Connie Hedegaard was the European Commissioner for Climate Action from 2010 to 2014, during which she led the negotiations towards the adoption of the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. As EU Commissioner, she was also responsible for the 2050 Roadmap for moving to a low carbon economy and represented the EU in the international climate negotiations.
Connie Hedegaard was the European Commissioner for Climate Action from 2010 to 2014, during which she led the negotiations towards the adoption of the EU 2030 Climate and Energy Framework. As EU Commissioner, she was also responsible for the 2050 Roadmap for moving to a low carbon economy and represented the EU in the international climate negotiations.
Connie Hedegaard has had climate action as a centrepiece of her political effort since she was appointed Minister of Environment to Denmark in 2004. Her political career she initiated in 1984 when she was elected to the Danish parliament as the youngest ever to exercise the mandate. In 1990 she decided to leave parliament and focus on a career in journalism, achieving 14 years in the print press, as TV anchor and as head of Danish Radio News (DR), respectively. Hence, she has a very elaborate engagement in issues concerning the interplay between media, the public and democracy.
Contributions
Danish Newspaper.
Danish Policy Journal.
Connie Hedegaard contributed to The Guardian from 2011 to 2015.
Books
Danish book about the future of EU and how Europe can tackle the challenges EU faces.
Danish biography by Kurt Strand.
Connie Hedegaard talks about the challenges we are facing in regards to climate changes.
Appearances
Bagklog på P1: Connie Hedegaard og Bjarne Corydon – 2020Connie Hedegaard participates along side, former Finance Minister, Bjarne Corydon in a Bagklog special about the big and small consequences of COVID-19. P1 Orientering: Grøn genstart – 2020Daily Danish News Program at DR (The Danish Broadcasting Corporation). Connie Hedegaard participated in the segment ‘Green Restart’. Opening speech at C40 Copenhagen – 2019Connie Hedegaard, Former European Commissioner for Climate open the C40 World Mayors Summit 2019 Speech at Aarhus University Annual Commemoration – 2019As Chair of the Board of Aarhus University, Denmark held the celebratory commemoration speech Klimadrengene og Connie Hedegaard – 2019Ad spot for 2019 European Parliament election, where Connie Hedegaard teams up with Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Frank Hvam, Mick Øgendahl, and Anders Morgenthaler to focus on the climate changes and the importance of voting green at the election |
Keynote speech at Oxford Martin School – 2015As former European Commissioner for Climate Action and as host Minister of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Connie Hedegaard has been at the sharp end of global agreements. An Interview with Connie Hedegaard – 2014LSE’s Conor Gearty travelled to Brussels to interview Connie Hedegaard, the European Commissioner for Climate Action. The interview was screened as part of the Dahrendorf Symposium, held in Berlin in November 2013. Interview on BBC’s HARDTalk – 201225 minute interview, where Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard. Are Europe’s politicians failing the climate change challenge? |
Climate action, green transition and international climate policy and investments;
Press, public media and Democracy in 21st century;
Policy and the European Union; obstacles and possibilities in international political frameworks.
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