Launch of the High-Level Group Report on the Africa-Europe Climate Alliance

Jeppe Kofod is a Danish Social Democratic politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark since 2019. Previously, he served as a Member of the European Parliament from Denmark in the Party of European Socialists. Kofod used to be the leader of the Social Democrat Group in the European Parliament. Prior to the European elections, he was a Member of the Danish Parliament for 16 years where he served as the Danish Social Democrats’ foreign affairs spokesperson and chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee. Kofod’s focus areas include the fight for ambitious and binding climate and energy targets, better integration of renewable energy sources in the European energy grid and European energy independence based on renewable energy sources.

Mary Robinson is a prominent Irish politician, widely recognised as having reinvented the office of the presidency during her time as President of Ireland. Mary’s passion for human rights and gender equality have seen her in the role of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy in three roles. Through the Mary Robinson Foundation, as well as her current position at The Elders, she has been a leading voice in the climate justice debate. Mary serves as Patron of the International Science Council and Patron of the Board of the Institute of Human Rights and Business, is an Ambassador for The B Team, in addition to being a board member of several organisations including the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Aurora Foundation.

Vice-President Fayolle’s areas of oversight include financing of environment, climate action and the circular economy, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), development, financing operations in France, Germany, the ACP countries (Africa and the Pacific – except the Caribbean States and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), OCTs and South Africa. Vice-President Fayolle also oversees the relations with international financial institutions, coordination with multilateral development banks (MDBs), the relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the European Central Bank (ECB).