Dire challenges resulting from climate change are cementing sustainability and green growth as a necessity for all countries. This can be seen in the change in priorities of both the EU and China as they become more holistic and sustainability-focused in their approaches to economic growth. Ultimately, strong cooperation will be key in successfully tackling environmental problems, in what many agree is the world’s most significant challenge.

Inspiring commitments were made by the EU and China in the Joint Statement released during the 2019 EU-China Summit, to implement the Paris Agreement and Montreal Protocol, work on resolving a clean energy transition and take greater global leadership in environmental issues, among others. These pledges are particularly important given that the US continues to take enormous steps backwards in this regard. In late 2019, the European Commission presented its ambitious Green Deal, demonstrating strong determination to tackle the environmental challenges that Europe will face in the coming decades. China also continues to make significant progress in this regard, and is expected to make sustainability and green growth a priority in its 14th Five-year Plan.

As international relations become increasingly fractious in a post-COVID-19 world, how can the EU and China maintain strong cooperation on climate issues, and what best practices can they share with each other? Will the environmental commitments made in the Joint Summit bear real fruit? And will 2020 see a reset of the global agenda on environmental issues?

For answers to these questions and more, join the discussion with Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Isabel Hilton, CEO of China Dialogue and Ma Jun, Director of the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) from 15:00 – 16:30 on 26th May (Beijing Time).

Agenda

• Opening Remarks by Joerg Wuttke, President, European Chamber
• Engaging and Interactive Dialogue with speakers
• Q&A (around 30 mins)

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Speakers

Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius

Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Commission

Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius

Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Commission

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Virginijus Sinkevičius is the present Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, at the European Commission. Mr Sinkevičius was from 2017 to 2019 Minister of Economy, and before he was leading the Committee of Economy at the Parliament of Lithuania. Mr. Sinkevičius was elected to the Parliament in October 2016. Prior, he was a Team Lead for Regulatory Affairs at Invest Lithuania. Mr. Sinkevičius holds BA in International Relations and Affairs from Aberystwyth University and Master‘s degree in European International Affairs from Maastricht University.

Ms. Isabel Hilton

CEO, China Dialogue

Ms. Isabel Hilton

CEO, China Dialogue

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Isabel Hilton is an international journalist and broadcaster. She worked for the Daily Express and the Sunday Times before joining the launch team for The Independent in 1986. In 1992 she became a presenter of the BBC's flagship news programme, The World Tonight and a columnist for The Guardian. In 1999 she joined the New Yorker as a staff writer.

Her work has appeared in the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Granta, the New Statesman, El Pais, Index on Censorship and many other publications. Isabel is CEO of independent online media platform Chinadialogue.net.

Mr. Jun Ma 马军

Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)

Mr. Jun Ma 马军

Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)

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Ma Jun published his book "China's Water Crisis" in 1999. In 2004, he was selected for the Yale World Fellows Program. In 2006, he founded the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), and led the development and launch of China’s first environmental public database, as well as the Blue Map, a mobile app that visualizes air, water, ocean and soil quality data and tracks the performance of hundreds of thousands of major emitters.

In 2020, he led the launch of the Blue Map for Zero Carbon and collaborated with professional organizations to develop regional Carbon Peak and Neutrality Index, as well as Corporate Climate Action Transparency Index (CATI). Major multinationals and financial institutions have incorporated the use of Blue Map data and the digital solutions into their sourcing and investment codes, motivating more than 20,000 companies to openly address their violations or measure and disclose air, water and carbon emissions data.

In 2006, he was awarded as China’s “Green Person of the Year” and was named as one of TIME Magazine’s World’s 100 Most Influential People. Ma was also honored with the Magsaysay Award in 2009 and the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2012. In 2015, he received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2019, Ma was invited as a Special Observer by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. In 2022, Ma received the Asia Game Changer Awards from Asia Society.

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