COP 26 backdoor Schedule of 3rd day Program

Today’s theme, Finance, is part of the Exponential Climate Action Summit IV – brought to you live from Glasgow and our hubs in Nairobi, Washington DC, and Stockholm.

 

With: Keynote speeches from Helen Mountford, Vice President for Climate and Economics at the World Resource Institute; Carl Mellander, Senior Vice President and CFO of Ericson; Alva Jonevret, Business & Project Manager, Exponential Roadmap Initiative; and Anthony Moorhouse, co-founder of EarthTech.

 

Also: Panel discussions on carbon pricing and how finance could help drive climate action, with representatives from Nordea, Ericsson, Citizens’ Climate International, and many more.

08:30-10:00 — Interconnecting Europe

Energy transition is at the heart of our decarbonization journey with electricity as the backbone and renewables playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of sustainable energy. This session will focus on how interconnections between countries and regions can help the evolution of renewable energy solutions in Europe.

 

Moderator: Giles Dickson, CEO of Wind Europe

Speakers:

Claudio Facchin, CEO of Hitachi Energy

Hilde Tonne, CEO of Statnett

Alistair Phillips-Davies, CEO of SSE

 

Organizer: Hitachi Energy & Bussiness Sweden

 

 

10:00-10:45 — CODE RED - Can cities save the planet?

No doubt. Fire, Flooding, Freezing. The world is on code red! How do we change the decisions we make today in our cities to get a better tomorrow? We ask the city manager, the builder, the architect, and a voice for the future how we can catalyze the necessary change.

 

Moderator: Mark Isitt

Organizer: Nordic Council of Ministers

 

 

11:00 – 12:30 — New leadership for climate action in the cities!

The Nordics are developing carbon-neutral construction in cities that incorporate climate actions, citizens' wellbeing, a thriving milieu for business, participatory governance, and science-based services. The strength lies in building networks for collaboration with the cities’ multi-stakeholders. We discuss best practices, identify gaps, and showcase examples of Nordic cities.

 

Moderator: Mark Isitt

 

Speakers:

Mayor Pekka Timonen, City of Lahti

Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen, City of Oslo

Mayor, City of Stockholm

Prof. Leena Järvi (keynote), University of Helsinki

 

Organizer: 

City of Lahti

Kuntaliitto (Association of Finnish Municipalities)

Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC), University of Helsinki

12:30-13:00 — Beat the Heat — Cool Cities for a Cooler Planet

As temperatures rise, cities around the world need to create strategies to cool down, reduce GHG emissions and safeguard vulnerable populations. This session will showcase tools and solutions cities can use to tackle urban heat in sustainable and comprehensive ways, to protect the people and the planet alike.

 

Moderator:

Andy Deacon, Acting Managing Director, Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy 

 

Speakers:

Jules Kortenhorst, Chief Executive Officer, RMI

H.E. Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Pham Van Tan, Deputy Director-General for Climate Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam

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Organizer: United Nations Environment Programme; Cool Coalition

 

 

13:00-14:00 — Innovative Clean Energy Financing in Emerging Markets

Our energy and climate future particularly hinge on whether emerging and developing economies can successfully transition to cleaner energy systems. Held in collaboration between Hitachi Energy and the World Economic Forum, this session aims to surface innovative financial mechanisms that can unlock clean energy investments needed in emerging and developing markets.

 

Speakers:

Arifin Tasrif, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Republic of Indonesia

Anna-Karin Jatko, Director-General, EKN

Riccardo Puliti, Vice President for Infrastructure, World Bank Group (invited)

Claudio Facchin, CEO, Hitachi Energy

 

Moderator:

Antonia Gawel, Head of Climate Action and Deputy Head of Platform for Public Goods at World Economic Forum

 

Organizer: Business Sweden

 

 

13.15-13.45 — Financing the Green Transition

What is the Nordic-Baltic angle on climate action? Where are political decision-makers and the international finance community heading in terms of sustainable financing? This briefing will provide you with insights from a Nordic minister member of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action, and the head of the international financial institution of the Nordic and Baltic countries, the Nordic Investment Bank.

 

Moderator:

Mr Jukka Ahonen, NIB Head of Communications

 

Speaker:

Mr André Küüsvek, NIB President and CEO

Ms Annika Saarikko, Finnish Minister of Finance and Co-Chair of the Coalition of Finance Ministers

 

Organizer: Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)

13:30–15:00 — From Kunming to Glasgow: Uniting Global Businesses to Tackle Nature Loss 

Climate change and the continued loss of biodiversity represents a major risk to economic growth and sustainable livelihoods. Mainstreaming biodiversity into businesses, alongside delivering net zero for the climate is not only critical for the planet but also fundamental for business success as we build back better and create new opportunities. Biodiversity and climate are inextricably linked, and collective action by businesses, governments, and civil society is needed for nature and climate.

 

Our objective is to bring Kunming to Glasgow – through international business participation and engagement at the UN Biodiversity Conference we will bring the key elements to the COP26. We will highlight the practical solutions businesses are taking to unite against biodiversity loss – this is in recognition that while COP26 is focused primarily on stimulating international action on climate, this itself cannot be achieved without also addressing biodiversity loss and the need for nature-based solutions. To make the necessary transformative changes, we need to drive the discussions forward, from international policy and the post-2020 global biodiversity framework to practical implementation and solutions for businesses.

 

Speakers:

‍Kat Bruce, Director, Nature Metrics

‍Bianca Brasil, Business Engagement at UN Biodiversity

‍Michael Carroll, Board Member and Technical Director of the Grasslands Alliance.

 

ICC Make Climate Action Everyone’s Business Forum.

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14:15-15:00 — Setting strategic direction and targets for net-zero commitments

Many actors set net-zero targets for 2050. While this is useful, climate action is required here and now. In this session, we will explore short-term target setting and action happening in the next 2-3 years.

 

Speakers:

Anders Langworth, Head of Sustainability, Nordea

Marie Aglert, Director, Head of Business Area Large Corporates, EKN – The Swedish Export Credit Agency

Johan Henningsson, Head of Sustainability, SEK – The Swedish Export Credit Cooperation

 

Moderator:

Nick Nuttall, We Don’t Have Time

 

 

14:15-15:15 — Building Materials and bioeconomy in the Global Climate Agenda

The OPN Sustainable Buildings and Construction Programme will launch its Circular Built Environment reports from the Global South in a Side Event organized together with the Nordic Council of Ministers. The importance of building materials will be discussed and action points for collaboration debated.

 

The panel debates: 

The importance of embodied carbon in building materials in climate mitigation

The challenges of using local materials in emerging economies

Global opportunities for circularity

Good case study examples from around the globe.

 

Opening: Krista Mikkonen, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Finland

Keynote: Matti Kuittinen, Senior Advisor, Ministry of the Environment, Finland

 

Moderator: Mark Isitt

 

Panel:

Annette Blegvad, UIA 23, Denmark

Christina Cheong, Global Green Growth Institute

Matti Kuittinen, Ministry of the Environment and Climate, Finland

 

Launch of the Circular Built Environment reports from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Organizer: Ministry of the Environment, Finland

Co-organizers: Nordic Council of Ministers

15:30-16:30 — Business panel: New leadership for climate action in business

 The business of the future is under transition. Sustainability requirements are rising, and companies need to adapt to new demands, new legislation, and changing values. Several larger companies take leadership and go far further. They just do it. They show the way. But why? And how?

‍Moderator:

‍Mark Isitt

 

Organizer: Nordic Council of Ministers

 

 

 17:00-17:45 — Leading the future. Nordic Talk from COP26 to UIA23

 In 23 the Nordic countries host the UIA World Congress in Copenhagen with a focus on the UN SDGs and how to archive the goals. The transition need a collaboration and a leadership not seen before and the UIA bring the necessary part together to find the needed solutions.

Moderator:

Mark Isitt

 

 

 17:00-18:00 — 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders: release of the Supplier Engagement Guide

 Swedish Pavilion: 1.5°C Supply Chain Leaders: release of the Supplier Engagement Guide

 

 

8:15-19:00 — Creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility

At this high-level event, WMO, UNEP, and UNDP will announce the creation of the Systematic Observations Finance Facility. SOFF provides the foundations for an effective international response to climate change. It will fill critical data gaps from the most vulnerable countries that undermine efforts to build climate resilience across the globe.

 

Moderator: Christopher Gunness

Opening remarks:

Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team (in person), referring opening remarks by Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General

Petteri Taalas, WMO Secretary-General (in person)

Usha Rao-Monari, Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of UNDP (in person)

Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director (in person)

 

Interventions:

H.E. José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva, Prime Minister, Cabo Verde (virtual)

H.E. Michael Linhart, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Austria (virtual)

H.E. Jeppe Kofod, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark (virtual)

Henrik Franklin, Nordic Development Fund (virtual)

 

Signing (only additional speaker mentioned below):

Jennifer Topping, Executive Director, UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund (UN-MPTF) Office

 

Closing remarks:

Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team (virtual)

 

Organizer: WMO

19:15-22:00 — Exponential Climate Action Summit IV – Day 3: Finance

Welcome to our third daily broadcast from the diplomatic zone at the UN Climate Change Conference COP26.

Today’s theme, Finance, is part of the Exponential Climate Action Summit IV – brought to you live from Glasgow and our hubs in Nairobi, Washington DC, and Stockholm.

 

With keynotes from Helen Mountford, Vice President for Climate and Economics at the World Resource Institute; Carl Mellander, Senior Vice President and CFO of Ericson; Alva Jonevret, Business & Project Manager, Exponential Roadmap Initiative; and Anthony Moorhouse, co-founder of EarthTech.