SPEECH/12/904HTMLTue, 04 Dec 2012 16:49:03 +0100CLIMACTIONCLIMATECCOMDOCDOHAHEDEGAARDSPEECHENMoving forward togetherhttp://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-904_en.htmEuropean Commission Connie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Moving forward together UN Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar (COP 18) Doha, 4 December 2012 Mr. President, Ministers, ladies and gentlemen! As we meet here in Doha, the world around us echoes with alarm and despair.SPEECH/12/798HTMLMon, 12 Nov 2012 10:15:19 +0100CHCLIMACTIONCLIMATCOMDOCHEDEGAARDSPEECHEN25th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocolhttp://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-798_en.htmEuropean Commission Connie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Speech on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol Geneva, 11 November 2012 I would like to thank the Swiss government for the invitation to participate today and to celebrate the 25thanniversary of the Montreal Protocol and its amazing successes.SPEECH/12/714HTMLWed, 10 Oct 2012 16:29:41 +0200CLIMACTIONCOMDOCGBHEDEGAARDSPEECHENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Building a world we like, with a climate we like Campaign launch "A world you like. With a climate you like" London, 8 October 2012http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-714_en.htmEuropean Commission Good morning and welcome to the launch of our awareness campaign A world you like. With a climate you like. Welcome to you here in London and also to, hopefully, many of you who are following this on the web.SPEECH/12/610HTMLMon, 17 Sep 2012 12:00:00 +0200CLIMACTIONCOMDOCHEDEGAARDSPEECHTANZANIAENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Climate change: our common challenge, our common opportunity AMCEN Ministerial meeting in Arusha (Tanzania) Arusha, 14 September 2012http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-610_en.htmEuropean Commission Thank you to Minister Terezya Huvisa for inviting me to the AMCEN meeting. Thank you to Tanzania for providing this excellent setting. And thank you for allowing me to address this distinguished group of African Ministers.SPEECH/12/293HTMLMon, 23 Apr 2012 16:03:01 +0200CLIMACTIONCOMDOCDHEDEGAARDSPEECHENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Keynote speech at the opening of the "Metropolitan Solutions Conference 2012" Hannover Messe Hannover, 23 April 2012http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-293_en.htmGood morning. I'd like to thank Hannover Messe for inviting me to speak today. I also want to congratulate the organisers for choosing Metropolitan Solutions as a guiding theme for this conference and exhibition. Because it is clear that making our cities both low-carbon and resilient to climate change is...SPEECH/12/208HTMLWed, 21 Mar 2012 15:35:20 +0100CLIMACTIONCLIMATECCOMDOCHEDEGAARDSPEECHENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Exchange of views on climate action in the future Cohesion policy Committee on Regional Development (European Parliament) Brussels, 20 March 2011http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-208_en.htmIt is a pleasure to meet with the EP Committee on Regional Development for an exchange of views on climate action in the future Cohesion policy. I want to thank whole-heartedly to Madame Chairman Danuta Huebner for the invitation. Let me start with the wider picture.SPEECH/12/67HTMLFri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100CLIMACTIONCOMDOCHEDEGAARDSPEECHENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Getting more for less 12th Delhi Sustainable Summit New Delhi, 3 February 2011http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-67_en.htmLadies and gentlemen, I am pleased once again to take part in the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit. I must once again thank Dr. Pachauri and the TERI Institute for your tireless efforts. I don't need to explain to you any more what sustainable development is about.SPEECH/11/780HTMLMon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100CLIMACTIONCOMDOCHEDEGAARDSPEECHENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Climate protection is not DEindustrialisation, but REindustrialisation: doing things smarter and more efficiently! Zero Emission Conference Oslo, 21 November 2011http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-11-780_en.htmSPEECH/ 11/780 Some people suggest environmental concerns and climate change have disappeared from the agenda because of the economic crisis that is currently hitting large parts of the world. That climate change no longer occupies the minds of people.SPEECH/11/762HTMLWed, 16 Nov 2011 11:05:29 +0100CLIMACTIONCLIMATECCOMDOCCONFEREPFHEDEGAARDHREXTRELSSASPEECHENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Preparation of the Climate Change Conference (COP17) in Durban European Parliament plenary debate on the preparation of the Climate Change Conference (COP 17) in Durban Strasbourg, 15 November 2011http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-11-762_en.htmPresident, Thank you for this opportunity to discuss where we are heading for in Durban. Needless to say, the Commission is trying to do whatever it can through outreach, through bilateral contacts at all levels, through proposing draft texts and suggestions, and by trying to find ways forward to ensure...SPEECH/11/746HTMLThu, 10 Nov 2011 15:53:03 +0100CLIMACTIONCOMDOCHEDEGAARDSPEECHENConnie Hedegaard European Commissioner for Climate Action Transport emissions and infrastructure European Parliament Transport Committee meeting Brussels, 10 November 2011http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-11-746_en.htmChairman, Members, While I had the opportunity to exchange views with you, Chairman, and with other Members of the Committee already in bilateral meetings, it is the first time that I address your committee as a whole hopefully not the last time during my mandate.