About this presentation

related to ATMOsphere Europe 2015
published on 16 March 2015
7 pages
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Philip Owen from the European Commission, and specifically DG Climate Action, presented on the EU’s response towards a global phase-down of HFCs. In speaking of the need for both developed and developing countries to complement action on keeping climate change below 2°C, with appropriate financial contributions where needed. Owen highlighted an emerging EU proposal seeing the challenge for developed countries in stimulating innovation, as well as the need for developing a fair deal for developing countries in phasing out ozone depleting substances.

About the speaker(s)

Philip Owen

 

Philip Owen joined the European Commission in 1990 having spent 12 years in the private sector working with KPMG. He has had a varied career with the Commission spending a number of years in DG Competition dealing with both merger and State aid cases including State aid to the automotive sector between 1996 and 1999. This was followed by three years in DG Regional Policy managing a number of Objective 1 and 2 programmes. He was in DG Environment from 2002 to 2010 having been in charge of the financial management Unit and well as the LIFE programme (DG Environment's project funding initiative).

After briefly following transport and air quality issues, Philip Owen took up responsibility for his current post, in DG Climate Action, in mid-February 2010. This post encompasses climate action policy for transport, road vehicles as well as dealing with ozone and fluorinated gas issues and the UN's Montreal Protocol.