On November 5, 2018, the event “30 Days Before COP24 – The German Economy on the Eve of the UN Climate Negotiations in Katowice, Poland” took place at thyssenkrupp in Essen. Together with thyssenkrupp, HSBC Germany, Siemens, EY, E.ON, BDI, DIHK, and VCI, econsense once again participated in this year’s event organized by ICC Germany to prepare for the UN climate negotiations in Katowice in early December.

With approximately 120 experts from business, academia, civil society, and politics, various topics related to the climate negotiations—such as climate finance, effective societal dialogue, and instruments of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change—were discussed and explored in depth.

Speakers

• Dr. Reinhold Achatz, thyssenkrupp AG

• Dr. Werner Brandt, ICC Germany

• Prof. Dr. Görge Deerberg, Fraunhofer Umsicht

• Martin Frick, UNFCCC

• Thomas Fußhöller, thyssenkrupp AG

• Andreas Gehlhaar, Deutsche Bahn AG

• Thomas Jux, E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH

• Dr. Donatus Kaufmann, thyssenkrupp AG

• Andreas Kuhlmann, dena

• Prof. Dr. Bernhard Lorentz, EY

• Tara Nitz, VCI

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, Minister for Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization, and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

• Carola von Schmettow, HSBC Germany

• Gabriele Schmiedel, Siemens AG

• Niels Schuster, European Commission

• Michaela Spaeth, Federal Foreign Office

• Bernhard Schwager, Robert Bosch GmbH

• Rta Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment

• Josef Tumbrinck, NABU NRW

• Dr. Hans-Jörn Weddige, thyssenkrupp AG