Climate Chance Europe 2024 Wallonia Summit
Liege, Belgium
As part of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union, Wallonia and the Climate Chance Association organised a gathering of climate stakeholders, the Climate Chance Europe 2024 Wallonia Summit. The main theme is "Adaptation to climate change, nature-based solutions and resilience".
Emerging themes and takeaways from the Summit
Read our report outlining the 10 emerging themes and takeaways from the Climate Chance Europe 2024 Wallonia Summit.
Click here!Liège Declaration, 9th of February 2024
At the end of the two-day Summit, participants called for collective, coordinated action to meet the challenges posed by climate change and protect people, ecosystems and the European economy from its effects.
The « Liège Declaration », the fruit of a collaborative process, is, on the one hand, a roadmap incorporating strong commitments from non-state actors themselves. On the other hand, it also includes a section on advocacy and a call to action, with concrete recommendations for European authorities, constituting an important milestone in the work of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU. It represents a major contribution which can be taken into account by the European Environment and Climate Ministers.
The Liège Declaration could also be taken to major events on the international climate agenda 2024, notably the COP29 climate conference in Baku.
Liège Declaration
Climate change adaptation roadmap for non-state actors at the Climate Chance Europe 2024 Wallonia Summit
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A wide-ranging and inclusive event
The two-day event, held at the Palais des Congrès in Liège on February 8 and 9, 2024, brought together almost 1,000 participants of over 20 nationalities, from numerous European networks and organizations of non-state actors such as businesses, researchers, civil society, local governments, and institutions.
In all, 55 events highlighted and enabled exchanges on concrete solutions for achieving the objectives of the European Green Deal.
Thanks to the strong mobilization and collaboration of players in the climate community, at both the state and European level (local authorities and territories, businesses, trade unions, associations and citizens (non-state players)), the Summit brought together the driving forces and regions of the EU.
Among the high-level speakers
Dr. Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director-General of the Environment Department of the European Commission
Ronan Dantec, President of Climate Chance Association, Senator of Loire Atlantique
Paola Viganò, Architect and Urbanist
Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Walloon Platform for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Anne Barre, Coordinator Gender and Climate Policy, WECF
Sven Harmeling, Head of Climate, CAN Europe
Anne-Sophie Nyssen, Rector of the University of Liège
Arthur Keller, Expert in systemic thinking applied to societal risks and collective resilience
Nina Klein, Policy Lead, ECOLISE
Sylvie Meekers, Director General, CANOPEA
Willy Demeyer, Mayor of Liège
Christine Mahy, Secretary General, Walloon Network for the Fight against Poverty
Andreas Wolter, Mayor of the City of Cologne, President of Climate Alliance, Member of the Convenant of Mayors in Europe
Nathalie Lhayani, Director of Sustainable Policy for the Caisse des Dépôts Group and President of the Forum for Responsible Investment
Adeline Rochet, Programme Manager, Corporate Leaders Group Europe
Towards a renewed and strengthened European Green Deal
The Climate Chance Europe 2024 Wallonia Summit is making its contribution, facilitating inclusive and participative work towards a renewed European Green Deal after 2024. A Green Deal that will strengthen European and cross-border coordination between all players in the field of adaptation to climate change and other environmental risks.
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