Business Forum of the Partnership for Transatlantic Cooperation on Energy and Climate

Several U.S. administration ministers from the Departments of Energy and Commerce are in Bucharest, where they are attending a business forum of the Transatlantic Partnership for Energy and Climate Cooperation at the Palace of Parliament. Other participants include energy ministers from Romania and from Ukraine, Greece and Moldova, as well as the Polish industry minister.

On the agenda are energy security and transition, infrastructure projects and how cities are implementing strategies to become less polluted. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, opening the meeting, said global solutions must be found to energy problems or those created by climate change.

Marcel Ciolacu: "Our national energy systems influence each other, communicate and depend on each other, and climate certainly does not respect borders. The challenges in these areas are global and therefore we need to find global solutions. Together with European and American partners, we can propose effective energy and climate solutions. We can, but only if we work in synchronization. When I say we, I don't just mean politicians, but business people, researchers, experts and civil society."

The forum, organized by the Department of Energy, the US Department of Energy and the Atlantic Council, continues tomorrow with a ministerial meeting that will focus on the role of industrial policy in achieving transatlantic energy security and climate goals.

Translated by: Radu Matei