COP 26 and Bilateral Relations

In this joint meeting with the Copenhagen International Rotary Club we will be joined by Emma Kate Hopkins, OBE, the British Ambassador to Denmark. Her presentation will cover COP 26 and Bilateral Relations. 

Prior to assuming her current post, Emma Kate served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2015 to 2020. Whilst in Bulgaria she was also the senior regional lead for organised crime and rule of law projects (including modern slavery) in Central and Eastern Europe. Emma was born in Bolton and studied at St. Clement Danes Comprehensive School and Cambridge University where she graduated with a degree in Law. She was called to the Bar in 1995 and practised as a criminal barrister until 2001 when she entered public service.

Before her appointment in Sofia, Emma led the UK government’s Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI), a campaign to end impunity for warzone rape. She was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for services to preventing sexual violence in conflict-affected countries. Emma’s career in government has included leading legal and policy teams at a senior level. She has worked on immigration and asylum, human rights, EU justice and home affairs, international criminal law, organised crime, as well as violence against women.

This meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams with our fellow Rotarians in Copenhagen, and as such we will follow their protocols for giving guests access to the event. We, therefore, ask that non-members of MIRC please contact us to request access. We will reply individually to all guest requests with the access details.