Green Transition: Essentials and Real Solutions – Polish Edition
Green Transition: Essentials and Real Solutions – Polish Edition
November 17 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Webinars for cities, national administrations, industry organisations, NGOs, business and academia
To meet Europe’s green transition goals, practical and scalable solutions are needed now. Cities, governments, businesses, and civil society all have a role to play – but success depends on working together and applying proven methods.
The webinars will feature presentations of good practice, interactive discussions, and opportunities to exchange views on how to translate strategies into action.
There will be 3 editions:
- Webinar for Polish speakers and entities on Monday 17 November
- An English version for European organisations on Wednesday 19 November
- A replica of the English version on Tuesday 25 November
Polish edition
Accelerating the green transition in Poland requires practical and scalable solutions. Cities, public administration, business, and civil society need to act together to turn ambitious strategies into real impact.
We invite you to join the Polish edition of the webinar Green Transition: Essentials and Real Solutions, which will take place in Polish, on Monday 17 November 2025, 10:00–13:00 CET.
Topics include:
- Green and Innovative Procurement – sustainable and innovation-oriented public procurement
- Warsaw Green Building Standard – applying green building standards as technical requirements in tenders
- Financing Green Transformations – public and private funding, with new and emerging instruments
- Polish Platform – Mission-minded Cities – activities and best practices from Polish cities
Speakers will include experts from the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), alongside examples of successful initiatives.
Registration is now open – join us and help shape Poland’s green transition.
Agenda
| Time | Title | Speakers |
| 10.00-10.05 | Introduction | Przemysław Derwich, Climate KIC |
| 10.05-11.00 | Green and Innovative Procurement – presentation & discussion | Paweł Kaczkan, Climate KIC Agata Rakowska, Director of Innovative Programme Management Development Department, The National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR) |
| 11.00-11.30 | How the Warsaw Green Building Standard may transform public procurement | Maciej Fuhrmann, City of Warsaw |
| 11.30-12.20 | Financing Green Transitions: New Public and Private Funding Solutions – presentation & discussion | Katarzyna Białkowska, City Finance Specialist, NetZeroCities, Climate KIC Sylwia Słomiak, Co-Head of Climate and Environment, EuroCities Tomasz Walczak, Vice-President, Euros Energy Sp. z o.o. |
| 12.20-12.55 | Connecting Mission and Mission-minded Cities: The Polish NetZeroCities Platform – presentation | Olga Krajewska, Senior Project Manager, ICLEI Europe Katarzyna Rędzińska PhD, Warsaw University of Technology, CapaCities Tomasz Fijołek , Union of Polish Metropolises (UMP) |
| 12.55-13.00 | Wrap up and closing | Przemysław Derwich, Climate KIC |
