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  • 5.11.2021 Choosing Green biodiversity & adaptation
  • 6.11.2021 Choosing Green – Climate Action
  • 8.11.2021 Choosing Green energy
  • 9.11.2021 Choosing Green transition
  • 10.11.2021 Choosing Green – The role of the parlamentarians
  • 11.11.2021 Choosing Green finance
  • 12.11.2021 Choosing Green – Outcome of COP26
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COP26

8 flags. 27,5 million people. 1 vision. The Nordic countries have ambitious climate goals. We want to become the most sustainable region in the world by 2030. We invite you to join the conversation on how to solve the climate crisis and reach the goal of carbon neutrality at the Nordic Pavilion during COP26.

 

Where:

The Nordic Pavilion

Hall 4, Pavilion 45

Blue Zone

 

Stream all events online at:

https://www.wedonthavetime.org/event/cop26


norden.org/COP26

 

1.11.2021 Choosing Green leadership & engagement

 

PROGRAMME

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
9.00 – 10.00Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, SwedenNordic Climate Leadership
– Drivers, barriers and opportunities on the road to and from Glasgow
10.00 – 11.00
Government of ScotlandSports for Climate Action
– Exploring action and ambition to make sport more sustainable
12.00 – 13.30
(offline workshop)
Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, SwedenOvercoming Climate Denial
– Strategies for countering different forms of denial
14.00 – 15.00NordForskClimate 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 ImplementationLunch briefing:
COP26 – what is at stake?
15.35–15.55
Briefing
Mute B. Egede, Premier of GreenlandA greener Greenland – a briefing by the Premier of Greenland
16.00 – 17.45Scottish Government with Technical University of DenmarkHow to deliver a climate-tech collaboration programme across ten countries

Followed by opening reception
18.00 – 21.00 We Don’t Have Time (WDHT)

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

2.11.2021 Choosing Green rural action

 

PROGRAMME

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
9.00 – 10.00Climate Investment Coalition with Government of Denmark, Insurance & Pension Denmark, Finance Denmark, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and World Climate FoundationNordics spur global uptake of private investments in climate action by 2030
10.10 – 10.55UNEP, Cool Coalition and Clean Cooling Collaborative with SE4ALLSustainable Cold Chain: For the People, For the Planet
– Addressing climate change, hunger and energy
11.00 – 13.00NORDREGIO and the OECDRural Policies & Climate Change
– Why rural areas are crucial for the green transition
13.15 – 13.45
Briefing
Finnish Ministry of the EnvironmentLunch Briefing:
COP26 from a Finnish perspective with Head of Finnish UNFCCC delegation Marjo Nummelin
14.00 – 15.00Government of ScotlandIslands as Hubs of Climate Innovation
15.15 – 15.45Estonian Ministry of EnvironmentDEAL – Data for the Environment Alliance
16.00 – 17.00Government of ScotlandClimate and Citizen Participation – Co-creation and Co-benefits
17.00 – 21.00WDHT

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

3.11.2021 Choosing Green cities

 

PROGRAMME

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
8.30 – 10.00Business Sweden
10.00 – 10.45Nordic Council of MinistersCODE RED – Can cities save the planet?
Setting the scene: what is at stake, and how do we catalyze the necessary change?
11.00 – 12.30City 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 – 13.00United 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 – 15.15Ministry of the Environment, Finland with the Nordic Council of MinistersBuilding Materials and bioeconomy in the Global Climate Agenda
15.30 – 16.30Nordic 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 – 19.00WMO with the UNDP and UNEPCreation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility
– Innovating finance for weather and climate observations
19.00 – 22.00WDHT

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

4.11.2021 Choosing Green oceans

 

PROGRAMME

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
8.15 – 9.45Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human RightsConnecting the Dots: Human Rights and Climate Change
– Pathways for Just Transition: A Rights-based Approach to Climate Change
10.00 – 10.45International Energy AgencyWorld Energy Outlook
11.00 – 12.00
NORDIC TALK
Plymouth Marine LaboratoryNordic 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 – 13.00International Hydropower Association with the Costa Rican governmentThe 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 AccentureLet’s start the ocean data revolution in the Nordics!
– Building partnerships for integrated nature-based solutions to climate change
15.15 – 15.45Nordic Council of Ministers’ Ocean and Climate group with NIVA – Norwegian Water Research InstituteFinding 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 ScienceNordic Talk at Glasgow:
Ocean Connections from the Arctic across the globe
17.00 – 21.00WDHT

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

5.11.2021 Choosing Green biodiversity & adaptation 

 

PROGRAMME

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
08.30 – 10.00Business Sweden
10.00 – 11.00LEAF 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 – 13.10Saami Council and AMAPClimate 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 ScotlandWetland/Peatland conservation, restoration, and management: from Scotland to the Arctic
– Explore the importance of resilient wetlands for climate and biodiversity
15.00 – 17.00Nordic 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

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

6.11.2021 Choosing Green – Climate Action

 

PROGRAMME

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
09.00 – 09.45IPAM: Amazon Environmental Research Institut and the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and EnvironmentAn integrated approach to reconciling conservation and production in the Amazon
10.00 – 10.45Green by Iceland with HS Orka, Carbfix, Aker, DanunityThe value of our villain
– CO2 in the circular economy
11.00 – 14.00
JOINT EVENT
Nordic Council of Ministers with Nordic Culture PointNordic Climate Action
– COP26 Talkshow
14.30 – 15.30Alfa Laval Marine with StormGeoAccelerating the transition in shipping through digitalization and partnerships
16.00 – 17.00
WORKSHOP
Future Climate Engineering Solutions, with Danish Society of Engineers and IchemiEEngineering real solutions for climate action
– Evidence-based, deliverable national energy scenarios that help deliver agreed NDCs

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

8.11.2021 Choosing Green energy 

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
8.15 – 9.00
JOINT
Nordic Energy Research and Nordic InnovationNordic Aviation – skymiles ahead?
– Can one region influence the global aviation industry?
9.15 – 10.00
JOINT
Nordic Energy Research and Nordic InnovationFit 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 EnvironmentShorepower for Cruise Ships: A Decarbonization Tool To Reduce Air Pollution in Ports
12.45 – 13.10UNEP-DTUInsights from the Emissions Gap Report 2021
13.15 – 14.00Nordic Development FundLet’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 – 16.00Nordic Energy Research & IEAGlobal 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.
17.15–18.00Nordic Energy Research with partnersWind Win – Communities & Conservation
18.15 – 19.00Climate StrategiesWhat is the role of carbon capture and storage in climate mitigation?
– Dialogue on frameworks to scale CCUS and Negative Emissions Technologies
19.00 – 21.00WDHT

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

9.11.2021 Choosing Green transition 

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
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 ReykjavíkReykjavík Green Deal – Sustainability, Innovation and the Healthy City
13.15 – 13.45
Briefing
Swedish Environment MinistryLunch Briefing:
COP26 from a Swedish perspective with Head of Swedish UNFCCC delegation Mattias Frumerie
14.00 – 15.00Stockholm 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 – 16.30Nefco – The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and SidaThe 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 ConsultingTowards and beyond carbon neutrality – What role for voluntary carbon markets?
18.00–19.00The sustainable consultancy PlanMiljø with the Nordic Council of MinistersNo climate policy is gender neutral. Here is why.
19.00 – 22.00WDHT

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

10.11.2021 Choosing Green – The role of the parlamentarians

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
8.30 – 9.15
SwedenStockholm+50
– A healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity
9.30 – 9.45
Nordic CouncilOpening Remarks
9.45 – 10.15
JOINT
Nordic CouncilGlobal Assessments in a Nutshell
10.15 – 11.00
JOINT

Nordic CouncilAwareness without action is worthless – political commitment to climate change action
– ‘tour de table’ between Nordic parliamentarians, ministers and young climate leaders
11.15 – 12.00Nordic Council, with Carbon Action and Swedish Carbon SequestrationCan farmers be at the forefront of the green transition?
12.00 – 12.30
Briefing
Norwegian Ministry of Climate and EnvironmentLunch Briefing:
COP26 from a Norwegian perspective with Head of Norwegian UNFCCC delegation Henrik Hallgrim Eriksen
12.30 – 14.00
Nordic CouncilWe have a dream – solutions and demands by young people
14.30 – 15.45
JOINT
Nordic CouncilSustainability for whom? How rights of local communities and climate solutions can go hand in hand.
16.00–17.45

Nordic CouncilCode Red for Parliaments – vital institutions in the climate emergency
18.00–19.00Nordic CouncilReception

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

11.11.2021 Choosing Green finance

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
8.30 – 10.00
Business Sweden
10.00 – 11.00
Scottish Government with Lithuanian Government, and the Open Government PartnershipHow 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 FundTowards 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 AssociationTinna 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 DevelopmentThe 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 SitraFinance Ministries engaging on climate change
16.45 – 17.30
JOINT EVENT
DanChurchAid with ACT Church of Sweden, FinChurchAid, FELM and Norwegian Church AidMore space for women’s leadership
– Lessons from Nordic Efforts to Integrate Gender Equality in Climate Finance
18.00 – 19.00
NORDIC TALK

Nordic Development FundNordic Talk at Glasgow:
Green and Liveable Cities in Africa
– How can innovative urban development unlock sustainable economic recovery?
19.00–22.00WDHT

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

12.11.2021 Choosing Green – Outcome of COP26

 

Time (GMT) OrganizerTitle
8.30 – 9.30
9.00 – 10.30
Climate Change Leadership at Uppsala University, SwedenFair Climate Transformation Governance
– Interlinking carbon budgets, fair governance and COP26
10.30 – 12.00
Swedish Embassy, berlin with the UN Organization GermanyYouth Reporters on COP Outcome
12.45 – 13.15
JOINT EVENT

Nordic Youth Ambassadors to the UNFCCC and Regeneration 2030COP26 Outcome – what did we achieve, what’s next?

For more information – please, see: norden.org/cop26

 

About Nordic co-operation

Nordic co-operation is one of the world’s most extensive forms of regional collaboration, involving Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

Nordic co-operation has firm traditions in politics, economics and culture and plays an important role in European and international forums. The Nordic community strives for a strong Nordic Region in a strong Europe.

Nordic co-operation promotes regional interests and values in a global world. The values shared by the Nordic countries help make the region one of the most innovative and competitive in the world.

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Cover photo: Vattenfall