COP 24 Energy Events
Introduction
This page lists all the energy events happening at COP 24 from 3-14 Dec 2018.
This page is a work in progress and will be updated regularly:
Next Energy Events
| Wednesday, 12 December |
9:00–10:00 |
Building Global Energy Interconnection to Accelerate Sustainable Development Organized by GEIDCOand UN DESA |
| Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018 |
11:30—13:00 Room 3 |
Bringing socio-economic benefits through enhanced deployment of renewable energy Participants from climate vulnerable countries will discuss how they can achieve energy decarbonisation through enhanced deployment of renewables and what socio-economic benefits the deployment can bring to these countries. Speakers: Speakers will be Ministers and senior Government officials from climate vulnerable countries such as the Marshall Islands, the Philippines, Costa Rica and Ethiopia. (to be confirmed) |
| Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018 |
13:15—14:45 Room 1 |
Accelerating clean energy transitions and mobilizing investment to implement Paris Agreement goals This event will showcase how countries, in partnership with international organizations, financial institutions and private sector, are accelerating clean energy transitions. One important means is by shifting and scaling up investments towards low-carbon energy. Speakers: High-level representatives of governments, MDBs, international organizations, and private sector. |
| Wednesday 12 Dec | Meet-the-Expert 14.00 - 16.00, EU pavilion |
Meet the colleague Rita Poppe (@ritapoppe) to learn about Hivos' work on decentralized renewable energy for energy access. HIVOS |
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Wednesday, 12 Dec |
14:30 – 16:00 UK Pavillion |
LOW CARBON COOLING: SCALING-UP INNOVATION, FINANCE AND DEPLOYMENT The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in cooperation with the University of Birmingham, will hold a side event on the urgency for scaling up innovation, finance and deployment of low carbon cooling technologies. An SEforALL senior representative will participate in the panel discussion and share findings and insight from our Cooling for All work. |
| Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018 |
15:00—16:30 Room 5 |
Mobilising Investment for Off-Grid Energy Solutions in African Countries Energy access is key to building prosperity and resilience. Governments need to deploy public funding in a smart way to mobilise private finance and develop services for the poor. Beyond the Grid Fund Africa achieves this through blended finance, data analytics, capacity building and policy support. Speakers: Government Representatives of Zambia; Mr. Lars Ronnås, Swedish Ambassador for Climate Change; Mr. Martin Hiller, Director General, REEEP; Ms. Helle Lindegaard, Vice President, Head of Trust Funds and Climate, NEFCO. |
| Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018 |
17:00 Booth no 132 |
Energypedia Meetup |
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Wednesday, 12 Dec 2018 |
18:30 – 20:00, Room TBD |
UN ENVIRONMENT SIDE EVENT: “COOLING-OFF WITHOUT COOKING THE PLANET. This high-level panel on cooling will highlight the need for, and showcase progress on, adopting more energy efficient and climate-friendly refrigeration and air conditioners. An SEforALL senior representative is also expected to participate in this event. |
| Friday 14th Dec |
at 12.00 in the UN DESA Pavilion |
Energy ACCESS coalition Practical Action, WWF, ACCESS coalition This session looks at how energy access can support agricultural adaptation to climate change. It draws on a policy paper Practical action recently wrote, which looks at the potential of solar-powered irrigation in Southern Africa to enable smallholder farmers to thrive. I will share a link to this paper as soon as it becomes available, for those of you who are interested. |
Previous Energy Events
| Date |
Room | Event |
| Monday
03 Dec 2018 |
15:00-16:15
Pavilion E, Ground Floor, NR 18. |
How can multilateral institutions support innovators to ramp-up the implementation of clean and efficient solutions? |
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Tuesday 04 Dec 2018 |
9:00 and 2:30 and 4:30 AfDB Pavillion which is in the pink block H |
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| Wed 05 December |
11:30-13:00 room 4 |
Local climate actions: the practices behind the numbers This side-event will bring together climate experts and political leaders to discuss how “Locally and Regionally Determined Contributions” could be fully recognised and integrated into global processes. Looking beyond the numbers, several tools and methods will be presented and will demonstrate the diversity of approaches already being taken. |
| December 6th, Thursday | 16:30 to 18:00 at WWF Pavilion #PandaHub. | “How to accelerate universal access to sustainable energy in Africa, for the benefit of climate, people, and nature? “to take place on from 16:30 to 18:00 at WWF Pavilion #PandaHub.
The present energy system in Africa exacerbates poverty, deforestation and nature loss, health issues, and thus prevent from real sustainable development in the continent. Achieving universal access to sustainable energy in Africa supposes to consider the poor communities, for them to have access to clean, reliable and affordable energy solutions. For this to become a reality, we have to create an enabling environment through targeted financial flows, a conducive policy environment, and social acceptance of renewable energy solutions. Come and be part of our exciting journey towards Universal Energy Access by 2030! |
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December 6, Thursday |
17:00 – 18:15 | Benelux pavilion |
Innovative Energy Systems for Refugee Settlements An interactive session aiming to find lasting solutions to clean energy access for refugees. Providing energy for the growing number of refugee settlements around the world comes at a high cost - for humanitarian organisations, for the users, and for the environment. The current approach, based on short-term grants and donations, is not sustainable. This session explores innovative ways to promote market-based solutions that increase the use of clean energy sources. SNV’s experiences from Kenya show how sustainable and commercially viable supply and distribution models for quality cookstoves and PicoPV can be maintained in an approach that includes both the refugees and the host communities, generating employment, local entrepreneurship opportunities, and improved livelihoods. |
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Friday |
9:00–10:00 Venue: SDG Pavilion E-34 |
Achieving universal energy access in the context of the wider sustainable development agenda. Organized by IEA |
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Friday 07 December
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10:00 – 14:30 EU pavilion |
Agriculture’s Future: Energising agriculture This session will explore the role of agriculture in reaching net-zero emissions globally. It will debate the key levers for a low carbon, resilient farming sector and barriers to change including presentations on both supply and demand side measures, The session will specifically address opportunities and challenges related to trade policy, engagement with producers, working with small holders and consumption. |
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Friday 07 Dec |
10.30 – 11.30, UNDESA pavilion |
Strong voices from the South: how media can enhance sustainable development while combating climate change |
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Friday 07 Dec |
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Improving multi-level governance through better reporting: Accelerating renewable energy uptake Organized by REN21 |
| Date |
Room | Event |
Saturday, 8 December |
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Session TitleTBC Organized by the Multi-StakeholderSDG7-TAG/ DESA |
| Saturday, 08 Dec 2018 |
11:30—13:00 Room 1 |
Powering Ambition: Energy & Technology Solutions To Build Low-Carbon Economies The private sector is driving local & national action to help countries improve energy productivity, build a diverse low-carbon electricity portfolio & net zero-carbon buildings, strengthen resilience & develop bio-based products. Hear how smart policy and investments create jobs and grow economies. Speakers: Business executives from global technology providers & thought leaders from a broad cross-section of economy, to include: advanced bio-products, carbon capture storage & utilization, clean energy, corporate sustainability, emissions offsets, energy efficiency & productivity & net-zero-carbon bldgs. |
| Monday,10 December |
11:30–12:30 |
Rethinking development finance for climate: An in-depth look at energy access in sub-Saharan Africa |
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Monday 10 Dec |
12.00 - 13.30, EU pavilion |
Innovative climate finance to escalate private sector investment in decentralized energy access The session will focus on how to address the barriers, such as the lack of adequate finance, that hamper the uptake of off-grid and mini-grid renewable energy solutions. New research by IIED on public climate finance and aggregation of finance will be discussed as well as experience of Lithuania on climate finance for renewable energy. |
Further Information
- Official page of UNFCCC
- Here you can find an overview of the side events organized by SNV: www.snv.org/cop24
- Practical Action is involved in a number of events at COP this and next week, summarised on their website: https://policy.practicalaction.org/cop24
