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The Nordic Pavilion
Hall 4, Pavilion 45
Blue Zone
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Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
9.00 – 10.00 | Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, Sweden | Nordic Climate Leadership – Drivers, barriers and opportunities on the road to and from Glasgow |
10.00 – 11.00 | Government of Scotland | Sports for Climate Action – Exploring action and ambition to make sport more sustainable |
12.00 – 13.30 (offline workshop) | Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, Sweden | Overcoming Climate Denial – Strategies for countering different forms of denial |
14.00 – 15.00 | NordForsk | Climate change, resilience and new pandemics in the Arctic – Nordic perspectives and solutions |
15.10 – 15.30 Briefing | Marianne Karlsen, Chair of UNFCCC Subsidiary Body of Implementation | Lunch briefing: COP26 – what is at stake? |
15.35–15.55 Briefing | Mute B. Egede, Premier of Greenland | A greener Greenland – a briefing by the Premier of Greenland |
16.00 – 17.45 | Scottish Government with Technical University of Denmark | How to deliver a climate-tech collaboration programme across ten countries Followed by opening reception |
18.00 – 21.00 | We Don’t Have Time (WDHT) |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
9.00 – 10.00 | Climate Investment Coalition with Government of Denmark, Insurance & Pension Denmark, Finance Denmark, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and World Climate Foundation | Nordics spur global uptake of private investments in climate action by 2030 |
10.10 – 10.55 | UNEP, Cool Coalition and Clean Cooling Collaborative with SE4ALL | Sustainable Cold Chain: For the People, For the Planet – Addressing climate change, hunger and energy |
11.00 – 13.00 | NORDREGIO and the OECD | Rural Policies & Climate Change – Why rural areas are crucial for the green transition |
13.15 – 13.45 Briefing | Finnish Ministry of the Environment | Lunch Briefing: COP26 from a Finnish perspective with Head of Finnish UNFCCC delegation Marjo Nummelin |
14.00 – 15.00 | Government of Scotland | Islands as Hubs of Climate Innovation |
15.15 – 15.45 | Estonian Ministry of Environment | DEAL – Data for the Environment Alliance |
16.00 – 17.00 | Government of Scotland | Climate and Citizen Participation – Co-creation and Co-benefits |
17.00 – 21.00 | WDHT |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
8.30 – 10.00 | Business Sweden | |
10.00 – 10.45 | Nordic Council of Ministers | CODE RED – Can cities save the planet? Setting the scene: what is at stake, and how do we catalyze the necessary change? |
11.00 – 12.30 | City of Lahti Kuntaliitto (Association of Finnish Municipalities) Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC), University of Helsinki | Carbon neutral construction in Nordic cities: Networks for co-creation and impact |
12.30 – 13.00 | United Nations Environment Programme; Cool Coalition with Clean Cooling Collaborative; Rocky Mountain Institute; Mission Innovation; Global Covenant of Mayors | Beat the Heat – Sustainable Urban Cooling for a climate proof future |
13.15 – 13.45 Briefing | Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) | Lunch Briefing: Financing the Green Transition – The Role of Finance Ministries and International Financing Institutions |
14.15 – 15.15 | Ministry of the Environment, Finland with the Nordic Council of Ministers | Building Materials and bioeconomy in the Global Climate Agenda |
15.30 – 16.30 | Nordic Council of Ministers | Business panel: New leadership for climate action in business for better cities and the built environment |
17.00 – 17.45 NORDIC TALK | UIA23 | Nordic Talk at Glasgow: Leading the future. From COP26 to UIA23 including reception |
18.15 – 19.00 | WMO with the UNDP and UNEP | Creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility – Innovating finance for weather and climate observations |
19.00 – 22.00 | WDHT |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
8.15 – 9.45 | Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights | Connecting the Dots: Human Rights and Climate Change – Pathways for Just Transition: A Rights-based Approach to Climate Change |
10.00 – 10.45 | International Energy Agency | World Energy Outlook |
11.00 – 12.00 NORDIC TALK | Plymouth Marine Laboratory | Nordic Talk at Glasgow: Ocean Acidification in the NE Atlantic, Arctic and Baltic Waters: – another reason for enhancing the ambition for urgent CO2 emissions reduction |
12.15 – 13.00 | International Hydropower Association with the Costa Rican government | The San José Declaration: a vision for sustainable hydropower – How can hydropower best contribute to meeting climate targets |
13.15 – 13.45 Briefing | Kalistat Lund,Grenlandic Minister for Agriculture, Selfsufficiency, Energy and Environment | Lunch Briefing: Greenland – The world's largest energy island |
14.00 – 15.00 Panel | Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) and Accenture | Let’s start the ocean data revolution in the Nordics! – Building partnerships for integrated nature-based solutions to climate change |
15.15 – 15.45 | Nordic Council of Ministers’ Ocean and Climate group with NIVA – Norwegian Water Research Institute | Finding Green Solutions in Blue Forests – Can kelp combat climate change? |
16.00 – 17.00 NORDIC TALK | Scottish Government with the Danish Meteorological Institute, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, University of Edinburgh, Scottish Association for Marine Science | Nordic Talk at Glasgow: Ocean Connections from the Arctic across the globe |
17.00 – 21.00 | WDHT |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
08.30 – 10.00 | Business Sweden | |
10.00 – 11.00 | LEAF Coalition with Emergent and Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) | LEAF: A Coalition of Leaders for Forest Protection – Creating the world’s largest public-private initiative to protect tropical forests |
11.30 – 12.30 | Food and Forest Development Finland with International Family Forestry Alliance; Farm Forestry Smallholder Producers Association of Kenya, Simosol, East African Farmers Federation, Danish Agriculture and Food Council | Data for forest and farming – building from below – Digital and other innovative solutions to smallholders for climate action |
12.40 – 13.10 | Saami Council and AMAP | Climate change impacts on Saami reindeer herding pastures – Co-production of a plan to study climate impacts on pasturelands |
13.15 – 13.45 Briefing | Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities | Lunch Briefing: COP26 from a Danish perspective with Head of Danish UNFCCC delegation Anette Ejersted |
14.00 – 14.50 JOINT EVENT | Government of Scotland | Wetland/Peatland conservation, restoration, and management: from Scotland to the Arctic – Explore the importance of resilient wetlands for climate and biodiversity |
15.00 – 17.00 | Nordic working group on Biodiversity and Nature Based Solutions/Vision 2030 Project under the Nordic Council of Ministers | Two Global Crises Interlinked – the need for balancing and win-win actions for nature and climate |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
09.00 – 09.45 | IPAM: Amazon Environmental Research Institut and the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment | An integrated approach to reconciling conservation and production in the Amazon |
10.00 – 10.45 | Green by Iceland with HS Orka, Carbfix, Aker, Danunity | The value of our villain – CO2 in the circular economy |
11.00 – 14.00 JOINT EVENT | Nordic Council of Ministers with Nordic Culture Point | Nordic Climate Action – COP26 Talkshow |
14.30 – 15.30 | Alfa Laval Marine with StormGeo | Accelerating the transition in shipping through digitalization and partnerships |
16.00 – 17.00 WORKSHOP | Future Climate Engineering Solutions, with Danish Society of Engineers and IchemiE | Engineering real solutions for climate action – Evidence-based, deliverable national energy scenarios that help deliver agreed NDCs |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
8.15 – 9.00 JOINT | Nordic Energy Research and Nordic Innovation | Nordic Aviation – skymiles ahead? – Can one region influence the global aviation industry? |
9.15 – 10.00 JOINT | Nordic Energy Research and Nordic Innovation | Fit for 2055? En route to decarbonising the maritime sector |
10.00 – 11.30 NORDIC TALK | Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, University of St. Andrews and Global Maritime Forum | Nordic Talk at Glasgow: Decarbonizing shipping in line with the Paris agreement: what will it take? |
11.45 – 12.30 | Danish Ministry of Environment | Shorepower for Cruise Ships: A Decarbonization Tool To Reduce Air Pollution in Ports |
12.45 – 13.10 | UNEP-DTU | Insights from the Emissions Gap Report 2021 |
13.15 – 14.00 | Nordic Development Fund | Let’s talk about adaptation – Which solutions would work best in the developing countries? |
14.15 – 15.00 NORDIC TALK | UNEP-DTU Partnership (UDP) | Nordic Talk at Glasgow: Carbon neutrality in cities through sustainable energy transitions – An outlook on district heating and cooling, and building energy systems |
15.15 – 16.00 | Nordic Energy Research & IEA | Global and Nordic Scenarios and Global Clean Energy Technology Progress – does it match up? |
16.15–17.00 | Equinor, SSE & Nordic Energy Research Co-organizer: Energinet.dk | Capturing Golden Opportunities – Scotland and Nordic countries striving to deliver success in carbon capture, usage and storage. |
17.15–18.00 | Nordic Energy Research with partners | Wind Win – Communities & Conservation |
18.15 – 19.00 | Climate Strategies | What is the role of carbon capture and storage in climate mitigation? – Dialogue on frameworks to scale CCUS and Negative Emissions Technologies |
19.00 – 21.00 | WDHT |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
8.30 – 10.00 | Business Sweden | |
10.00 – 12.30 | Nefco – The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation with the Swedish Energy Agency, Ministry of Climate and Environment of Norway, UNEP DTU Partnership, Global Green Growth Institute, Eastern Africa Alliance, WOCAN – Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, and Perspectives Climate Research | Nordic approaches to support global carbon market cooperation – Knowledge Sharing on Mobilising Article 6 Trading Structures 10:00 – 10:45 Session A: The road to implementation – What shape will the future carbon market take? 11:00 – 12:00 Session B: Supporting the push to meet and go beyond Nationally Determined Contributions 12.00 – 12.30: Summary panel |
12.45 – 13.15 | City of Reykjavík | Reykjavík Green Deal – Sustainability, Innovation and the Healthy City |
13.15 – 13.45 Briefing | Swedish Environment Ministry | Lunch Briefing: COP26 from a Swedish perspective with Head of Swedish UNFCCC delegation Mattias Frumerie |
14.00 – 15.00 | Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and UNEP – DTU Partnership (UDP) with the African Union Commission (AUC) | Towards a climate resilient Africa through Green and Blue Economies |
15.05 – 15.25 | Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) | Launch of Project on Action to Avert and Address Displacement Related to the Effects of Climate Change |
15.30 – 16.30 | Nefco – The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and Sida | The Nordics as pioneers in developing jobs and skills in Africa – The Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa contributing to employment within the off-grid sector |
16.45 – 17.30 JOINT EVENT | Perspectives Climate Research for the Nordic Council of Ministers, with Carbon Limits, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, and Tyrsky Consulting | Towards and beyond carbon neutrality – What role for voluntary carbon markets? |
18.00–19.00 | The sustainable consultancy PlanMiljø with the Nordic Council of Ministers | No climate policy is gender neutral. Here is why. |
19.00 – 22.00 | WDHT |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
8.30 – 9.15 | Sweden | Stockholm+50 – A healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity |
9.30 – 9.45 | Nordic Council | Opening Remarks |
9.45 – 10.15 JOINT | Nordic Council | Global Assessments in a Nutshell |
10.15 – 11.00 JOINT | Nordic Council | Awareness without action is worthless – political commitment to climate change action – ‘tour de table’ between Nordic parliamentarians, ministers and young climate leaders |
11.15 – 12.00 | Nordic Council, with Carbon Action and Swedish Carbon Sequestration | Can farmers be at the forefront of the green transition? |
12.00 – 12.30 Briefing | Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment | Lunch Briefing: COP26 from a Norwegian perspective with Head of Norwegian UNFCCC delegation Henrik Hallgrim Eriksen |
12.30 – 14.00 | Nordic Council | We have a dream – solutions and demands by young people |
14.30 – 15.45 JOINT | Nordic Council | Sustainability for whom? How rights of local communities and climate solutions can go hand in hand. |
16.00–17.45 | Nordic Council | Code Red for Parliaments – vital institutions in the climate emergency |
18.00–19.00 | Nordic Council | Reception |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
8.30 – 10.00 | Business Sweden | |
10.00 – 11.00 | Scottish Government with Lithuanian Government, and the Open Government Partnership | How Open Government principles can help deliver Climate Action |
11.15 – 12.15 JOINT EVENT | Nordic Investment Bank(NIB), Nordic Environment Financing Corporation – Necfo, and Nordic Development Fund | Towards a more liveable planet – how does Nordic financing contribute to the green transition? |
12.30 – 13.15 JOINT EVENT | Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) | Nordic Baltic countries sharpen their climate financing |
13.15 – 13.45 Briefing | Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association | Tinna Hallgrímsdóttir, chairperson of the Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association and UN Youth Delegate for Sustainable Development and Finnur Ricart Andrason, climate representative of the Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association and UN Youth Delegate for Climate Change |
14.00 – 15.00 | International Institute for Sustainable Development | The subsidy swap – Reform and reallocate subsidies from fossil fuels to deliver a fair energy transition |
15.30 – 16.15 JOINT EVENT | Danish Ministry of Finance with the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra | Finance Ministries engaging on climate change |
16.45 – 17.30 JOINT EVENT | DanChurchAid with ACT Church of Sweden, FinChurchAid, FELM and Norwegian Church Aid | More space for women’s leadership – Lessons from Nordic Efforts to Integrate Gender Equality in Climate Finance |
18.00 – 19.00 NORDIC TALK | Nordic Development Fund | Nordic Talk at Glasgow: Green and Liveable Cities in Africa – How can innovative urban development unlock sustainable economic recovery? |
19.00–22.00 | WDHT |
Time (GMT) | Organizer | Title |
8.30 – 9.30 | ||
9.00 – 10.30 | Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, Sweden | Fair Climate Transformation Governance – Interlinking carbon budgets, fair governance and COP26 |
10.30 – 12.00 | Swedish Embassy, berlin with the UN Organization Germany | Youth Reporters on COP Outcome |
12.45 – 13.15 JOINT EVENT | Nordic Youth Ambassadors to the UNFCCC and Regeneration 2030 | COP26 Outcome – what did we achieve, what’s next? |
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