Agenda
Diciembre 2, Saturday
Energy transition planning at the subnational level
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The objective of the event is to bring together civil society stakeholders to discuss and understand the opportunities associated with the translation of national climate goals to the subnational level. Our goal is to showcase best practices that can serve as a guide for other developing nations.
Topics to address/key questions:
Effective implementation of subnational low carbon development plans.
Implementation of the climate action plan at the district and city level.
Tools for climate vulnerability assessment, monitoring and evaluation, green budgeting, etc. to plan low carbon strategies.
Planning measures for sectors that are difficult to abate (such as industry, waste, etc.).
Main challenges faced during subnational planning and possible solutions to overcome them.
Moderator: Nidhi Madan, Associate Director (Climate Change), Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Panelists:
Srinivas Krishnaswamy – CEO Vasudha Foundation
Madhav Pai – CEO, WRI India
Soumen Maity – Vice President, Society for Development Alternatives
Nikhil Kolsepatil – Program Coordinator – Energy and Climate, ICLEI – South Asia
Shailly Kedia – Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director, Energy and Resources Institute
Deepak Yadav – Program Head, Energy, Environment and Water Council
Just Energy Transition from and for Latin America
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: Co-create a space to discuss, from different national perspectives, how a just energy transition for Latin America and the Caribbean should be like. Provide context-based actions, strategies, challenges, and capacities needed to achieve a just energy transition (JET) in the LAC region that contributes to reducing the diverse social, economical, political, environmental and security challenges that the region and its people face. This space will serve as a platform to facilitate collaboration and establish a LAC vision on the ‘how’ for a just and equitable energy transformation that benefits the local populations.
Framing: As a region, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has the potential to amplify its wind and solar energy capacity nearly fivefold (460%) by 2030 (IRENA, 2022b). This condition places LAC countries in the international focus to promote renewable energies and champion near carbon free electricity in order to comply with global climate goals. However, in a region with significant exposure, vulnerability, and impacts from climate change, exacerbated by deep structural inequalities, poverty, and high debt levels (IPCC, 2022), the energy transition must have a just energy transition perspective, as defined locally.
Topics to address/key questions:
How is the energy transition conceived and envisioned by LAC and its diverse stakeholders?
Energy matrix and opportunities for increasing renewable energy in LAC
Phasing-out fossil fuels with a justice and health perspective
Just Energy Transition understood from LAC perspective, what does it entail?
Justice and community participation, how to adapt projects to local realities and priorities? and local communities right to reject a project.
Financing
The role of civil society
Just Energy Transition for LAC: looking into COP30 in Brasil
How can meaningful participation of local, urban, and rural communities be ensured in the JET processes?
How to address critical minerals?
LAC is one of the most dangerous regions for human rights defenders. What measures can be taken to guarantee access to justice during the processes required for the JET?
What strategies can be implemented for financing the JET in our countries?
How can accountability be assured in the pursuit of the JET strategies?
Facilitator:
Ana Sofía Tamborrel Signoret – Iniciativa Climática de México (ICM)
Guest speakers (to be confirmed):
Jorge Villareal Padilla – ICM, México
Juliana Arciniegas – Transforma, Colombia
Ramón Méndez – Ivy, Uruguay
Nicole Oliveira – Arayara, Brasil
Isatis Cintron – ACE Observatory, Puerto Rico
Ketty Marcelo – Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (Onamiap), Perú
Anabella Rosenberg – CAN International, Argentina (TBC)
Format: Round table discussions with a Q&A section each.
Operationalising Carbon Market for Achieving Energy Transition Goals
Time and duration: 14:00 hrs to 15:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The objective of the event is to bring together stakeholders from civil society & business to discuss and understand the role of the carbon market in achieving energy transition goals in the global south including India.
Topics to address/key questions:
Technology transfer.
Shifting sectors away from fossil-intensive technology lock-in.
Promoting low-carbon investments.
Providing strong price signal to investors.
Potential mechanisms for the government to raise revenues through the carbon market.
Moderator: Shubhashis Dey, Director – Climate Policy & Climate Finance, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Panelists:
RR Rashmi – Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director, Earth Science and Climate Change, The Energy and Resource Institute
Axel Michaelowa – Senior Founding Partner, Perspectives
Subrata Chakrabarty – Associate Program Director, Climate, World Resource Institute, India
Avantika Goswami – Programme Manager, Climate Change at the Centre for Science and Environment
Deepak Yadav – Programme Lead, The Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Time and duration: 16:00 hrs to 17:15 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 15 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Topics to address/key questions:
Can governments create policies that promote cultural activities to encourage climate change action?
Colombia can look to the example of cultural initiatives implemented in cities such as Medellin to enhance their approach to climate change. How can this inspire other countries in the Global South?
Additionally, how can Brazil’s entertainment and music industry contribute to reducing its environmental impact and producing more content related to climate change?
Moderator:
Eduardo Carvalho (Outra Onda Conteúdo/Brazil)
Panelists:
Angélica María Mayolo Obregón (Former Minister of Culture of Colombia)
Marcele Oliveira (Cultural producer from Brazil)
TBC
Diciembre 3, Sunday
Women empowerment through Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) solutions
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:20 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 20 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The event aims to explore the dynamic intersection of women’s empowerment and decentralised renewable energy. By bringing together experts, practitioners, and advocates, the event will share success stories, facilitate knowledge exchange, and explore collective recommendations to increase women’s empowerment through decentralised renewable energy solutions in the context of sustainable development.
Topics to address/key questions:
Share success stories, best practices, and learnings on women’s empowerment through decentralised renewable energy solutions.
What barriers and challenges limit women’s empowerment through DRE solutions?
Identify a set of recommendations/ strategies related to policy advocacy, project implementation, and community engagement for enhancing women’s roles in the renewable energy sector.
What role philanthropies and CSOs can play in addressing this need?
Moderator: Amit Kumar Singh Parihar (Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation)
Panelists (TBD):
Priyadarshini Karve, CEO – CLEAN
Representative from Central/State Government – TBD
Representative from Philanthropic organisations – TBD
Representative from Civil Society Organizations – TBD
International Think Tank – TBD
Reimagining Alternative Financing for Sustainable Development in Africa
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The main objective of this event is to galvanise and shape Africa’s voice in COP negotiations on climate finance in Africa, particularly on structural reforms that support sustainable financing for climate adaptation and resilience in Africa.
Topics to address/key questions:
Spotlight and amplify tax-climate perspectives, focusing on extractive industries and Africa’s/developing countries’ role in the green energy transition.
Examine new research and build collective understanding.
Highlight the interactions between tax and climate policy with regional specificity.
Provide recommendations and proposals to support African leadership in reimagining the financing and policy landscape required for climate action.
Influence ongoing discussions to reform the international financial architecture for sustainable climate and development financing in Africa.
Organisers:
Tax Justice Network-Africa and the African Climate Foundation
Raising Ambition Through Green Growth and Equity
Time and duration: 14:00 hrs to 16:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 2 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The objective of the event is to bring together experts, policy-makers, and researchers to discuss options for raising ambition in mitigating climate change through green growth and equitable economic transition strategies.
Moderator
Kelly Sims Gallagher – Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Panelists:
Adrian Fernandez – ICM, Mexico
Kelly Sims Gallagher – Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, United States of America
Natalie Unterstell – Talanoa, Brazil
Agus Sari – Landscape, Indonesia
Easwaran Narassimhan – Sustainable Futures Collaborative, India
Travis Franck – Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, Tufts University, United States of America
Diciembre 4, Monday
Stocktake of COP28 negotiations
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The objective of the event is to Share the challenges and opportunities that Latin American countries, with a particular emphasis on Mexico and Brazil, face in transitioning to sustainable and environmentally responsible green steel production.
Topics to address/key questions: TBD
Moderator TBD
Panelists:
TBD
Powering the Futures: Navigating Critical Minerals in the Era of Climate Change and Just Energy Transitions
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: Develop a shared understanding of critical minerals’ role in climate change action, Just Energy Transition, and the Agenda of the UNFCCC COP 28 event.
Explore the economic opportunities and challenges associated with critical minerals extraction in Africa.
Launch of a research paper on “the extractives sector and the transition to a low carbon economy in Africa” and s series of Policy briefs on “NDCs, Critical Minerals and Energy Transition” of Selected SADC countries.
Discussion on promoting community engagement through dialogue with local communities impacted by critical minerals extraction, ensuring their concerns are heard and addressed.
Encourage collaboration between governments, industry and environmental organisations to address critical minerals ESG challenges.
Share regional and national strategies and policies for the scope and promotion of local beneficiation of transition minerals, including the financing and installing industrial manufacturing capacity of green technologies in Africa.
The side event will advance the conversation about challenges and opportunities for those countries to enhance the critical minerals supply chain to promote industrialisation, socio-economic development, resilience, and alignment with the Africa Agenda 2063, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Agreement 2015.
Organisers:
Claude Kabemba – Executive Director, Southern Africa Resource WatchACF
Alan Wallis – Strategic Adviser, African Climate Foundation
Christabel Phiri – Executive Manager Policy and Programmes, Southern Africa Trust
Moderator:
Claude Kabemba – Executive Director, Southern Africa Resource Watch
Concluding Remarks:
Alan Wallis – African Climate Foundation
Forging a Sustainable Future with Green Steel: opportunities in Mexico and Brazil
Time and duration: 14:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 2 hours
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The objective of the event is to Share the challenges and opportunities that Latin American countries, with a particular emphasis on Mexico and Brazil, face in transitioning to sustainable and environmentally responsible green steel production.
Topics to address/key questions: TBD
Moderador: TBD
Panelist: TBD
Offshore
Time and duration: 16:30 hrs to 18:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 2 hours and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Diciembre 5, Tuesday
G20 Acceleration Call –Implementing the fossil fuel phase-out
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
This event will provide an overview on:
Where do G20 countries stand in their climate action to keep 1.5C alive?
What can each G20 member do to accelerate coal phase-out and accelerate a renewable phase-in?
What is the role of the G20 countries as global oil and gas consumers and producers?
What can countries do to reduce their reliance on oil and gas?
How can international cooperation support the transition away from fossil fuels?
Participants:
Sebastian Wegner – Climate Transparency
Julia Horn – Climate Transparency
Guilherme Syrkis / William Wills – CBC, Brazil
Jesse Burton – University of Cape Town, South Africa
Mariana Guterrez Grados – ICM, Mexico
Robert Brecha – Climate Analytics
Rixa Schwarz – Germanwatch, Germany
Fabby Tumiwa / Wira Swadana – ESR, Indonesia)
Moderation:
Sebastian Wegner – Climate Transparency
Invites us to meet and visit the Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion in the COP 28.
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The objective of the event is to bring together the latest findings on the recently published State of Climate Action, which offers a roadmap that the world can follow to avoid increasingly dangerous and irreversible climate impacts, while minimizing harms to biodiversity and food security. It translates the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature limit into 2030 and 2050 targets across sectors that account for roughly 85% of global GHG emissions — power, buildings, industry, transport, forests and land, food and agriculture — as well as those focused on the scale-up of technological carbon removal and climate finance. The report then assesses collective global progress and highlights where action must urgently accelerate this decade to limit warming to 1.5°C.
The findings of the report will be followed by a panel discussion on how the findings resonate at a country level and relate to closing the implementation and ambition gaps.
Topics to address/ key questions:
Sectoral decarbonization pathways through 2030
Global Stocktake
NDC enhancement
Moderator: Rachel Jetel (WRI)
Participants (TBD):
Kelly Levin (Bezos Earth Fund)
Casey Cronin/Josefina Cobian (ClimateWorks Foundation)
Claire Fyson (Climate Analytics)
Joe Thwaites (NRDC)
Adrian Fernandez (ICM, to be invited)
Crispin Olver (South Africa PCC, to be invited)
Anna Skarbek (Climateworks Australia, to be invited)
Cintya Feitosa (iCS, to be invited)
Advancing renewables across different geographies through RENEW’s work: challenges and opportunities (cross-regional)
Time and duration: 1400 hrs to 15:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The event aims to explore and discuss the opportunities and challenges in the goal to scale wind and solar power capacity five times by 2030 in the 30 countries responsible for over 80% of power sector emissions, highlighting the initiatives and goals of ReNew 2030. Through collaboration with ReNew´s partners, the event seeks to foster constructive dialogue that inspires tangible actions to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future.
Topics to address/ key questions:
Efforts around renewable energy (wind and solar) in different geographies
Exploration of the most relevant obstacles in global renewable energy implementation, examples of specific challenges in different geographies, and reflection on overcoming these challenges through collaboration and innovation.
Key topics for Just energy transition: new jobs, energy poverty, gender
Investment and financial tools for an energy transition in the Global South
How to influence power sector policies in the Global South for an energy transition by 2030
The controversial role of gas as a fuel for the energy transition in the Global South
How to combat misinformation about renewable energy
The role of data and new technologies for energy transition by 2030
Moderator: Rebecca Collyer – TBC
Participants:
Africa Climate Foundation (ACF)- TBD
Institute for Climate and Society (iCS)- TBD
Iniciativa Climatica de Mexico- TBD
The Global South emerges: How the cultural sector can use storytelling to call audiences to action in tackling climate change
Time and duration: 16:30 hrs to 18:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 2 hours and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Diciembre 6, Wednesday
Coffee & RACC session
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:45 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 45 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Advancing towards the reduction of methane emissions: the role of Civil Society across America
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The event aims to bring together stakeholders from civil society to discuss and promote actions aimed at reducing methane emissions in the Oil & Gas (O&G) and waste sectors in North and Latin America. This event will share knowledge, inspire initiatives that contribute to reducing methane emissions, and serve as a platform to facilitate collaboration.
Topics to address/ key questions:
Methane emissions from O&G and waste sectors
What can civil society do to promote actions and strategies to reduce methane emissions? in both sectors: O&G and waste
The importance of compliance with regulations and transparency.
The role of research in supporting evidence-based action.
Participants:
The Mexican Methane Emissions Observatory (OBMEM) – a joint effort by ICM, Nuestro Futuro and CEMDA
TBD – Pembina Institute
Daniel Zabala – EDF
Carolina Urmeneta – Global Methane Hub
Moderator:
Nora Cabrera – OBMEM
Philanthropy as a driver of climate action and the protagonism of the Global South | Launch of the Brazilian Philanthropy Commitment on Climate Change
Time and duration: 16:00 hrs to 17:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: promote and guide philanthropy and private social investment to engage in climate action and coordinate with international peers, especially from the Global South; Launch the first philanthropy Commitment on climate change in the Global South through the Brazilian document.
Diciembre 8, Friday
Civil society perspectives (iGST) on the expected outcomes of the GST
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: Have an interregional discussion of the expected outcomes of the first Global Stocktake (GST) from the perspectives of the Independent Global Stocktake (iGST) Regional Hubs and the opportunities for action from civil society.
Event Description: the three regional hubs from Southeast Asia (SEA), West Africa (WA), and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) from the Independent Global Stocktake will discuss the First Global Stocktake’s (GST 1) expected results and how can be more effectively implemented in the regions. The objective is to emphasise the opportunities for the respective regions involving the technical and political information provided and the role of civil society in the subsequent stages.
Topics to address/ key questions:
What elements stood out most from the synthesis report and regional climate weeks concerning the GST?
How can civil society ensure that GST results are integrated into the new NDCs?
What are the main challenges in moving forward with the NDC implementation phase?
What are the opportunities and challenges in building a regional perspective of the global stocktake?
Speakers:
Danica Marie Supnet – Senior Analyst for Climate Governance
Kwame Oppong Hackman – Senior Scientist (Regional Coordinator in charge of Land Use, Land Cover, and Land Degradation) at WASCAL
Enrique Maurtua – Senior Climate Policy Consultant
Josefina Cobian – Program Manager, Global Intelligence at ClimateWorks Foundation
Tom Athanasiou – Executive Director at EcoEquity
Moderates:
Mariana Gutierrez – ICM
Paving the Way for Zero-Emission Freight
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: to discuss the necessary policies and financial structures that can expedite the widespread utilisation of Zero-Emission Trucks (ZETs) foster partnerships and address challenges in scalable implementation of ZETs.
Religion and spirituality as key elemnts for ensuring climate justice
Time and duration: 14:30 hrs to 16:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Organized by iCS with its grantee ISER (Institute of Religious Studies), the panel discussed the role of faith communities in addressing the climate crisis, bringing perspectives from Candomble, Catholic and evangelical faith groups from Brazil and Argentina.
Ana Carolina Evangelista – ISER
Selma Dealdina Mbaye – CONAQ
Fray Eduardo Agosta Scarel – Movimento Laudato Si (Argentina)
Luzi Borges – Ministério da igualdade Racial
Ronilso Pacheco – Instituto de Estudos da Religião (Brasil)
G20 responding to climate action
Time and duration: 16:30 hrs to 18:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
At an event organized by the Cipó Platform, experts from Brazil, India, and South Africa discussed the relevance of a sequence of developing countries presiding over the G20 as a means of elevating the political agendas of the global South to the highest level. They also emphasized the need to continue the progress achieved in previous presidencies regarding the debate on global financial architecture reforms and energy transition. The Brazilian government, represented by Adriana Abdenur, an advisor to the President of the Republic of Brazil, also highlighted social participation as a potential Brazilian legacy, through dialogue with engagement groups and moments of listening to society—not only Brazilian but also globally. The event received support from iCS as part of the RCF pavilion.
Diciembre 9, Saturday
Reacting to the GST: needs and priorities of Latin America and the Caribbean countries towards updating NDCs
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: Identify LAC opportunities from the GST expected outcomes and next steps to contribute to the regional NDCs improvement.
Event Description: From different region countries, the LAC Hub will present how the first Global Socktake process, the technical and political results, can motivate and contribute to the subsequent output phases and the updating process of the National Determined Contributions. We also debate how the GST can foster the collaboration of non-party stakeholders and Parties in their NDC implementation. Finally, we will discuss how GST is also connected with the transparency and accountability agenda for both Parties and NPS.
Topics to address/ key questions:
What are the challenges and priorities towards the next round of NDCs?
How can Latin American civil society ensure that GST results are integrated into the new NDCs?
What is the role of civil society organisations in advancing implementation and translating GST results?
What are the opportunities and challenges in building a regional perspective of the global stocktake?
Speakers:
Carlon Mendoza – Climate Analytics Caribbean,
Cintya Feitosa – iCS, Brazil
Edgar Fernández – Transforma, Mexico
Mariana Gutierrez – ICM, Mexico
Moderator:
Miriam García – CDP Latin America
From Dubai to Belém: Brazil's perspective on food systems and climate
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
TBD
Can we peak emissions before the IPCC’s 2025 milestone?
Time and duration: 14:00 hrs to 15:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The IPCC says we need to peak global greenhouse gas emissions before 2025 for our best shot at limiting warming to 1.5°C – yet emissions will reach a record high this year. The aim of this event is to show that peaking before this deadline is feasible; renew momentum on climate action; focus
minds on the near-term policy actions (next two years) governments can take to peak emissions in time; put this in context for the action needed up to 2030 and beyond. While we aim to instill hope that we
can turn towards our collective climate goals, we aim to balance this by communicating the risks to peaking, including ongoing government support to fossil fuels.
Topics to address/ key questions:
What are governments planning in terms of fossil expansion?
How far does this take us from our climate goals?
Can the world peak its emissions before 2025?
What key policy actions can get us there in time?
What’s needed next over this critical decade to get on track for 1.5°C?
Moderator:
Leon Clarke – Director of Decarbonization Pathways, Bezos Earth Fund
Participants:
Claire Fyson and Dr Neil Grant – Climate Analytics
Ploy Achakulwisut – SEI Asia
Other participants TBD
Promoting Green Cooling in India and the Global South
Time and duration: 17:00 hrs to 18:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Objective: The objective is to strengthen the Cooling Action Plan in India and other Global South countries by sharing insights from India’s initiative, pinpointing practical strategies to overcome barriers in implementation, and defining the degree and nature of global support needed.
Topics to address / key questions:
Illustrating lessons from India to champion green cooling in Global South nations.
Strategising to tackle continued implementation hurdles of policy, finance, awareness and capacity.
Determining the scale of international financial and technical aid necessary for green cooling and the mechanisms to mobilise such support.
Participants:
Rajasree Ray – Economic Advisor, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
Shirish Sinha – Director, Climate, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation – India
TBC – IEA
TBC – Proklima International
Sachin Kumar – Associate Director, Energy Efficiency, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Jayanta Chaudhuri – Director, Marketing, Alliances and Partnership, AEEE
Moderator:
Chandra Bhushan – President & CEO, iFOREST
Diciembre 10, Sunday
Green Hydrogen-Potential Solution for Hard-to-Abate Sector
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
To discuss challenges and opportunities to operationalise green hydrogen at the global level.
Announcement of the call for applications for the "Specialization in Law, Inequalities, and Climate Governance" course
Time and duration: 16:30 hrs to 18:00 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
TBD
Diciembre 11, Monday
Stocktake of negotiations
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Location: Regional Climate Foundations Pavilion - COP28 B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
TBD
Road to COP 30
Time and duration: 10:00 hrs to 11:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Regional Climate Foundations Pavillion- COP28 (Pavilion No - TA3-145 - Zone B7, Building 88, ground floor)
Objective: Thinking about the roadmap to COP 30, regarding the climate goals and COP30 organization in Brazil, the Brazilian Civil Society opens a discussion about their role in the next two years of preparation for the climate conference in Latin America.
What lessons were learned from COP 28 about the multilateral climate process, the Global Stocktake, and possible improvements in the functioning of the COP itself? This meeting is focused on what is necessary for COP 30 to happen effectively and leave a legacy, in fact, for Brazil and the region.
Topics to address/ key questions:
How can international dialogues be improved in panels or meetings promoted by Brazilians?
How did the national government behave during the negotiation?
What signals were offered during speeches or meetings that enhanced or reduced the confidence in Brazil?
Participants:
NGOs from Brazil and other Latin American countries
Financial alternatives for a just energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
Time and duration: 12:00 hrs to 13:30 hrs (GMT+4) | 1 hour and 30 minutes
Format: Hybrid, B7 “Energy, Finance” zone, building 88 (ground floor)
Virtual Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SOJBsMF2SRuKK_7nDUN5eA#/registration
Objective: The objective is to introduce the Sustainable Finance Index as a tool for measuring the mobilization of domestic resources towards green activities within Latin American and Caribbean countries. During the panel discussion, drawing upon the experience, accumulated knowledge, identified needs, and lessons learned from key actors such as multilateral development banks, the public sector, subnational governments, and communities, we aim to identify innovative solutions, alternatives, and opportunities for financing the just energy transition in the region.
Topics to address/ key questions:
What challenges does Latin America and the Caribbean face in advancing a just energy transition?
Why is it necessary to innovate in financial mechanisms to achieve such a transition?
What innovative mechanisms can aid in accomplishing this transition in Latin America and the Caribbean?
How can these financial innovations positively impact energy-vulnerable communities in Latin America?
What are scalable examples in the region to mobilize resources for the energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Participants:
Sebastián Carranza – Director of Climate Change and Risk Management, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia.
Karina Barrera – Deputy Secretary of Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment and Water, Ecuador.
Raúl Delgado – Lead Climate Change Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Maria E. Netto – Executive Director, Climate and Society Institute.
Moderator:
Sandra Guzman – Founder and General Director, GFLAC.
