Petersberg Climate Dialogue XI

The 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue concluded with a commitment to a green recovery built on solidarity. At the invitation of Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharma, around 30 climate ministers from all over the globe participated in the Climate Dialogue via video conference. Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and UN Secretary-General António Guterres also took part in the meeting.

You can find press photos at www.bmu.de/MD1313

You can find the Co-Chairs' Conclusions here (accessible PDF, 1 MB).

The 11th Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Main Messages

Videos from the Petersberg Climate Dialogue

Tuesday, 28 April 2020: High-Level-Segment	Video file
Welcome address by Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze	English / German
Speech by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (Beginning shortened)	English / German
Speech by UN Secretary-General António Guterres	English / German
Questions and answers with the ministers	English / German
Closing remarks by Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze	English / German
Closing remarks by Alok Sharma, UK Secretary of State for Business	English / German

Monday, 27 April 2020: Press conference	Video file
Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze	English / German
Nicholas Stern, Professor at the London School of Economics (live video link)	English / German
Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (live video link)	English / German
Question and answer session with the journalists	English / German

Petersberg Climate Dialogue: Financing Climate Ambition in the Context of COVID-19

Wednesday, 29 April 2020: Virtual conference	Video file / PDF
Complete recording of livestream	Video
Financing Ambition for Climate in the Time of COVID-19	Summary (PDF accessible, 215 KB)

Explanations and messages

Statements by Federal Minister Svenja Schulze and Secretary of State Alok Sharma, co-hosts of this year's Petersberg Climate Dialogue

Minister of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety | Germany

Svenja Schulze

Germany

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=e26c4269-36f6-4c7c-8daf-2dd0561a21ff _blank - "external link to the statement"

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and President of COP 26 | Great Britain

Alok Sharma

United Kingdom

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=3f4e668b-9c2f-4c35-b1a2-503bf0dd7f99 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Statement by Chancellor Angela Merkel, United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres and First Secretary of State Dominic Raab

Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

Angela Merkel

Germany

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=d7422499-dc39-4356-85d0-48a53b5fdf0e _blank - "external link to statement"

Secretary-General | United Nations

António Guterres

United Nations

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=3316ce39-6aaa-4b67-979a-bb9cefdc2de4 _blank - "external link to the statement"

First Secretary of State | United Kingdom

Dominic Raab

United Kingdom

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=223cee92-1670-493c-b539-9cfe87214f27 _blank - "external link to statement"

Statements by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nicholas Stern and Christiana Figueres

The Brookings Institution

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The Brookings Institution

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=88832c9e-5f5d-4ed6-ba76-25dbb26fa92a _blank - "external link to statement"

Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute

Nicholas Stern

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=e8feae27-8728-4e75-a579-02369109f003 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Convenor of Mission 2020

Christiana Figueres

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=8c83c2f7-c352-450f-af1f-09985ea24b36 _blank - "external link to statement"

Video messages by ministers

Minister of Foreign Affairs | Bhutan

Dr. Tandi Dorji

Bhutan

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=bde26fd2-8373-4a4b-beca-a1383a2f343a _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of the Environment Chile and COP 25 President

Carolina Schmidt

Chile

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=f758114c-07b6-426a-b349-038bee47ff81 _blank - "external link to statement"

Ministry of Ecology and Environment | People’s Republic of China

Runqiu Huang

People’s Republic of China

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=e1630dc9-ba26-4c27-b94b-148b6427eb1e _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister for the Environment | Colombia

Ricardo Lozano

Colombia

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=cdf68be9-ded4-44c3-893d-211f05de9f5d _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of Environment and Energy | Costa Rica

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez

Costa Rica

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=0b34603a-01d0-4a9f-b936-4a6f0bdc3b71 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister for the Environment and Energy | Croatia

Tomislav Ćorić

Croatia

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=afa56c9f-728c-4c8a-8f41-da21b5f9c076 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of the Environment | Egypt

Yasmin Fouad

Arab Republic of Egypt

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=c21363bc-7982-40ff-b5ef-11f5399f0681 _blank - "external link to statement"

Executive Vice-President | European Commission

Frans Timmermans

European Commission

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=b9ddaf3e-1177-4ba3-b55a-bab9cda8f3b6 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of Finance | Finland

Katri Kulmuni

Finland

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=8fa37efc-2274-4666-92ac-baf9601a8d22 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of the Environment and Climate Change | Finland

Krista Mikkonen

Finland

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=63fbc0ba-2bc5-4b06-bbe6-441b8e2ece70 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of State for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition | France

Brune Poirson

France

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=a58bd440-6e5b-4631-8f71-bd4396473a3f _blank - "external link to the statement"

Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Cooperation and Development | Germany

Dr. Maria Flachsbarth

Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=366210af-b8cd-4178-99d3-7e533f97fa19 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of Forests, Oceans, Environment and Climate Change | Gabonese Republic

Prof. Lee White

Gabonese Republic

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=93a12475-a29b-47e1-8c8b-efde76c46e19 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister for Environment | India

Prakash Javadekar

India

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=507189be-acba-47d2-ad9b-4263b6061120 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Adviser to the Minister for Climate Change | Indonesia

Dr. Ir. Nur Masripatin

Indonesia

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=a9b85734-88aa-42f3-b48c-b8508fc84d6f _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of Environment, Land and Sea | Italy

Sergio Costa

Italy

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=3561c7c7-1d55-4f96-867a-b2a78678b170 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of the Environment | Japan

Shinjiro Koizumi

Japan

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=d49d44fd-93ad-4c9d-87aa-c37a711541f8 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of Environment | Republic of Korea

Myung-rae Cho

Republic of Korea

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=c17941f8-6c2d-48ed-aade-f2d8dddb2b57 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade | Marshall Islands

Casten Nemra

Marshall Islands

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=1ecbb98f-8160-4a5b-b9a2-ffbc8feebfbe _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of Environment | Mexico

Victór M. Toledo

Mexico

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=d3ea7372-0e9d-4d74-8267-ddde24a887e7 _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister of Climate Change | New Zealand

James Shaw

New Zealand

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=17b67374-e42a-493b-9a34-f4f6a3186277 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of Climate and Environment | Norway

Sveinung Rotevatn

Norway

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=e26604c6-8101-42cf-a17d-4c2ad50e985a _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of Climate | Poland

Michał Kurtyka

Poland

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=b7bf847f-7220-4a9e-b3a1-e94b8a52268a _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister of the Environment | Rwanda

Dr. Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya

Rwanda

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=cbfef7b4-c980-4420-8a2e-404c6570f48e _blank - "external link to the statement"

Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation | Russia

Ruslan Edelgeriev

Russia

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=41891fe7-d215-4cdc-b564-1495a9f9c00d _blank - "external link to the statement"

Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge Spain

Teresa Ribera Rodríguez

Spain

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=fd3cfb38-8867-4d9f-9505-d49b2279b9e2 _blank - "external link to the statement"

President of the Swiss Confederation

Simonetta Sommaruga

Switzerland

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=ac06c5d3-536b-45c6-b931-97bbec31f00d _blank - "external link to statement"

Minister for Climate Change and Environment | United Arab Emirates

Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi

United Arab Emirates

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=39a9624e-0a62-4a73-9440-9b16a32fa143 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Video messages by heads of international organisations

Executive Secretary UN Climate Change | UNFCC

Patricia Espinosa

UNFCCC

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=6e63111b-79ad-47a4-8fa4-e021479976c3 _blank - "external link to statement"

Secretary General of OECD

Angel Gurría

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=66e941b8-d40d-489e-b72b-ab7193c738b6 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Director-General International | Renewable Energy Agency

Francesco La Camera

International Renewable Energy Agency

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=cd31f517-f88b-47e1-babc-345a777ef988 _blank - "external link to statement"

UNDP Administrator

Achim Steiner

United Nations Development Programme

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=52b3ff56-20c2-442d-9a18-12f812f8580a _blank - "external link to statement"

Chairwoman and Managing Director | IMF

Kristalina Georgieva

IMF

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=a80f0a20-7bea-42d5-87e2-b89664d3f542 _blank - "external link to statement"

Video messages by non-state actors

CEO | ACWA Power

Paddy Padmanathan

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=499bcf06-92a5-4f5e-98fd-4e4ef7c40b46 _blank - "external link to the statement"

President of AGRA

Dr. Agnes Kalibata

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=bcc23530-6438-4749-b638-2730dc3d62f2 _blank - "external link to statement"

Chairman of the Board of Management | Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG

Ola Källenius

Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=024852d0-187f-44b5-b801-9e755ca7eb1f _blank - "external link to statement"

Executive Director | Greenpeace International

Jennifer Morgan

Greenpeace International

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=a67b0733-4594-4b72-916f-fd0ff454e172 _blank - "external link to the statement"

CEO | Global Wind Energy Council

Ben Backwell

Global Wind Energy Council

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=825015c1-f20d-419d-a124-c8e6305fb277 _blank - "external link to the statement"

General Secretary | ITUC

Sharan Burrow

International Trade Union Confederation

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=838c6a2f-3036-4502-9f6c-17d606540cf7 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Chairman and CEO of Liebreich Associates

Michael Liebreich

Liebreich Associates

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=4a903933-2ea0-47ac-ba57-62c06c9b834e _blank - "external link to statement"

Mayor of Bonn and President of ICLEI | Local Governments for Sustainability

Ashok Sridharan

Local Governments for Sustainability

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=f8a384ae-b2ab-470b-8d0b-8df6081d64e9 _blank - "external link to the statement"

Executive Board Member of De Nederlandsche Bank N. V.

Frank Elderson

Executive Board Member of De Nederlandsche Bank N. V.

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=99c93eca-c5f6-4773-8366-cb73d3f2c74f _blank - "external link to statement"

Chief Executive | ScottishPower

Keith Anderson

ScottishPower

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=8d8a3046-0c4d-4e5a-9473-9c055ccea66b _blank - "external link to statement"

Head of Otto Group

Dr Michael Otto

Otto Group

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=f52058ba-b7dd-478b-bd33-86df486e40d3 _blank - "external link to statement"

The Energy and Resources Institute

Ajay Mathur

The Energy and Resources Institute

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=54a60edc-916a-44a4-ad66-97dd123af19c _blank - "external link to the statement"

Co-Founder and Executive President | TriCiclos

Gonzalo Muñoz

Muñoz

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=fb3ff1eb-00bb-44b9-b591-151f0e07fb52 _blank - "external link to the statement"

World Resources Institute | President and CEO

Andrew Steer

World Resources Institute

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=12ab16ab-3a1d-4f52-9b55-feb87c64b6bc _blank - "external link to the statement"

Executive Vice President | Enel Group

Simone Mori

Executive Vice President | Enel Group

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=dc4d2a47-ddaa-4380-8fc1-858dc5c2f654 _blank - "external link to statement"

High Level Climate Action Champion

Nigel Topping

High Level Climate Action Champion

https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=43829fdd-4175-4fc7-9623-88d1244b908e _blank - "external link to statement"

Tweets #PCD11

Links to Climate policy

Bild: IFEMA Feria de Madrid | Logo: UNFCC

International climate policy

UN Climate Change Conference 2019 in Madrid

5354 _blank - "to the landingpage"

Plenarsaal des Petersberger Klimadialogs

BMU/Thomas Trutschel

Milestones

Ten years of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue

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