd Generation Environmentalism)
    • Veronika Safrankova, Head of UNEP Brussels
• Q&A with the audience.

• Introducing the CERAC: Presentation by the Director and a response from Prof. dr. Dirk Ramaekers, chairman of the Belgian Federal Public Service Public Health.
• Sharing the key findings of the first study on planetary boundaries applied to Belgium.
• A commentary by Jane Madgwick, Executive Director Global Commons Alliance.

• A panel discussion with key societal stakeholders on the preparations of the first Belgium Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss Risk Assessment.
  • Moderator; Luc Bas, Director CERAC
    • Patrick Dupriez, President CFDD-FRDO
    • Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium
    • Gunter Ceuppens, Dep.-Director-General Strategic Management, Belgian National Crisis Center, NCCN
    • Valerie Trouet, Scientific Director, Belgium Climate Center
• Q&A

Concluding remarks by Climate and Environment Risk Assessment Center Director and Director Natural Capital Humberto Delgado Rosa (EU Commission Directorate-General for Environment)