According to the LobbyMap platform—the world's leading database on corporate and industry association climate policy engagement—corporate support for ambitious climate policy in Europe is on the rise. In this new webinar series, InfluenceMap will highlight the importance of science-aligned climate policy and positive corporate advocacy. Each webinar will feature a corporate actor, who will share insights on and challenges for positive corporate advocacy on climate policy.
In this first session, InfluenceMap’s Europe Program Manager, Venetia Roxburgh, will unpack how a group of industry associations is attempting to shape the EU climate policy agenda using a series of narratives that pit climate action against competitiveness, promote anti-regulation, and advocate vague policy approaches. She will compare these efforts with guidance by the International Panel on Climate Change on science-aligned policy and showcase LobbyMap's findings that corporate support for robust climate policy action is on the rise.
We will then hear from Miguel Muñoz Rodríguez, Head of Climate Policies and Alliances at Iberdrola, who will share insights on Iberdrola's science-aligned advocacy on EU climate policy, revealing ways to change industry narratives and highlighting the role that ambitious climate policy can play in delivering industrial competitiveness.
Next, Pieter Lemmens, Expert to the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), will offer an assessment of the current European climate policy agenda and underscore the importance of ambitious science-aligned policy in the region.
The webinar will close with remarks from Dominic Gogol, Director of Policy at the We Mean Business Coalition, who will share new research on corporate attitudes towards climate policy and the energy transition and highlight upcoming policy priorities.
This webinar is open to all interested in EU climate policy, corporate climate policy engagement, and its alignment with the International Panel on Climate Change's policy recommendations, including corporations, investors, civil society, and policymakers. Attendees will gain a broad understanding of the current state of EU climate policy and corporate advocacy, and companies and investors in particular will gain tools & resources for driving positive corporate engagement. The webinar will conclude with a panel discussion—attendees will also have the opportunity to ask our experts questions.
InfluenceMap
Venetia RoxburghProgram Manager, Lead on Europe
Venetia joined InfluenceMap in 2020 and leads the Europe team in assessing corporate engagement on climate change policy. Venetia holds a Bachelor’s degree in French and Spanish from the University of Leeds and a MSc in Environment, Politics and Society from UCL.
Iberdrola
Miguel Muñoz RodríguezHead of Climate Policies and Alliances
Miguel Muñoz is currently Head of the Climate Policies and Alliances in Iberdrola since 2015. From 2008 to 2014, he was part of the Direction of Regulatory Affairs at Iberdrola, coordinating the area of energy policy and studies. Until 2008 he was Technical Advisor on energy and environment at the Economic Bureau of the Spanish Prime Minister. He participates in both national and international committees of institutions and alliances that specialize in climate action and the green transition. Below are some organizations where he holds advisory and representative roles: the Climate Policy Advisory Board of We Mean Business (BM), the Climate Area of the Spanish Green Growth Group (coordinator), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (liaison delegate), the Climate Platform of the United Nations Global Compact (liaison delegate), the Corporate Leaders Group Europe, and the Green Macroeconomic Group of Bruegel… He holds a B.Sc. (Honours) Degree in Economics, an MSc in Economic Analysis and Financial Economics from the Complutense University of Madrid and an MBA in Management of Energy Industries by UAN. He combines his professional activity at Iberdrola with teaching and academic activity at the College of Europe, the Master's Degree in the Electric Power Industry (Universidad Pontificia Comillas) and the Master's Degree on Energy Business (Club Español de la Energía). He has collaborated in institutional publications such as the Spanish Sustainable Development Strategy and the Economic Report of the President of the Government 2007 and 2008 and is the author of several publications on energy security, climate change and regulation of energy efficiency and renewable energies. As an Ambassador of the European Climate Pact, he engages in volunteer activities to promote climate action in Europe.
Expert
Pieter LemmensEuropean Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change
Pieter-Willem Lemmens joined the secretariat to the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change in 2022, and has since then coordinated the work on several reports covering responses to the 2022 energy crisis, the assessment of progress to and policy consistency with EU climate neutrality, and enhancing mitigation and adaptation in the EU agri-food system. Prior to joining the Secretariat, he worked more than 10 years on EU climate policies and other climate-related topics, both within the public (Flemish ministry) and the private sector (consultancy). His background is in political sciences and climate studies.
We Mean Business Coalition
Dominic GogolDirector, Advocacy Initiatives
Dominic Gogol is a Director of Advocacy Initiatives at the We Mean Business Coalition. He leads the coalition’s work on Responsible Policy Engagement, working with leading companies to align their advocacy with their climate transition plans.