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Financing climate change mitigation

5. June 2008, 14.00 - 18.00
Taschenbergpalais - Kempinski Hotel, Dresden

05/06/2008

The European Investment Bank has made the long-term financing of investment aimed at combating climate change one of its priorities. In the past year alone, it has provided loans worth EUR 8 billion for this purpose, including EUR 2 billion for renewable energies.

At the Dresden conference, experts will talk about the necessary investment to achieve the German Government's climate change mitigation targets within the European Union's overall targets. They will discuss in particular:

  • Investment needs to ensure a sustainable energy supply and use
  • Investing in increased energy efficiency
  • Investing in energy grids to adapt them to a changed energy mix
  • Financing possibilities offered by the European Investment Bank

The State Secretary in the German Environment Ministry, Michael Müller, and the Chief Executive of the German Energy Agency, Stephan Kohler, will be the keynote speakers, and EIB Vice-President Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen will present the financing possibilities offered by the European Investment Bank.

Programme

14.00 Opening of the conference
  • Dr Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
  • Dr Hartmut Mangold, State Secretary, Saxony's State Ministry for Economy and Employment
14.25 Germany's climate change mitigation targets and investment needs
  • Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Head of Research Group, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy GmbH
14:45 Investing in increased energy efficiency
  • Stephan Kohler, Chief Executive, German Energy Agency GmbH
  • Dr Carsten Rolle, Head of Energy and Raw Materials Department, Federation of German Industries e.V
  • Sven Becker, Spokesman for the Management Board, Trianel European Energy Trading GmbH
15:45 Discussion
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Investing in a new energy mix and energy grids
  • Achim Berge, Managing Director, WPD Offshore GmbH (invited)
  • Dr Robert Kuba, Managing Director, Schott Solar Thin Film GmbH
17:00 Financing climate change mitigation
  • Dr Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, Vice-President, European Investment Bank
17:30 Conclusion
  • Michael Müller, State Secretary in the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
18:00 Reception for the 50th anniversary of the European Investment Bank

Please use the registration form to register. For further information on the conference programme please send an email to: events@eib.org or h.stoffels@eib.org.