Representatives from governments of Member States’ EU presidency teams:
Ongoing Trio:
- Finland: Terhi Lehtonen, State Secretary for the Environment
- Austria: Elisabeth Freytag-Rigler, Head of EU Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism
Next Trio:
- Germany: Karsten Sach, Director General ‘International and European Policy, Climate Policy’, Federal Ministry for the Environment
- Portugal: Alexandra Carvalho, Secretary General, Ministry of Environment
Short presentations followed by moderated debate between EU presidency teams.
Guiding questions:
- What will your priorities be and what does/will success look like?
- What can be done in the next 2-5 years?
- What will success look like for the Council?
- How can civil society engage to raise and realise ambitions? And how will civil society’s space be protected to ensure a functioning democracy?