Our Policy Calendar is collated by IEEP researchers and partners. It will keep you up to date on some of the key events and dates that will be of particular relevance to environmental and sustainability policies in the coming months.
September
- 51st Session of the IPCC– 20-23 September – Monaco
- Debate on Agriculture and Forestry– 20 September – Helsinki, Finland
- World Cleanup Day– 21 September
- Special Committee on Agriculture– 22 September
- Informal meeting of ministers for agriculture – 22-24 September – Helsinki, Finland
- UN Climate Summit– 23 September – New York, US
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 23-26 September – Brussels, Belgium
- EESC Bureau– 24 September
- SDG Summit– 24-25 September – New York, US
- European Research & Innovation Days– 24-26 September – Brussels, Belgium
- Climate Diplomacy Weeks– 24 September- 6th of October
- College of Commissioners– 25 September
- Political and Security Committee– 25-26 September
- EESC Plenary session– 25-26 September
- World Maritime Day– 26 September
- Meeting of the commission group of EIA/SEA national experts– 26 September – Helsinki, Finland
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 23-26 September – Brussels, Belgium
- European Day on Circular Economy– 30 September-1 October – Helsinki, Finland
October
- European Day on Circular Economy– 30 September-1 October – Helsinki, Finland
- Political and Security Committee– 1 October
- Conference: Re-thinking the relationship between international trade and environmental law– 1 October – Geneva, Switzerland
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 1-3 October – Brussels, Belgium
- Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe– 1-4 October
- Political and Security Committee– 3 October
- EU Arctic Forum– 3-4 October – Umeå, Sweden
- IFIB 2019-International Forum on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioeconomy– 3-4 October – Napoli, Italy
- Energy Efficiency Day– 2 October
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 7-8 October – Brussels, Belgium
- Trade for Sustainable Development Forum 2019– 7-9 October – Brussels, Belgium
- European Week of Regions and Cities– 7-10 October – Brussels, Belgium
- PreCOP 25 – 8-10 October – San José, Costa Rica
- Environment Council (ENVI)– 9 October – Luxembourg
- Helsinki Impact Conference– 9 October – Helsinki, Finland
- Eurogroup – 9 October – Luxembourg
- European Parliament plenary session– 9-10 October – Brussels, Belgium
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 10 October – Brussels, Belgium
- ECOFIN– 10 October – Luxembourg
- Arctic Circle Assembly– 11-13 October – Reykjavik, Iceland
- International Day for Disaster Reduction– 13 October
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 14 October – Brussels, Belgium
- World Environmental Education Day– 14 October
- Foreign Affairs Council– 14 October – Luxembourg
- Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) – 14-15 October – Luxembourg
- General Affairs Council– 15 October – Luxembourg
- Political and Security Committee– 15-16 October
- College of Commissioners– 16 October
- World Food Day– 16 October
- European Council– 17-18 October – Brussels, Belgium – Decision on MFF
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 17 October – Brussels, Belgium
- Farming for Biodiversity: Building on the know-how from RBPS pilots– 17 October – Brussels, Belgium
- European Parliament plenary session– 21-24 October – Strasbourg, France
- College of Commissioners– 16 October
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 22 October – Strasbourg, France
- Our Ocean Conference– 23-24 October – Oslo, Norway
- Political and Security Committee– 24 October
- Employment, social policy, health and consumer affairs council– 24 October – Employment and social policy
- Political and Security Committee– 24 October
- EESC Bureau– 29 October – Brussels, Belgium
- College of Commissioners– 30 October
- EESC Plenary session– 30-31 October – Brussels, Belgium
- Political and Security Committee– 31 October
- World Cities Day– 31 October
November
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 4-7 November – Brussels, Belgium
- JRC Week on Composite Indicators and Scoreboards– 4-8 November – Ispra, Italy
- 31st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol– 4-8 November – Rome, Italy
- Political and Security Committee– 5-6 November
- College of Commissioners– 6 November
- Eurogroup– 7 November
- ECOFIN– 8 November – Brussels, Belgium
- Foreign Affairs Council– 11 November – Brussels, Belgium
- Regions and Cities Making the SDGs Happen– 11 November – Committee of Regions
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 11-12 November – Brussels, Belgium
- 8th Session of the Governing Body to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture– 11-16 November – Rome, Italy
- 25th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – 11-12 November – Chile
- European Parliament plenary session– 13-14 November – Brussels, Belgium
- Politico Sustainable Future Summit– 14 November – Brussels, Belgium
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 14 November – Brussels, Belgium
- Meeting of Heads European food safety agencies– 14 November – Helsinki, Finland
- ECOFIN– 15 November – Brussels – Budget
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 18 November – Brussels, Belgium
- Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) – 18 November – Brussels, Belgium
- General Affairs Council– 19 November
- Political and Security Committee– 19 November
- European Circular Economy Summit– 19-21 November – Barcelona, Spain
- EIT Food conference – the Future of Food – 20 October – Brussels, Belgium
- Global Science, Technology and Innovation Conference– 20-22 November – Brussels, Belgium
- World Fisheries Day– 21 November
- Foreign Affairs Council– 21 November – Brussels – Trade
- European Parliament plenary session– 25-28 November – Strasbourg, France
- ESPON Week– 25-29 November – Helsinki, Finland
- 23rd Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity– 25-29 November – Montreal, Canada
- Political and Security Committee– 26 November
- FTP Conference 2019– 27 November – Helsinki, Finland
- Political and Security Committee– 28 November
- European Clean Air Forum– 28-29 November – Bratislava, Slovakia
December
- CoR Bureau– 3 December – Brussels, Belgium
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 2-5 December – Brussels, Belgium
- COP 25– 2-13 December – Santiago, Chile
- Europe that protects– 3 December – Helsinki, Finland
- Developing an innovation-friendly legislative culture– 3 December – Helsinki, Finland
- NATO Summit– 3-4 December – London, UK
- Eurogroup– 4 December – Brussels, Belgium
- College of Commissioners– 4 December – Brussels, Belgium
- World Soil Day– 5 December
- ECOFIN– 6 December – Brussels, Belgium
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 9 December – Brussels, Belgium
- Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council– 9 December – Brussels, Belgium
- Foreign Affairs Council– 9 December – Brussels, Belgium
- INTERREG Europe monitoring committee– 10 December – Helsinki, Finland
- General Affairs Council– 10 December – Brussels, Belgium
- Political and Security Committee– 10-11 December
- IEEP General Assembly and Strategic Advisory Council– 11 December – Brussels, Belgium
- College of Commissioners– 11 December – Brussels, Belgium
- International Mountain Day– 11 December
- EU Agricultural Outlook Conference– 10-11 December – Brussels, Belgium
- European Parliament Committee Meetings– 12 December – Brussels, Belgium
- Ministry of the environment celebration conference on MAES in Europe – 13 December
- Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) – 16-17 December – Brussels, Belgium
- European Parliament Plenary Session – 16-19 December – Strasbourg, France
- College of Commissioners – 17 December – Brussels, Belgium
- Environment Council (ENVI) – 19 December – Brussels, Belgium
- Political and Security Committee – 19 December