Participation in the Energy Europe Conference, in Copenhagen.

Keynote speech at the "Cykel Konference".

Closing speech at the inauguration of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Pilot Facility.

Meeting with Algirdas Butkevičius, Prime Minister of Lithuania, followed by a press conference.

Meeting with Valentinas Mazuronis, Minister of Environment of Lithuania.

Participation in DG CLIMA's campaign event ‘A world you like. With a climate you like’ in Vilnius.

Commissioner Hedegaard will take part in the 4th Petersberg ministerial dialogue on climate change on 5-7 May in Berlin. The informal meeting is intended to contribute to preparations for this year's United Nations climate change conference, which Poland will host in November in Warsaw. The German and Polish environment ministers will co-chair the Petersberg dialogue and have invited ministers from some 35 countries representing the various groups in UN climate negotiations. Under the motto 'Shaping the future', the agenda focuses on four questions: how can an ambitious, effective and fair international climate agreement covering all countries be achieved by 2015 and brought into force from 2020; how can the UN climate negotiations promote greater national climate action before 2020 in order to keep global warming below 2°C; how can the international negotiations create effective incentives for more private investment to drive the transition to a low-carbon economy; and how can the Warsaw conference help achieve these goals and what are the most important milestones on the way to the 2015 agreement? German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will both address the meeting on 6 May.

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EU's klimakommissær, Connie Hedegaard, besøger Madrid og Barcelona den 17.-19. april for at mødes med fremtrædende spanske politikere og økonomer. I Madrid den 17. og 18. april vil Connie Hedegaard præsentere Kommissionens klimakampagne "En verden du kan lide, med et klima du kan lide" ved et arrangement med den spanske miljøminister, Miguel Arias Cañete. Hun holder særskilte møder med Miguel Arias Cañete og Federico Ramos de Armas, der er statssekretær for miljøanliggender, og mødes over en middag med Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, der er statssekretær for europæiske anliggender, og Alberto Nadal, der er statssekretær for energi. Connie Hedegaard møder desuden det spanske parlaments klimaudvalg og taler med Elena Valenciano, Juan Moscoso og Hugo Morán fra den socialistiske opposition. Hun deltager i en morgenmadsdebat afholdt af Nueva Economía Fórum og besøger et klimavenligt socialt boligbyggeri, der har fået støtte fra EU. I Barcelona den 18. og 19. april holder Connie Hedegaard et møde og et pressemøde med den catalanske præsident, Artur Mas, møder det catalanske rådgivende råd for bæredygtig udvikling og besøger sekretariatet for Middelhavsunionen. Hun spiser også middag med centrale opinionsdannere, mødes med formanden for den spanske sammenslutning for vedvarende energi, Jaume Margarit, og besøger et EU-finansieret anlæg, der omdanner affald til energi.

Connie Hedegaard tager til Oslo i Norge, hvor hun deltager i en konference om, hvordan man kan opnå en effektiv global klimaaftale i 2015. Andre deltagere i konferencen omfatter Gambias miljøminister, Fatou Gaye, Norges miljøminister, Bård Vegar Solhjell, formand for Norges konservative parti,  Erna Solberg, og formand for Norges naturfredningsforening, Lars Haltbrekken. Connie Hedegaard holder også møder med Norges miljøminister, Bård Vegar Solhjell, og  statssekretær i Finansministeriet, Kjetil Lund.

Connie Hedegaard besøger USA den 28. februar til den 3. marts for at mødes med amerikanske embedsmænd, medlemmer af Kongressen og Verdensbanken. I Washington skal hun bl.a. mødes med Michael Froman, præsidentens assistent og stedfortrædende nationale sikkerhedsrådgiver vedrørende internationale økonomiske anliggender, Todd Stern, USA's særlige udsending i klimaspørgsmål, Bob Perciasepe, stedfortrædende leder for den amerikanske miljøstyrelse, Rachel Kyte, vicedirektør for bæredygtig udvikling ved Verdensbanken, samt kongresmedlem Henry Waxman og senator Sheldon Whitehouse, der er initiativtagere til Kongressens og Senatets fælles taskforce om klimaændringer. Connie Hedegaard skal også se John Podesta, der er formand for Center for American Progress, og holde et frokostmøde med ikke-statslige organisationer arrangeret af World Resources Institute. Hun afslutter besøget med at holde et indlæg på Europakonferencen ved Harvard University.

Connie Hedegaard besøger Warszawa for at mødes med polske ministre, parlamentarikere og virksomhedsrepræsentanter. På dagsordenen er forberedelserne til FN's årlige klimakonference, som Polen er vært for i Warszawa i november 2013, samt en række andre klimapolitiske emner. Connie Hedegaard holder møder med vicepremierminister og økonomiminister Janusz Piechociński, statssekretær i Præsidentens kancelli Olgierd Dziekoński, miljøminister Marcin Korolec og statssekretær for europæiske anliggender Piotr Serafin. Hun deltager også i en arbejdsfrokost med medlemmer fra begge kamre i det polske parlament (Sejm og Senat) og i et møde med repræsentanter for erhvervslivet.

Deltagelse i strategimøde under Velux Fondens miljøprogram

Møde med Claus Grube, departementschef i Danmarks Udenrigsministerium

Klimakommissær Connie Hedegaard deltager i World Economic Forum, der finder sted i Davos i Schweiz den 24.-26. januar. Forummets tema – "Resilient Dynamism" (dynamisk robusthed) – danner afsæt for drøftelser og møder om klimaforandringer og ren energi. Den 24. januar deltager Connie Hedegaard i en paneldebat om en ny klimaramme sammen med Christiana Figueres, der er eksekutivsekretær for FN's rammekonvention om klimaændringer (UNFCCC), og repræsentanter for erhvervslivet og ikke-statslige organisationer. Den 25. januar taler hun om investeringer i grøn energi for det grønne vækstpartnerskab, Green Growth Action Alliance, og om vejen frem i klimaindsatsen for en gruppe forskere og erhvervsledere. Connie Hedegaard holder også en række uformelle møder og deltager i drøftelser om, hvordan vi i 2013 kan omstille os til dynamisk robusthed på globalt plan, samt om millenniumudviklingsmålene.

EU's klimakommissær, Connie Hedegaard, aflægger besøg i Abu Dhabi den 15. og 16. januar for at deltage i en række arrangementer under Abu Dhabis bæredygtighedsuge. Hun mødes også med højtstående repræsentanter for De Forenede Arabiske Emirater og andre lande. Connie Hedegaard taler på de internationale topmøder om henholdsvis vand og energi den 15. januar og står også for velkomsttalen på den tredje årlige konference om samarbejdet mellem EU og Golfsamarbejdsrådet om bæredygtig energi den 16. januar. Hun mødes bl.a. med De Forenede Arabiske Emiraters miljø og vandminister, Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, direktøren for Det Internationale Agentur for Vedvarende Energi, Adnan Z. Amin, og dr. Sultan Bin al Jaber, viceudenrigsminister for De Forenede Arabiske Emirater og særlig udsending for energi og klimaforandringer samt administrerende direktør for Masdar (vedvarende energi og bæredygtige teknologier). Connie Hedegaard bliver vist rundt i Masdar City, der skal fungere som en model for bæredygtig byudvikling og være et globalt centrum for vedvarende energi og bæredygtige teknologier. Hun taler også med deltagere i det internationale program for verdens fremtidige energichefer, "Young Future Energy Leaders", der afholdes af Masdar Institute.

Kommissæren vil holde møder med følgende tjekkiske ministre: Martin Kuba (industri og handel), Tomáš Chalupa (miljø), Miroslav Kalousek (finansminister) og Vojtěch Belling (EU-minister). Connie Hedegaard vil desuden mødes med medlemmer af det tjekkiske senat og repræsentanter for industrien og erhvervslivet samt for en række ngo’er. Hun deltager i sammenslutningen af energitjenesteleverandørers (APES) konference ”Energibesparelser og EPC”.

Blandt deltagerne er den britiske energi- og klimaminister, Ed Davey, den spanske miljøminister, Federico Ramos de Armas, og den administrerende direktør for Verdensnaturfonden i Storbritannien, David Nussbaum

Ministerugens 67. Generalforsamling begynder på mandag den 24. september 2012. Kommissionens formand, José Manuel Barroso, Unionens højtstående repræsentant for udenrigsanliggender og sikkerhedspolitik/næstformand i Kommissionen, Catherine Ashton, og kommissær Kristalina Georgieva (internationalt samarbejde, humanitær bistand og krisestyring), Connie Hedegaard (klima) og Andris Piebalgs (udvikling) rejser sammen med Det Europæiske Råds formand, Herman Van Rompuy, til New York for at repræsentere EU i drøftelserne om fred og sikkerhed, bæredygtig udvikling, menneskerettigheder og styrkelse af FN's rolle.

Kommissær Connie Hedegaard mødes med repræsentanter for de mindst udviklede lande (LDC) og Alliancen af Små Østater (AOSIS) for at fremme forhandlingerne under slutspurten frem til den næste runde af internationale klimaforhandlinger. Ud over en række bilaterale møder er kommissær Connie Hedegaard vært for uformelle rundbordssamtaler om klimaændringer på højt plan under Durbanplatformen den 28. september. Hun vil også deltage i De Større Økonomiers Forum den 27. september.

Delegationen vil fremlægge en erklæring med politiske forslag udarbejdet af de deltagende elever.

Møde med Danmarks minister for fødevarer, landbrug og fiskeri, Mette Gjerskov, og minister for udviklingsbistand, Christian Friis Bach.

Møde med Frankrigs minister for europæiske anliggender, Bernard Cazeneuve, deltagelse i den fælles høring af udvalget om europæiske anliggender og udvalget om bæredygtig udvikling i den franske Nationalforsamling.

Under sit besøg i Danmark mødes kommissæren med Danmarks Europaminister, Nikolai Wammen, og folketingsmedlem Jens Rohde. Hun deltager også i forskellige arrangementer om klimaforandringer og kommende udfordringer for Europa.

Connie Hedegaard og det danske EU-formandskab har inviteret ministre fra Alliancen af Små Østater (AOSIS), de mindst udviklede lande og en række latinamerikanske lande til drøftelser i Bruxelles den 7.-8. maj. Denne uformelle rundbordsdiskussion vil bygge videre på det vigtige gennembrud på klimakonferencen i Durban i 2011 og udforske yderligere samarbejdsmuligheder.

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I Istanbul er kommissær Hedegaard og Tyrkiets minister for miljø og urbanisering, Erdoğan Bayraktar, sammen værter for et seminar på højt niveau om klimasamarbejde mellem EU og Tyrkiet, som er tilrettelagt af det EU-støttede regionale miljønetværk for tiltrædelse. Minister for udvikling, Cevdet Yılmaz, holder også tale på seminaret. Minister Bayraktar og kommissær Hedegaard afholder en fælles pressekonference i løbet af arrangementet. Kommissær Hedegaard deltager også i en middag med det tyrkiske erhvervsliv og holder et møde med miljøgrupper.

Kommissærens besøg i Doha fokuserer på forberedelserne til FN's klimakonference i år, som finder sted i byen i slutningen af november. Qatar er det første medlem i Organisationen af Olieeksporterende Lande, som er vært for den årlige konference. Kommissær Hedegaard fører samtaler med vicepremierminister Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, som leder konferencen, og miljøminister Abdullah bin Mubarak Al Madadi.

Connie Hedegaard i Cypern fra 15. til 16. marts for at møde regeringsministre i forbindelse med Cyperns første rådsformandskab.

Møderne i Cypern omfatter forberedelser til det cypriotiske formandskab, herunder det uformelle miljøministerråd, som afholdes i Nicosia 7. til 8. juli. Samtalerne fokuserer på indenlandske, klimarelaterede spørgsmål, drøftelser i rådet af klimarelaterede sagsakter og forberedelse af FN's Rio+20 konference om bæredygtig udvikling i juni samt af klimakonferencen afholdt under UNFCCC i Qatar i november.

Kommissær Hedegaard møder minister for landbrug, naturressourcer og miljø, Sofoclis Aletraris, og minister for kommunikation og arbejde, Efthymios Flourentzou. Besøget omfatter møder med miljøudvalget i repræsentanternes hus, som ledes af Adamos Adamou. Kommissær Hedegaard mødes også med repræsentanter fra søfartsindustrien, NGO'er og vinderne af foto- og videokonkurrencen, som omfatter begge samfund, om miljø- og klimaforandringer, som blev tilrettelagt sidste år af Europa-Kommissionens repræsentation i Cypern.

On 7 March 2012, Connie Hedegaard visits Geneva for the "Grand Public Conference on the Green Economy and Climate Change" and the launch of Sustainia, an international communication and innovation platform for citizens and stakeholders on how to build the sustainable society of tomorrow. The Sustainia Award, described as a 'Nobel Prize' for sustainable development, will be awarded for the first time during the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in June in Brazil.

At the University of Geneva, Connie Hedegaard will participate in a high-level discussion with Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California, who is Chair of the Sustainia Committee.

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The Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard is in Nairobi (20-21 February), where the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme is meeting.

The Governing Council will focus on emerging policy issues under the overall theme of "The environmental agenda in the changing world: from Stockholm (1972) to Rio (2012)".

Commissioner Hedegaard will have a number of bilateral meetings on the margins of the UNEP Governing Council, in particular with the current and future hosts of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (South Africa and Qatar) and with representatives of Least Developed Countries.

These meetings will provide the opportunity to promote a green economy approach for sustainable development and to maintain the momentum developed in Durban for enhanced action towards a legally binding instrument by 2015.

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• Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
• Climate negotiations

EU's klimakommissær deltager i en paneldebat om, hvordan vi skaber grøn vækst, sammen med erhvervsledere og en repræsentant for Organisationen for Økonomisk Samarbejde og Udvikling (OECD).

På topmødet, der afholdes af KPMG International i samarbejde med FN's miljøprogram (UNEP), FN's Global Compact-initiativ og Verdenssammenslutningen af Virksomheder for Bæredygtig Udvikling, vil man drøfte, hvordan vi kan sikre bæredygtig erhvervsvækst i en verden, hvor ressourcerne bliver stadig knappere.

Resultaterne vil indgå i den kommende FN konference om bæredygtig udvikling, Rio+20, der finder sted i Brasilien den 20.-22. juni.

I tilknytning til topmødet mødes Connie Hedegaard også med FN's Generalsekretær, Ban Ki-moon, og formanden for FN's Generalforsamling, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser. Hun mødes desuden på tomandshånd med repræsentanter for bl.a. Alliancen af Små Østater (AOSIS) og de mindst udviklede lande (LDC).

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• FN-konferencen om bæredygtig udvikling, Rio+20
• Klimaforhandlinger

Connie Hedegaard will travel to India from 2 to 4 February to attend the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, where she will give a keynote speech on 3 February.

The Summit is an annual high level event, which this year focuses on the upcoming Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development, taking place in Brazil from 20 to 22 June.

Commissioner Hedegaard will also participate in the presentation of the report of the UN High Level Panel on Global Sustainability on 2 February.

In the margins of the Summit, she will discuss the next steps in the international climate negotiations and other climate-related themes with Indian media, NGOs and think tanks; and have bilateral meetings with several Indian ministers and the Maldives' Minister for Housing and Environment.

Hun vil blandt andet deltage i sessionen vedrørende "Omdannelse af klimadagsordenen - Efter Durban, samt andre sessioner i forberedelsen af Rio+20-topmødet der finder sted i juni 2012 i Brasilien.

• 11/12/2011: Afsluttende fælles pressekonference med Polens miljøminister Marcin Korolec
• 09/12/2011: Uddrag fra pressekonference og interviews
• 08/12/2011: Bilateralt møde med Austalien om kvotehandelssystemet
• 07/12/2011: Statements på dansk og engelsk
• 06/12/2011: Daglig dækning og statements på engelsk og dansk
• 05/12/2011: Uddrag fra presse konference og statements på engelsk og dansk
• 05/12: Fælles pressekonference med Connie Hedegaard og Polens miljøminister Korolec i Durban

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21. november deltager Connie Hedegaard i en konference i Oslo om nul-emission og grøn vækst, hvor hun er inviteret til at holde hovedtalen. Hedegaard mødes også med med den norske finansminister Kjertil Lund og miljøminister Heidi Sørensen samt med repræsentanter for erhvervslivet og civilsamfundet. Læs mere information

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• Connie Hedegaard modtager Ivan Miklos, vicepremierminister og finansminister for Slovakiet
• Connie Hedegaard modtager Leif Östling, bestyrelsesformand og adm. direktør for Scania
• Connie Hedegaard ved offentliggørelsen af EWEA's rapport "Vindenergi og EU's klimapolitik" (EWEA, Bruxelles) 
• Connie Hedegaard modtager Frankrigs minister for industri, energi og digital økonomi

• Connie Hedegaard deltager i mødet i Europaparlamentets ENVI-kommittee (Europaparlamentet, Bruxelles). Læs hele hendes tale og se video!
• Kommissæren modtager også Andreas I. Chrysostomou, formand for IMO's Kommittee for Beskyttelse af det Maritime Miljø.

• Hun mødes med: Stanislas Voskresenskiy, Viceminister for Økonomisk Udvikling; Alexander Bedritsky, Præsidents særlige rådgiver på klimaområdet; Alexander Frolov, Formand for den Føderale Russiske Styrelse for Hydrometeorologi og Miljøovervågning; Vsevolod V. Gavrilov, Direktør for Administrationen for Energibesparelses- og Naturprojekter, Sberbank

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• Participation in the Green Growth Forum 3GF (Copenhagen)
• Participation in the EPP Conference on Climate Change preparing for Durban (European Parliament, Brussels)
• Participation in the public hearing of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (European Parliament, Brussels)

Connie Hedegaard will visit Rome on 6 October for talks with Italian ministers, members of Parliament, business leaders and representatives of civil society. The discussions are expected to cover Italy's domestic climate action and preparations for the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, at the end of next month. Commissioner Hedegaard will hold separate meetings with Environment Minister Stefania Prestigiacomo and Anna Maria Bernini, Minister for European Affairs. She will also address a joint session of the Europe and Environment committees of the two houses of Parliament, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Commissioner Hedegaard will have a lunch meeting with environment groups and other non-governmental organisations and dinner with Emma Marcegaglia, President of Confindustria, the Italian employers' federation.

• Participation in the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions
• Intervention at Aarhus Statsgymnasium
• Intervention at a citizens' meeting in Hammel (Favrskov Kommune)
• Intervention at Aarhus University

• Connie Hedegaard meets with Irish Ministers on LULUCF
• Connie Hedegaard receives a delegation of the World Future Council
• Connie Hedegaard receives Paul Dickinson, Chief Exective Officer of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)

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Connie Hedegaard will visit New York from 18 to 22 September for a series of high-level meetings in connection with the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Many of the meetings will help to prepare the UN climate conference in Durban, South Africa, at the end of the year.

On 18-19 September Commissioner Hedegaard will participate in a meeting of the High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability, which has been mandated to formulate a global blueprint for sustainable growth and low-carbon prosperity ahead of the "Rio +20" UN Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in June 2012. Commissioner Hedegaard was appointed to the Global Sustainability Panel by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon when he created it last year.

On 20 September the Climate Commissioner will speak at a meeting of the Troika of Women Leaders on Gender and Climate Change, hosted by former Irish President Mary Robinson, and at a "Leaders' Dialogue" on climate change hosted by Mexico and South Africa, the hosts of the 2010 and 2011 UN climate conferences, respectively. The focus will be on what can be achieved at the Durban conference. Commissioner Hedegaard will also take part in a panel discussion on climate change at the Louise Blouin Creative Leadership Summit.

On 22 September Commissioner Hedegaard will hold talks with Todd Stern, the US Special Envoy for Climate Change. During her visit she will also have bilateral meetings with ministers or senior officials from many other countries including Japan, Mali, Tunisia, Nepal, Democratic Republic of Congo, Turkey and Nauru.

• 15/9: Visit to UNESCO event at Mols Fuglsø Center and to Container-Centralen.
• 16/9: The Commissioner speaks at the conference on Taxation, "Innovation and Communication: Enhancing the prospects for green fiscal reform" (Copenhagen); delivers a speech at the UFEMAT Congress/TUN (Moltkes Palæ); meets with representatives of Lars Kann-Rasmussen foundation (Copenhagen)

On 9-10 September Commissioner Hedegaard will be in Cape Town, South Africa, for an informal international ministerial consultation to help prepare the Durban conference. The ministerial consultation will focus on key political questions for Durban. South African President Jacob Zuma will address the meeting on 9 September.

Connie Hedegaard will visit Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for high-level talks on climate change. Preparations for the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, at the end of the year will be the common theme. In New Zealand she will participate in the annual meeting of the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) on 6-7 September together with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso. Ahead of the PIF, Commissioner Hedegaard will address a meeting of leaders from 15 Pacific member countries of the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) group of developing nations and also hold bilateral meetings with several delegations. She will be guest of honour at a dinner hosted by New Zealand's minister for the environment and climate change issues, Nick Smith, and will also meet opposition spokespersons on climate and environment.

Connie Hedegaard will visit Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for high-level talks on climate change. Preparations for the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, at the end of the year will be the common theme. In Sydney Commissioner Hedegaard will meet Australia's minister for climate change and energy efficiency, Greg Combet, have lunch with the Europe-Australia Business Council and participate in a roundtable meeting with non-government organisations and other representatives of civil society.

Connie Hedegaard will visit the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, on 31 August and 1 September for talks on a range of climate change issues with senior government figures, parliamentarians and key stakeholders. Commissioner Hedegaard will meet Lithuanian President Dalia Gybauskaité on 31 August and Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius the following day. The topics discussed are expected to include the climate dimension of the EU multi-annual financial framework for 2014-2020, the international climate negotiations and the domestic EU climate agenda to 2020 and low-carbon roadmap to 2050. Commissioner Hedegaard will also hold talks with Environment Minister Gedimina Kazlauskas and Economy Minister Rimantas Žylius as well as meeting members of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, and speaking at the opening of the academic year at Vilnius University's Faculty of Natural Science. She will also hold meetings with representatives of the business community and non-governmental organisations.

• 12.30: Connie Hedegaard participates in the Maritime High Level Meeting, in Brussels
• 15.00: Connie Hedegaard participates in the signing of the agreement between CTP (Working Community of the Pyrenees) and the EEA (European Environment Agency), in Brussels

• Connie Hedegaard participates in the launch of the IPCC special report on renewable energy sources and receives Kuupik Klesit, Prime Minister of Greenland

• On 9 June 2011 Commissioner Hedegaard visits Vienna to meet with Niki Berlakovich, Austria's minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, and to participate in the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia. Connie Hedegaard will meet with high-level business representatives including Jim Schnabe, CEO of SAP, and Sir Mike Rake, Chairman of British Telecommunications. The Commissioner will also participate in the closing panel session to discuss risks and trends shaping the competitive landscape of Europe and Central Asia and policies and strategies required to drive innovation and future growth.

• 08:00: Meeting with Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, in Brussels

• Keynote speech at the World Climate round table
• Receives Mr Andrzej KRASZEWSKI, Polish Minister of the Environment

• In Athens: meeting with the Minister of Environment, Ms Konstantina Birbili; press conference, participation in an event with NGOs and Youth Groups; address to the Special Standing Committees on European Affairs and Environmental Protection of the Parliament.
• In Sofia: working breakfast with the Minister of Environment, Ms Nona Karadjova; meeting with Members of Parliament, Environment and Water Committee and Committee on European Affairs; meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr Boyko Borissov, followed by a press point; meeting with Business Associations

• Participates in the Green Growth Exhibition
• Meets with the Minister for Knowledge Economy (CHOI Joong-kyung)
• Meets with the Minister of Enviroment (LEE Maanee)
• Meets with the Chairman of the Presindential Committee on Green Growth (YOUNG Soogil)
• Speech entitled "Low Carbon Economies towards 2050" at Ewha Womans University
• Visit LG Electronics solar cell production line
• Keynote speech at the Consumer International 2011 World Congress - "Empowering Tomorrow's Consumers"
• Press conference
• Meeting with Mr Edward YAU, Secr. For the Environment, Hong-Kong Government

• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Ms Doris Leuthard, Swiss Minister for Environment, Transport and Energy
• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard participates in a debate with national Parliamentarians on Climate Change

• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard delivers a speech on the occasion of the European Region's Day
• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr John Ashton, British Foreign Secretary's Special Representative for Climate Change

• Åbningstale ved Forbes konferencen om " klimapolitikkens fremtid" - Brainstorm GREEN 2011.
• Møde med Jerry Brown, Kaliforniens Guvernør og med Mary Nichols, Formand for California Air Resources Board (CARB).
• Møde med Lisa Jackson, administrator ved den amerikanske miljøstyrelse (EPA).
• Møder med senatorer og kongresmedlemmer.
• Møder med erhvervslivet

On Friday 1 April 2011 European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard is going to Warsaw, Poland.

She will be meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak, the Minister responsible for the Polish presidency of the EU Mikołaj Dowgielewicz and the Minister of the Environment Andrzej Kraszewski.

Connie Hedegaard's trip also includes meetings with the speaker of the Polish parliament and the Committee on European Affairs, Economy and Environment.

Among other things, topics of discussion will be the preparations for the Polish presidency; international climate negotiations, the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050 and the preparations for mainstreaming climate action in the next Multiannual Financial Framework.

• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Jean-François Cirelli, President of Eurogas

• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives the Board of Danish Food and Drink Federation

• In Riga: meeting with Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian Prime Minister. In Stockholm: meeting with students and teachers; participation in the ICC conference and lunchmeeting hosted by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustav; meeting with the Committee on Environment and Agriculture of the Swedish Parliament; meeting with Mr Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs and with Mr Andreas Carlgren, Minister for Environment

• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard in Hungary: participation in the Informal Environment Council (Royal Palace of Gödöllö, Budapest)

• 16.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Bernd Osterloh, Chairman of the General and Group Works Council of VW
• 19.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard speaks at a dinner with ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Associations) Board (Hotel Sofitel, Brussels)

• 16.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with Mr Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament (European Parliament, Brussels)
• 16.45: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC, Brussels)

• 12.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard delivers a speech at a luncheon meeting of the European Partnership for Energy & the Environment in Brussels

• 09.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard participates in the Stakeholders' conference on the 2050 Roadmap (Brussels, Charlemagne Building)
• 15.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard participates in a meeting "EU Coordination in the World Bank and World Bank Cooperation with the European Institutions" with the World Bank EU Executive Directors on the occasion of their Eighth annual visit (Brussels, Berlaymont building, R. Schuman room)

• 14.00 (time tbc): Commissioner Connie Hedegaard delivers a speech at the opening of the High Level panels of EWEA (European Wind Energy Association) 2011 annual event (Brussels Exhibition Centre)

• 11.45: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Ms Patricia Espinosa, Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 14.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaardreceives Mr Todd Stern, US special Envoy for Climate Change for a bilateral meeting
• 17.15: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Matthias Wissmann, Chairman of VDA (German Automobile Manufacturer Association)

• 11.00: Klimakommissær Connie Hedegaard modtager Erik Solheim, norsk minister for miljø og international udvikling
• 12.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with Mrs Karen Ellemann, Danish Minister of Environment (Justus Lipsius building)

• 16.30: Press conference by Mrs Connie Hedegaard and Mr Gunter Oettinger entitled "Roadmap for moving to a low-carbon economy in 2050 and a new Energy Efficiency Plan 2011"

• (3 March pm - 4 March): Meeting with the Spanish Parliament Committee; meeting with Mrs Rosa Aguilar, Minister of Environment and with Mrs Teresa Ribera, Secretary of State for Climate Change

• 9.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard attends the meeting of the Executive Committee of BusinessEurope
• 12.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard speaks at a luncheon meeting at the America European Community Association

• 15.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives members of CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) board
• 17.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr John Cridland, Director General of CBI (Confederation of British Industry)

• 11.15: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Thomas Mirow, President of EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
• 17.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives the "Green 10" NGOs

• 16.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard attends the EP ENVI Committee for a hearing on "Moving beyond a 20% greenhouse gas reduction target in the EU"
• 17.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with Mr Tamás FELLEGI, Hungarian Minister of National Development

• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard participates in the GSP (Global Sustainability Panel) Meeting (Cape Town, South Africa)

• 10.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard participates in a meeting of EU Director Generals responsible for Climate (BERL, room Walter Hallstein)
• 16.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Ms Birgitta Ohlsson, Swedish Minister for EU Affairs

• European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg: debate on the agreement concerning reduction of CO2-emissions from vans. Watch the debate!

• 10.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mrs. Roseanna Cunningham, Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Scottish Parliament

• 11.15: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with Mr. Borut Pahor, Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia
• 12.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with Dr. Ropko Zarnic, Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia
• 15.15: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
• 15.15: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
• 16.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with Dr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia

• 15.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard meets with the European Parliament's "Sky and Space" Intergroup (European Parliament, Brussels)
• 19.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard delivers a speech at the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturer's Association) 2011 Annual Reception (Brussels)

• 14.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Ms Parisot, MEDEF Board

• 16.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Tamas Fellegi, Hungarian Minister of National Development

• Commissioner Connie Hedegaard attends the WEF (World Economic Forum) annual meeting 2011 in Davos

• 11.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Sean O'Driscoll, Managing Director of GLEN DIMPLEX
• 12.15: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives German NGOs
• 15.30: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Andrea Canino, President of the CCE (Conseil de Coopération Economique) and representatives

• 15.00: Commissioner Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Erkki Ormala, President of Executive Board and Mrs Bridget Cosgrave, Director General of DIGITALEUROPE (EC Rep. in Copenhagen, DK)

• 9.30: Visit of the Climate Initiative in the Harbor of Rotterdam
• 12.00: Lunch conference & stakeholder debate at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
• 13.30: Meeting with Mr Joop Atsma, State Secretary for Infrastructure and Environment.
• Meetings with Committees and Members of the House of Representatives.

• 08.00: Mrs Connie Hedegaard meets with Mr Ditlev Engel, CEO of Vestas Wind Systems (EC Rep. in Copenhagen, DK)
• 09.00: Mrs Connie Hedegaard meets with the European Committee of the Danish Parliament (Christiansborg, DK)
• 13.00: Mrs Connie Hedegaard meets with Mr Søren Pind, Danish Minister for Development Cooperation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen, DK)

• 11:00 (time tbc): Mrs Connie Hedegaard delivers a keynote speech at the Eco-Innovation Summit, Lisbon Council (Bxl)
• 15.00: Mrs Connie Hedegaard receives Mr Pieter Van Geel, Chair of the advisory board of SEFEP (Smart Energy for Europe Platform)

Mission in Cancùn (Mexico) to participate in the UN Climate Change Conference (COP16 & CMP)

UN Climate Conference in Cancún

Keynote speech at a conference hosted by WWF and EU40 entitled "our low-carbon Europe in 2050" (European Parliament, Brussels)

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Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, will visit Helsinki on 8 October for meetings with the Finnish government, parliamentarians and the business community on climate and energy issues. She will hold talks with President Tarja Halonen, Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi, Environment Minister Paula Lehtomäki and Housing Minister Jan Vapaavuori. She will also have meetings with the Grand Committee of the Finnish Parliament and the Confederation of Finnish Industries. Commissioner Hedegaard will take part in a discussion on European and international climate policy organised by the Climate Arena, a communication network on climate change issues.