DECEMBER 2
From Nordic to Global Stocktake
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Nordic Private Public Partnerships
Sustainable Collaboration Driving Environmental Progress in Climate Innovation
DECEMBER 2, 9.30–10.15 (UTC+4)
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This forum will explore the effectiveness of a unified approach that bridges the public and private sectors, fostering more impactful, coordinated, and sustainable measures for combating climate change. The Nordic model of government-business cooperation serves as a powerful example of how such collaborative partnerships can shape effective roadmaps towards carbon neutrality, enabling the resolution of urgent global challenges and the acceleration of climate action.
Juhani Damski
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment of Finland
Finn Mortensen
CEO State of Green
Haraldur Hallgrímsson
Director of Business Development of Landsvirkjun
SPEAKER
Julie Kjestrup
Head of Policy and Thought Leadership from VELUX
Janne Peljo
Chief Policy Adviser, Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), Green Growth
MODERATOR
Nótt Thorberg
Director of Green by Iceland
Hopes and Expectations for COP28
Youth Representatives Share Their Views on the Prospects of the COP28 Outcome
DECEMBER 2, 10.45–11.30 (UTC+4)
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Youth representatives from the Nordics and around the world will share their hopes for COP28. What outcomes and decisions are they rooting for? On December 11th, the panel will meet again to discuss the results of the negotiations and plan the way forward.
Finnur Ricart Andrason
President of Ungir umhverfissinnar
(Icelandic youth NGO)
Lise Coermann
Danish Youth Delegate
Farzana Farouk Jhumu
Unicef Bangladesh
Matilde Angeltveit
Norwegian Youth Delegate
KEYNOTE LISTENER
Philipp Steininger
Austrian Youth Delegate
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Max Han
Climate activist from Malaysia
Nordic Talks Live Podcast
Tackling the triple planetary crisis
DECEMBER 2, 12.00–12.45 (UTC+4)
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In this session, hosted by the Swedish Youth Delegate, you’ll get to meet climate activist Rose Kobusinge. Together they will dive into the personal and factual aspects of the triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, climate change and pollution. Moreover, with Rose’s expertise, they will address the human rights consequences of this, such as forced displacement.
Alice Gimbro Frisk
Swedish Youth Delegate
Rose Kobusinge
Climate mobility activist from Uganda
Art performance at the pavilion: Jessie Kleemann – “Arkhticós Dolorôs" (Arctic Pain)
Daily screening during week 1 of "Arkhticós Dolorôs” (Arctic Pain) by renowned artist and poet Jessie Kleemann (GL/DK)
DECEMBER 2, 13.00–13.30 (UTC+4)
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Daily briefing from the negotiations
We Open the Backdoor to the UN Climate Conference in Dubai, and Together with Nordic Heads of Delegations, Give You the Latest Update Directly from the Negotiation Rooms
DECEMBER 2, 13.45–14.15 (UTC+4)
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SPEAKER
Maria Samuelsen
Head of Delegation, Denmark
MODERATOR
Anna Gran
Senior Adviser, Coordinator Nordic Climate and Air Group
Nordic Energy Research, Tracking Global and Nordic Clean Energy Progress
Technology development and market creation in the Nordics and on the global scale
DECEMBER 2, 14.45–15.30 (UTC+4)
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This event will illustrate Global and Nordic progress towards a carbon neutral society by highlighting the most prominent trends. The event highlights – for multiple technologies and key parameters – the latest progress in technology development and penetration, as well as market creation both in the Nordic region and on the global scale.
SPEAKER
Tiffany Vass
Energy Analyst of Clean Energy Technologies, IEA
SPEAKER
Dean Cooper
Global Energy Lead, WWF
SPEAKER
Christian Rynning-Tønnesen
CEO, Statkraft
SPEAKER
Viktoria Karsberg
Head of Corporate Identity and Group Communications, SSAB
MODERATOR
Kevin Johnsen
COO, Nordic Energy Research
Insights from the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023
Key findings and Discussion: What Do We Need from the Global Stocktake?
DECEMBER 2, 16.00–16.45 (UTC+4)
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Every year, the UNEP Emissions Gap Report provides a global stocktake of where global greenhouse gas emissions are headed under countries’ mitigation pledges and where they need to be according to science. This year, the report also provides information on what we need from the Global Stocktake and delves into opportunities and challenges associated with energy transitions in low- and middle-income countries, as well as meeting the likely needed carbon dioxide removal levels in the future.
SPEAKER
Anne Olhoff
Chief scientific editor, UNEP Emissions Gap Report, CONCITO
SPEAKER
Joeri Rogelj
Lead author UNEP Emissions Gap Report, Director of Research at the Grantham Institute and Professor of Climate Science & Policy at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London
SPEAKER
Greg Muttitt
Lead author UNEP Emissions Gap Report, Senior associate International Institute for Sustainable Development
SPEAKER
Yacob Mulugetta
Lead author UNEP Emissions Gap Report, Professor Energy and Development Policy University College London
SPEAKER
Oliver Geden
Lead author UNEP Emissions Gap Report, Senior fellow and Head of Research Cluster Climate Policy and Politics German Institute for International and Security Affairs Berlin
MODERATOR
Niklas Hagelberg
Climate Change Coordinator, UNEP
Nordic Stocktake and Visions for a Global Net-Zero Future
Where Are We, and What Are Our Visions for a Global Net-Zero Future?
DECEMBER 2, 17.00–17.45 (UTC+4)
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The Nordic Stocktake and Visions project, funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, takes stock of progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Nordic countries, assesses national pathways, and identifies ways forward and visions for a Global and Nordic net-zero emissions future.
Join us for a presentation of the main findings from the project, followed by an interactive panel debate on GLOBAL VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
SPEAKER
Andreas Bjelland Eriksen
Minister of Climate and Environment, Norway
SPEAKER
Jarl Krausing
Deputy CEO and International Director, CONCITO
SPEAKER
Fatima Denton
Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa
SPEAKER
Niklas Höhne
Co-founder New Climate Institute, Professor Wageningen University
SPEAKER
María Paz Cigarán
General Manager and Founding Partner Libélula, Peru
MODERATOR
Anne Olhoff
Senior International Advisor, CONCITO
Concito and Nordic Climate and Air Group Reception
DECEMBER 2, 17.45–18.30 (UTC+4)
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