Day 5 of COP 26 Backdoor Schedule
Welcome to fifth daily broadcast from the floor of the negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference. Today’s theme, Innovation & Digitalization is part of the Exponential Climate Action Summit IV – brought to you live from Glasgow and our hubs in Nairobi, Washington DC, and Stockholm.In today’s show you’ll meet Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Hanna Grahn, Sustainability Lead, Spotify; Börje Ekholm, CEO, Ericsson; Gabrielle Giner, Head of Environmental Sustainability, BT; and many others.
08:15-09:45 — Solutions to tackle Climate Change in Agriculture and Food Sector
This workshop presents the ongoing trends in the agriculture and food sectors, after which a panel discussion will be held, in which future challenges, research needs, and solutions are discussed.
Moderator:
Antti Asikainen, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Speakers:
Mila Sell, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Eliisa Malin, Baltic Sea Action Group
Panel
Saara Kankaanrinta, Baltic Sea Action Group
Juha Nousiainen, Valio
Jyrki Niemi, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Hanna L. Tuomisto, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
Andreas Saari, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, [Stealth CO2 repurposing company], former CEO of Slush
Organizer: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
Others involved: Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG)
08:30-09:30 – The unsung hero on the path to decarbonization
To speed up the transition towards a decarbonized future we need to have multiple solutions along the road. One of them is energy efficiency where there is a huge untapped potential to reduce carbon dioxide emission already today.
Moderator:
Jakob Kiefer, Group Head of Public Affairs, ABB
Madeleine Gilborne, Vice President CleanTech, Alfa Laval
Speakers:
Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency, IEA
Morten Wierod, President Business Motion, ABB
Julien Gennetier, Vice President Energy Division, Alfa Laval
Organizer: ABB, Alfa Laval, Business Sweden
10:00-11:00 — LEAF: A Coalition of Leaders for Forest Protection
The LEAF Coalition is a public-private initiative that aims to mobilize $1 billion in finance for tropical forest protection. Join us during COP to hear from corporate, forest country, and Nordic leaders about how together they can support an end to tropical deforestation.
Speakers:
Rt Hon Zac Goldsmith, UK Minister for Pacific and the Environment
Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Deputy Director, Office of the State Steering Committee for The Program on Sustainable Forest Development and REDD+ Implementation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam
Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director, Climate Change, National REDD+ Focal Point, Forestry Commission of Ghana
Nathaniel Keohane, President, C2ES, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Eron Bloomgarden, Founder and Executive Director of Emergent
Organizer: LEAF Coalition
Co-organizer: Emergent and Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)
10:15-11:15 — Livestock’s Role in Sustainable Food Systems and Society
An expert panel discussion will illuminate, expand, and add nuance to current (mis)understandings of the interconnected roles livestock play in food systems and as a part of making food systems more/less sustainable.
Speakers:
Minna Kaljonen, Research Professor, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) – Behavioural Change
Annukka Vainio, Associate Professor, University of Helsinki, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) - Behavioural Change towards Sustainability
Agustín del Prado, Professor, Basque Centre for Climate Change – Land use and climate changes from agriculture
Dr. Irina Herzon, University Lecturer, Agroecology, University of Helsinki
Organizer: Helsinki Institute Of Sustainability Science (Helsus)
Others involved: Miriam Torres-Miralles, Rachel Mazac
11:30-12:30 — Data for forest and farming – building from below
Data is needed for result-oriented climate action. We present cases on North-South collaboration using data to engage smallholders. The Vietnam case presents a digital solution in smallholder forestry and the Kenyan cases the digital platform for grain producers, the application of precision farming and the participatory forest inventories.
Moderator:
Tiina Huvio, FFD
Speakers:
EAFF/PAFO – Elizabeth Nsimadala
FFD, Noora Simola
IFFA - Lennart Ackzell
DAFC - Niels Peter Nørring
Organizer: Food and Forest Development Finland
Co-organizers: International Family Forestry Alliance, Farm Forestry Smallholder Producers Association of Kenya, Simosol, East African Farmers Federation, Danish Agriculture, and Food Council
12:00–13:00 — Business and Government Contributions to a Just Low-Carbon Transition
Business and Government Contributions to a Just Low-Carbon TransitionFor just transition planning to be effective, it should be aligned with broader government action on climate resilience. Governments too have a critical role to play in the transition. They are responsible for providing social protection and regulation, education, and re-skilling to support a just transition.
This virtual webinar will present the World Benchmarking Alliance's Just Transition methodology and assessment findings, inform understanding of business contributions to a transition through company case studies and examples of good practice and explore how governments enable a just transition.
Organizer: World Benchmarking Alliance
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12:00-12:10 – The Glasgow COPpuccinos at The Resilience Hub - Episode 5
Resilience Hub: Okalani describes the roots of her climate activism in her cultural legacy and her fear of loss, and how her own activism brought her family’s experience of changing weather into a larger realization of how humans were affecting the climate.
In the Pacific the changes are coming thick and fast, so helping people change their perception is not hard. Okalani’s activism draws her to help disadvantaged girls and women to develop their skills and livelihoods. Her message to the leaders at COP is that they should accelerate the movement of funds to help reinforce coastal infrastructure on the Pacific islands.
Her source of hope? Her fellow Pacific islanders! The infrastructure of hope.
Speakers:
Okalani Mariner, Pacific climate activist, member of 350.org
Organizer: The Resilience Shift.
12:40-13:10 — Climate change impacts on Saami reindeer herding pastures
This event will provide information on the NCM-funded project CITE--Climate Impacts on Terrestrial Environments, a pilot study to demonstrate co-production of a project plan between Saami reindeer herders and terrestrial/climate researchers to document climate-related changes on reindeer pasturelands in Fennoscandinan Sápmi.
Speaker:
Gunn-Britt Retter, Saami Council
Organizer: Saami Council/AMAP
13:15-14:00 — Accelerating exponential climate action among businesses to halve emissions by 2030
We need to cut emissions by half by 2030, and this requires exponential scaling of climate solutions to shift out the fossil-based. The UN Race We need to cut emissions by half by 2030, and this requires exponential scaling of climate solutions to shift out the fossil-based. The UN Race to Zero, Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the SME Climate Hub have established sharp requirements to halve emissions every decade. Ericsson and the Exponential Roadmap Initiative invite you to this session to showcase the strategies and actions taken by some world-leading companies, showing that sharp climate action is possible and creates a competitive advantage—and discuss actions beyond their own business to reach the tipping point required.
Hosted by: Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Börje Ekholm, CEO of Ericsson
Johan Falk, CEO ofExponential Roadmap Initiative
Fiona Macklin, Race to Zero
Kerry Constabile, Lead for Sustainability Strategy and Engagement at Google
Kristina Kloberdanz, SVP, Chief Sustainability Officer at Mastercard
Moderator:
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, We Don't Have Time
Organizer: Business Sweden
13:15-13:45 — Lunch Briefing: COP26 from a Danish perspective
Live from the Nordic Pavilion in Glasgow we give you access to the ongoing negotiations at COP26. In a joint event with the Nordic COP26 Hub in Helsinki you get a unique opportunity to ask your questions straight to the people in charge.
Speaker:
Anette Ejersted, Head of the Danish UNFCCC delegation.
15:15-15:45 — Finding Green Solutions in Blue Forests
Nordic blue forests are important natural sinks for carbon and can contribute to reaching ambitious climate goals in the Nordic region. The event will discuss findings from the Nordic Blue Carbon project and address the importance of maintaining and strengthening blue forests as carbon sinks.
Speakers:
Solrun Figenschau Skjellum, Norsk Institutt for Vannforskning (NIVA), Nordic Blue Carbon project
Marianne Olsen, leader of the Nordic Council of Ministers Ocean and Climate group, Norwegian Environment Agency
Organizer: NMR HavKli, Nordic Council of Ministers - Ocean and Climate group
14:00-14:50 — Wetland/Peatland conservation, restoration, and management: from Scotland to the Arctic
Effective conservation, restoration and management of wetlands, including peatlands, holds enormous potential to contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation, and conservation of biodiversity. Here, policymakers and experts from Scotland and Arctic states will explore the challenges and opportunities that are emerging as we collectively seek to protect and restore these crucial ecosystems.
Moderator
Tobias Salathe, Ramsar secretariat
Speakers
Mairi McAllan, Scottish Government – Minister for Environment and Land Reform
Gustaf Hugelius, CAFF/University of Stockholm
Terhi Lehtonen, State Secretary, Ministry for the Environment, Government of Finland
Andrew Coupar, NatureScot – Policy and Advice Manager, Uplands and Peatlands
Organizer: Scottish Government
Others involved: NatureScot, CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna), The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
14:15-15:00 — Enabling Exponential Climate Policy
Science makes it clear that policies need to enable and support businesses to align with the carbon law. The report Governing our Climate Future launched by the Global Challenges Foundation together with the Exponential Roadmap Initiative focuses on the policies and governance solutions needed to achieve this, building on the Exponential Roadmap: scaling 36 solutions to halve emissions by 2030. The policies should be purposeful and exponentially scalable. This event will inspire and educate policymakers, business leaders and civil society in the policies and governance solutions needed to halve global emissions by 2030 and scale the 36 solutions identified.
Hosted by: Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Speakers:
Linda Burenius, Head of Development at Global Challenge Foundation
Dr. Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)
Mattias Frumerie, Head of Delegation UNFCCC at Swedish Ministry of Environment
Jimena Leiva Roesch, Head of Peace and Sustainable Development at the InternationalPeace Institute and Guatemala's former lead negotiator for the Paris Agreement
Tomer Shalit, CPO and Founder of ClimateView
Stefan Henningsson, Senior Climate Specialist, Nordea
Johan Falk, CEO of Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Moderator:
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, We Don't Have Time
Organizer: Business Sweden
15:00-17:00 — Two Global Crises Interlinked
Two global crises interlinked: biodiversity loss and climate change. Actions to mitigate one should not worsen the other.
Two interactive panel debates considering examples that require the balancing of needs as well as win-win action for both climate and nature with the participation of policy makers and experts.
First a panel debate on dilemma of balancing conservation and protection biodiversity whilst building offshore wind parks. The panel consists of Vestas, Danish youth delegates, a Danish government member and others.
Second a speaker from IPBES Denmark will share 8 cases and 10 policy options from the Nordic countries, proving that Nature-based solutions offer a way forward. We conclude with a panel discussion on the subject with panelists from IUCN (Europe), Miljødirektoratet (Norway) and others.
Speakers:
H.E. MS Krista Mikkonen, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Finlan
Offshore windfarms and nature
Panel:
Nadia Gullestrup Christensen, Danish Youth Delegate to the UN for Environment and Climate
Morten Dyrholm, Senior Vice President, Vestas
Tomas Anker Christensen, Climate Ambassador, Denmark
Yuri Artioli, Lead of the Climate Science to Impact Challenge at Plymouth Marine Laboratory
8 cases from the Nordic countries - proving that Nature-based Solutions pay off
Speaker: Lars Dinesen, IPBES Denmark
Nature-based solutions panel:
Daisy Hessenberger, IUCN Øyvind Christophersen, Norwegian Environment Agency, Norway
Halldór Thorgeirsson, Icelandic Climate Council, Iceland
Organizer:
Sigga Jacobsen, Nordic Working Group on Biodiversity, NBM, under the Nordic Council of Ministers
Jóna Ólavsdóttir, Nature Based Solution Vision 2030 Project under the Nordic Council of Ministers
Emma Turkki, Danish Youth Delegate to the UN for Environment and Climate
Nadia Gullestrup Christensen, Danish Youth Delegate to the UN for Environment and Climate
Organizers: Nordic Working Group on Biodiversity, NBM, under the Nordic Council of Ministers, Nature Based Solution Vision 2030 Project under the Nordic Council of Ministers
17:00-18:00 — How partnerships across the value change enable circular transformation
Almost 50% of the CO2 we use are embedded in the products and the infrastructure or the food we are consuming. To have a possibility to reach the ambitions set in the Paris agreement we will need to create circular material flows. In our current linear system, we work in silos. This will not be the case in a future circular economy where the ability to collaborate will be a key component. In this session, the focus will be on the importance of partnerships in creating circular material flows.
Moderator: Pär Larshans, Director of Sustainability at Ragn-Sells Group
Speakers:
Jan Svärd, CEO, EasyMining
Madeleine Gilborne, Vice President CleanTech, Alfa Laval
Fredrik Pettersson, Managing Director, Stena Recycling Sweden
Fredrik Ekström, Vice President Energy Division, Alfa Laval
Mikael Hedström, Managing Director, Ragn-Sells Group
Anette Blücher, Director Energy, Infrastructure Solutions Nordic, E.ON
Anna Lundbom, Head of Marketing, EasyMining
Krister Nilsson, State Secretary to Anna Hallberg – Minister for Foreign Trade and Nordic Affairs.
17:15-21:00 — Exponential Climate Action Summit IV: Innovation & Digitalization
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