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Green Transition and Carbon Neutrality

12.12.19 | Begivenheder
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Photographer
Nils Rasmusson
With the growing pressure from especially youth, the demand for more bold political climate action is growing. This is bridging towards a structural and economic transition. Are you interested in how we shall move away from fossil fuels? Then come and join us at either of the Nordic Hubs as we will have a exciting day coming up.

Information

Dates
12.12.2019
Time
11:00 - 20:30
Location

IFEMA - Feria de Madrid , hall 6
Avda. del Partenón 5
28042 Madrid
Spanien

Type
Event

09.30-10.30 Nordic Business Breakfast

9.00 Green financing a key to success 

9.30 How will companies be using carbon offsetting in five years? 

10.00 Digital goes climate: learn from Sweden 

Business Sweden

11.00-12.00 Just transition - Trade unions and green NGOs bridging the climate challenge

Do trade unions and green NGOs have different perspectives on green and fair? The debate addresses the challenges of a green and just transition. How can we ensure ambitious climate targets while getting everyone involved? The Bridge to the Future is an alliance of trade unions and green NGOs. The aim of the alliance is a CO2-neutral Denmark with on 100% renewable energy by 2040 based on a just transition – leaving no one behind.

Speakers

  • Monika Skadborg The Danish national youth climate council
  • Thomas Damkjær Petersen The Danish Society of Engineers
  • Simona Fabiani, CGILItaly

Moderator 

  • Sebastian Storme, Just transition Center

The Danish Society for Engineers

12.15-13.00 Adapting to a changing climate: ensuring young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights

Ensuring the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people contributes to the development of sustainable societies and to building resilience of communities and individuals of developing countries in particular. Women and girls are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change due to existing inequalities and barriers.

Sex & Samfund/Danish Family Planning Association, Asian-Pacific Resource and Research centre for Women (ARROW) and Population and Sustainable Development Alliance (PSDA)

14.00-15.00 World Energy Outlook 2019 - in-depth presentation

Joint event between Stockholm and Madrid

The energy sector will have to deliver the major part of emissions reductions in the coming years. WEO presents scenarios of how this important sector could deliver on the Paris agreement. WEO 2019 also have a special outlook on Africa that will be discussed in this session.

  • Welcome by Svend Søyland, Senior Adviser Nordic Energy Research
  • Presentation of WEO by David Turk, Head of the Strategic Initiatives Office, International Energy Agency
  • Panel discussion lead by Peter Janoska, International Energy Agency

Nordic Energy Research and International Energy Agency

15.30-16.30 Coal Out, Renewables In: Sharing Economic Insights and Exploring the Benefits

Let’s turn the shift from black to green energy into the business of the future. The necessary shift to renewable energy requires the political will to phase-out and a stop for new coal and it presents economic opportunities through the reallocation of capital in the energy system. The Powering Past Coal Alliance invites you to join the discussion: @nordicpavilion

Danish ministry for climate, energy and utilities

18.00-18.30 Briefing: What is going on at COP25 in Madrid?

Joint event between Stockholm and Madrid 📺

We open the backdoor and you get the latest updates from the UN Climate negotiations 📺.

Mia Rahunen, climate expert, WWF

18.30-19.30 Tracking Clean Energy Progress – Globally and in the Nordics

Joint event between Stockholm and Madrid

Presentation of Tracking Nordic Clean Energy Progress; a report that charts Nordic progress towards a carbon neutral society by highlighting trends and examining scenarios where Nordic solutions can have a global impact. The report illustrates –for technologies and key parameters –the latest progress in technology development and penetration, as well as market creation.

Opening the event

  • Paula Lehtomäki, Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) Secretary General​​​

Presenters

  • David Turk, International Energy Agency (IEA)
  • Bo Diczfalusy, Senior Advisor, Nordic Energy Research

Panelists

  • Tore Storehaug, member of the Norwegian parliament, Committee of Energy and Environment
  • Sofie Nordvik, Youth Delegate to the UNFCCC, Norway

Moderators

  • Mary Gestrin, Communications Director at Nordic Council of Ministers
  • Svend Søyland, Nordic Energy Research (NER)

Nordic Energy Research and International Energy Agency

19.30-20.30 Designing Policy Approaches under Article 6

Fenella Aouane from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) will be sharing a description of a groundbreaking project funded by Norway on designing policy approaches under Article 6, with a focus on creating transformational change at a national level and generating potential ITMOs.

Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

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