COP 25 Energy Events

All Energy-Related Side Events Hosted by COP 25

Date	Room	Event
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	13:15-14:45 Room 1	The role of CDM in decarbonizing cities an its co-benefits This side event provides a unique opportunity to showcase CDM projects implemented in cities. The side-event will also highlight the potential for implementing mitigation project in cities as well as the co-benefits which can be achieved from such projects.
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	13:15-14:45 Room 2	Climate Emergency: Reclaim Power and the End of Fossil Fuels This event is aimed at gathering CJ groups to share stories of struggles, impactful strategies and successful fights against coal and fossil fuel energy. It will highlight role of peoples movements towards rapid energy revolution based on equity, reparations and climate justice.
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	13:15-14:45 Room 5	Just transition at the grassroots: preparing for the coal phase out  Monoindustrial communities understand best the need for a just transition from coal to the low carbon economy. Each region is unique, but what they have in common is a great potential to grow. What can be learned from ambitious regions? How can just transition be integrated in global climate action? Speakers: Alexandru Mustafa (CEE Bankwatch, Romania), Konstyantyn Krynytskyi (Ecoaction, Ukraine)
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	15:00-16:30 Room 1	Transportation & Oil: Phasing Out Diesel Engines and the Fuel They Use to Meet the Paris Agrrement Reform of the fossil-fuel dependent transportation sector is an essential, achievable goal to meet the Paris Agreement goals. This panel highlights the successful efforts of governments and civil society, including those in Europe, Asia, and North America, to phase out fossil fuels and vehicles. Speakers: Government officials and civil society groups from Europe, Asia, and North America who have worked on electric vehicle and oil extraction phase-out policies.
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	15:00-16:30 Room 5	Territorial Determined Climate Contributions for Africa to enhance NDC ambition and implementation This event will highlight and demonstarte the need to develop pathways for combining a bottom-up and a top-down approaches between national and sub-national governments in the implementation and the revision of NDCs. UCLGA Climate Change Task Force as well as exemplary initiatives will be presented. Speakers: ENERGIES 2050, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa), ICLEI Africa, COP24 Climate Champion COP24 & COP25 (tbc), UNFCCC, Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Climate Negotiators Group, Ministers or Mayors from the 5 African Regions, UCLGA Climate Task Force members
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	16:45-18:15 Room 2	Water & Climate change: private actors engagement and community mobilization to promote low carbon Water & Climate change: the engagement of private actors, water partnership, promoting low carbon and resilient development through community mobilization and Advocacy Speakers: Unyime Robinson, Executive Director, Water Safety Initiative Foundation, Kai Zimmerman, President, Zenega Foundation, Ms. Shan Shan Guo, Vice President of Delta Electronics Foundation, Representatove of International Water Association (TBD) and the Representative oof Groundwater (TBD)
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	16:45-18:15 Room 6	Green Cooling: Progress and Potential To what extent will adaptation strategies involve energy? This panel will focus on the energy uses of adaptation and, in particular, those related to space cooling. Speakers will share experiences on national green cooling policy, cold chain, green finance and new approaches to address green cooling. Speakers: Yang Fuqiang/NRDC, Dan Hamza-Goodacre/K-CEP, Glenn Pearce-Oroz/Sustainable Energy for All, An Feng/iCET. M.Davide and E.De Cian/UNIVE and CMCC, S. Pachauri/IIASA, J. Dulac/IEA, S. Hallegatte/WB, R.Roesch, IRENA
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	18:30-20:00 Room 1	Technology mechanism: key themes and achievement of TEC and CTCN in 2019. The Technology Framework (TF) adopted in Katowice provides overarching guidance to the Technology Mechanism in promoting enhanced action on technology development and transfer. The side event presents activities undertaken by the TEC and CTCN to implement the TF in support of the Paris Agreement. Speakers: Dinara Gershinkova - TECH Chair, Orly Jacob - CTCN ABChair, Rose Mwebaza - CTCN Director, NDEs, NGOs
Monday, 02 Dec. 2019	18:30-20:00 Room 3	Beyond Labels, Beyond Borders: Advancing right-based protection of climate-induced migrants Climate change increases the displacement of communities, but migrants often fall through the cracks of refugee and migration policies. How can the UNFCCC and other international frameworks go beyond symptomatic responses and advance a rights-based and transformative protection agenda? Speakers: Teresa Anderson, ActionAid/Nadja Charaby, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung/M. Hafijul Islam Khan, LDC Group/Tetet Lauron, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung/Sabine Minninger, Bread for the World/Titi Soentoro, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law & Develoment