The urgent question is: What about Europe's climate policy and the Global South? At first glance, it seems that the measures being taken here in Europe are designed to protect our environment and make our economy more sustainable. But the impact of our policies is not limited locally. They extend across continents and affect people, ecosystems and economies far beyond Europe's borders. At the same time, many regions of the Global South are severely affected by the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and the destruction of ecosystems threaten the livelihoods of many people. At the same time, many communities are facing the consequences of pollution and biodiversity loss, which pose not only environmental but also social and economic challenges. On the one hand, the discussion will deal with how Europe influences the Global South such as Africa. However, it will also look at the responsibility and opportunities for European countries in this regard. How can sustainable, fair and equitable climate partnership between Europe and the Global South be promoted? What role do renewable energies and environmentally friendly technologies play in this context? And how can we ensure that the voices and interests of the affected communities of the Global South are incorporated into this discourse?

Participants

Panel:
- Michael Bloss (MEP)
- Simone Schlindwein (Africa correspondent and author)
- Neelke Wagner (PowerShift)

Moderation:
by Dirk-Claas Ulrich

informations

Michael Bloss was spokesperson for the Federation of Young European Greens and was elected to the European Parliament for the first time in May 2019. He is a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition to European climate policy, his thematic focus is on green-social economic transformation and global environmental issues as a whole. (more).

Simone Schlindwein is a journalist and author and has been working as a foreign correspondent for taz in various African countries since 2008. She has made a name for herself through her extensive research on war crimes in the Congo. She was also awarded the Journalists' Prize "The Long Breath" in 2016 and has also participated in important research projects, including the multimedia project "Migration Control", which examined EU refugee policy in Africa. Her book "The Green War. How nature is protected in Africa at the expense of people - and what the West has to do with it" was nominated for the prize of the Leipzig Book Fair 2023.

Neelke Wagner is committed to climate and resource justice. She is part of the PowerShift team. The organization focuses on finding ways out of the climate crisis and creating a more ecologically and socially just world. Her work focuses on the energy transition, gas phase-out and climate-friendly hydrogen economy. For them, climate protection, fair business practices and global justice are inseparable and this is what drives them in their work at PowerShift. (more).

sequence

19:00 Welcome and presentation of the guests, greeting Marie Kollenroi (MdL)
19:10 - 20:00 Panel discussion
20:00 – 20:25 Questions from the audience (possibly also earlier)
20:25 – 20:30 Final short statement by the panelists: Demands on German/European politics
20:30 End of the event

Further information

The event will take place on Friday, 17.11.2023, at 7 pm in the Literaturhaus Göttingen in the
Nikolaistraße 22. Admission is free of charge. Prior registration is not necessary. The
Venue is barrier-free.