Climate Leadership Summit
Launch of the Climate Strategy 2035
The City of Copenhagen is launching its newly adopted Climate Strategy 2035. The Climate Strategy 2035 sets a clear direction for Copenhagen for the coming decade: to reduce emissions within the city while also cutting the global climate footprint caused by how we live, consume, build, and operate beyond our municipal borders.
Climate Action and Quality of Life
The strategy rests on a simple but powerful principle: climate action must go hand in hand with quality of life. Copenhagen aims to demonstrate that ambitious climate leadership can make the city not only greener, but also an even better place to live, work, and do business.
Conference and International Dialogue
To achieve these targets, we must continue our dialogue with local and international stakeholders both to gain insights and to inspire one another.
Please join us in Copenhagen for a one-day conference with an introduction to the Climate Strategy, insights into key elements of our approach to reducing CO2 emissions, international keynotes and political discussions. Together with climate leaders from Copenhagen, Denmark, European cities and C40, we will discuss challenges and solutions.
Programme
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08:30 – 09:00: Arrival at the Royal Danish Library
Croissants and coffee
09:00 – 10:30: Political Leadership and Strategic Direction
Opening Plenary
- Welcome
Deputy Director Karsten Bering Nielsen
- Political perspective
Copenhagen Climate Policy Mayor for Climate, Environment and Technical Affairs Line Barfod
- Presentation: The Copenhagen Climate Strategy 2035.
Deputy Director Karsten Bering Nielsen
- Fireside Chat: Myths and misconceptions in climate action.
Senior Consultant Concito Charlotte Louise Jensen and Head of Climate Kathrine Overgaard
- Keynote: Climate Change – Global Responsibility and Local Action.
Former EU-Commissioner Connie Hedegaard
- Artistic inspiration
Composer, Performer, Producer and Lecturer, Rune Thorsteinson
10:30 – 10:50: Coffee break
Tea, coffee and light refreshments.
10:50 – 12:00: Implementation, Innovation and International Responsibility
Plenary session
- Deep Dive: Social tipping points - a method for change.
Managing Director Democracy X Rune Bostrup
- Deep Dive: Partnerships – a way to do more. Energy Consumption and Efficiency, the built environment and food.
- City panel: What role should cities play in the global climate agenda?
12:00 – 13:00: Lunch
Vegetarian bowls
13:00 – 14:30: Workshops
Join one of our parallel workshops
1.Sådan reducerer vi byggeriets udledninger (DA)
Hvordan nedbringer byerne CO2-udledningen fra byggeri, anlæg og byggepladser?
2. Knudepunkter og delemobilitet (DA)
Hvordan sikrer vi den bedste udnyttelse af mobilitetskapaciteten i hovedstaden?
3. Når måltidet bliver en del af løsningen (DA)
Hvordan kan måltider blive en drivkraft for både trivsel og klimahandling i organisationer og virksomheder?
4. Negative Emissions - CCS and Carbon Dioxide Remova l (UK)
What can be learned from Copenhagen’s approach to negative emissions in the pursuit of geographical climate positivity?
5. Klimaansvar gennem indkøb og forbrug (DK)
Hvordan kan offentlige og private aktører sammen udvikle løsninger til at reducere CO2-udledningerne i driften?
6. Samskabelse og klimahandling (DK)
Hvordan kan samskabelse reelt gøre en forskel, når byer står med vilde, komplekse klimaudfordringer, de ikke kan løse alene?
Walking tour: Sustainble Urban Development (UK)
For our international participants. Join us on a walk to learn about Copenhagen’s sustainable solutions.
14:30 – 14:50: Coffee break
Tea, coffee and light refreshments.
14:50 – 16:00: Global Partnerships and Collective Climate Action
Plenary Session
- Keynote: Global Climate Action for cities.
C40 Managing Director Shruti Narayan
- Artistic inspiration
Madeleine Kate McGowan, Danish-Irish artist exploring performance, film and activism
- Debate: Hope and dilemmas.
Moderated by the Danish Architecture Centre
- Message
Young Climate Ambassadors
- Reflections and closing remarks
16:00 – 17:00: Networking
Informal networking with drinks and snacks
Getting There & Practical Info
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Speakers
Connie Hedegaard
Chair of the Board for the EU Commissions Mission Board on Adaptation to Climate Change including societal change
Connie Hedegaard was the European Commissioner for Climate Action from 2010 to 2014, during which she led the negotiations towards the adoption of the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. As EU Commissioner, she was also responsible for the 2050 Roadmap for moving to a low carbon economy and represented the EU in the international climate negotiations.
Line Barfod
Mayor for Climate, Environment and Technical Affairs, City of Copenhagen
Line Barfod has represented the Municipal Council for The Red-Green Alliance and has been Mayor in Copenhagen since January 2022.
Charlotte Louise Jensen
Senior Advisor, Concito
Charlotte is a senior advisor in CONCITO’s Food Division, where she works to promote climate-responsible societies and ways of living. She is affiliated with the project “Living well below 3 tons” and develops visions for a Denmark that supports people’s needs within various climate scenarios.
Charlotte holds an MSc in Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and a PhD on sociological perspectives on consumption and sustainable transitions from Aalborg University. Before taking on her current role, she was an associate professor at Aalborg University
Karsten Biering Nielsen
Deputy Director at the Climate, Environment and Technical Administration of the City of Copenhagen since January 2018.
Prior to this position he was Member of the Executive Board and Director General of Innovation and Regulation in Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries in Denmark (2012-2014) and Head of Department in the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (2009-2012).
He served for 13 years in the Danish Foreign Service, including as Head of Department for Sector Policies at the Embassy of Denmark in Beijing from 2006 to 2009.
Shruti Narayan
Managing Director of Regions and Mayoral Engagement, C40 Cities
Global leader in urban sustainability with nearly 20 years of experience in climate action and climate-resilient development.
As the Managing Director of Regions and Mayoral Engagement at C40 Cities, she works directly with city leadership worldwide to scale climate action and foster international cooperation.
Kathrine Overgaard
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Sisse Marie Welling
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Rune Bostrup
Managing Director Democracy X