Agenda
Please see below for a full agenda for COP25 week two. Please note this is subject to change.
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| Time | Event | Organisation |
| Tuesday 3rd December - Climate technologies | ||
| 11:30 - 12:30 | How can the world’s most detailed climate projections help us prepare for the future? UKCP is the latest generation of national climate projections for the UK and provides users with a toolkit to explore the most recent scientific evidence on our changing climate with which to plan and assess impacts. Experts from science, policy and end users will present on their work and perspectives. |
Met Office and UK Government |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Carbon Pricing and the Power Sector – Opportunities to Accelerate Decarbonisation The electricity sector has a pivotal role to play to meet the Paris Agreement’s objectives. This panel discussion will consider how power sector regulations and carbon pricing mechanisms can be better aligned so as to cost-effectively reduce sectoral emissions, while safeguarding the reliability and affordability of electricity systems in transition. |
International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) International Energy Agency (IEA) Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Earth Observation and Climate Change Earth Observation (EO) has revolutionised our ability to monitor both climatic and environmental systems. It unlocks unprecedented capabilities in understanding variability and trends in the climate system, ensuring enhanced climate resilience, and informing pertinent decisions at a local, national, and international level. |
UK Government |
| 18:30 | Earth Observation Reception | UK Government |
| Wednesday 4th December – Resilience, Adaptation & Mitigation | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | How is the UK building the evidence for a climate resilient future? Work on the UK’s 3rd Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) is underway. Here, experts from science and policy share the processes of preparing the CCRA reports, which uses existing literature, the latest scientific understanding and climate projections to assess specific risks across key sectors, also considering international influences. |
Met Office and UK Government |
| 11:30 – 13.00 | The Ocean, CO2 and society: challenges, opportunities and science responses for seas and society. Rising CO2 is impacting ocean ecosystems and dependent coastal communities through multiple climate-related changes to ocean physics, chemistry and biology. The ocean is also a source of adaptation and mitigation responses. The session will showcase how action-driven transdisciplinary science can help understand and manage the challenges placed on the ocean and so improve sustainable development. |
UK Government & Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | UK – India partnership to integrate climate resilience into development planning The event will showcase how UK-India collaboration has deployed innovative and replicable tools to support integration of climate resilience in policy and programmes in both rural and urban India across multiple sectors such as water, agriculture, transport and natural resources management. |
UK and India |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Building Better Dams: The Past, Present and Future of Hydropower Over 3,700 large dams are planned or under construction worldwide to service growing demands for energy, irrigation, water supply and flood control. These investments can make an important contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals. However, developing and financing dams in a sustainable manner remains a challenge, which the FutureDAMS project is addressing. |
University of Cambridge |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | UK-India collaboration to catalyse low carbon leadership by Indian businesses The event will present results and learning from working with Indian business to stimulate investments and initiatives to boost renewables, electric mobility, and improve energy efficiency. It will also explore how UK collaboration is helping to build the readiness of a range of businesses to scale up low-carbon solutions (including through knowledge, technology, finance) to contribute to India’s climate goals. |
UK Government |
| Thursday 5th December – Inclusive approaches to climate change & capacity building | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Ocean Leadership – navigating synergies The University of Edinburgh is launching an ambitious Edinburgh Ocean Leaders Programme in 2020. Its mission is to accelerate the learning, reach and influence of the most talented young professionals working on solutions for the oceans, and coastal societies. The vision is a globally distributed network of inspirational change-makers. www.ed.ac.uk/ocean-leaders |
The University of Edinburgh |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | Introducing the Climate Heritage Network & Madrid to Glasgow Arts, Culture and Heritage Climate Action Plan Every ambition of the Paris Agreement has a cultural dimension. The global Climate Heritage Network recently launched in Edinburgh aims to make sure the world’s culture experts and advocates are mobilised to meet this challenge. Learn how, and join in the release of the CHN’s Madrid-to-Glasgow Action Plan for Arts, Culture and Heritage. |
ICOMOS |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Making green sectors equal sectors Panel discussion focused on improving and championing gender balance in traditionally male dominated sectors of the economy related to climate change (including green finance, climate science, clean tech). COP26 president Claire O’Neill will facilitate Q&A with prominent leaders from industry and attendees. The event will end with a networking reception. |
UK Government |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Climate ambition and implementation through legal change Regulation and institutional reform are being used around the world to enhance ambition, implement the Paris Agreement and NDC targets, and stimulate cooperation. This panel provides a briefing on climate law innovations from different countries and discusses their impact. |
Climate Law and Governance Initiative, in partnership with the UK Government |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | People Led Service Approach: making the last mile the first mile By starting with the last mile when developing services, impact is greater. Met Office and partners share examples from DFID programmes (FCFA, WISER and ARRCC) and Red Cross (forecast based financing) using the people led services approach focussed on partnership working to sustainably inform and protect lives & livelihoods. |
UK Government & Met Office |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Leading the Way: Raising Ambition for Climate Action As a critical year for accelerated action this side event will focus on ambition. With COP25 representing the last international moment before countries are due to submit new and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in line with 1.5°C pathways, this event will present examples of least developed countries and small island developing states showing leadership by taking action to raise ambition, despite contributing the least to the causes of climate change. Further, this event will bring together LDCs and SIDS to discuss the implications of inaction, and how to build the momentum for collective action to end the climate crisis. |
LDC Group AOSIS |
| 18:30 - Close | Leading the Way: Raising Ambition for Climate Action | LDC Group AOSIS |
| Friday 6th December – Nature based solutions, oceans and resilience | ||
| 10:00 – 11:10 | Nature Based Solutions: ambition to action The event builds on the launch of the Nature Based Solutions (NBS) Manifesto, focusing on three areas: International action on NBS to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and poverty; Latest scientific research on NBS and successful examples of implementation; and barriers preventing NBS from getting to scale and tools to unlock nature’s full potential. |
UK Government |
| 11:20 – 12:30 | Marine protected areas as tools for adaptive marine resource management in the face of climate change This session will showcase the evidence-base for the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in adaptive marine resource management in tackling climate change, MPAs can be used as a tool which can build and support ecosystem resilience, acting as nature-based solutions for mitigating the impacts of climate change. |
UK Government, Scottish Government, Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) |
| 12:30 | Oceans lunch reception | UK Government, Scottish Government |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Managing and adapting to the challenge of ocean acidification: strategies from around the world Ocean acidification has widespread effects on the health and productivity of marine ecosystems, ultimately impacting human livelihood and wellbeing. International collaboration is urgently needed to promote mitigation and adaptation in policy, regulation and funding streams. This event illustrates what actions can and are being taken to meet this ongoing challenge. |
Plymouth Marine Laboratory and UK Government |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | What are the key climate ‘tipping points’ and how can we avoid them? From the shutdown of the gulf stream to mass release of warming gases from thawing permafrost, climate ‘tipping-points’ pose severe risks. This event discusses some of the latest research on these risks and what we can do to limit them. |
Met Office, Universidad Computense Madrid |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Climate Ready Places Scotland has developed a unique, place-based approach to climate change adaptation, including world leading work in the Glasgow City Region through Climate Ready Clyde. Find out how cities and regions are adapting and learn about Historic Environment Scotland’s leading work to place heritage at the heart of Scotland’s adaptation response. |
Adaptation Scotland, Climate Ready Clyde, Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Government |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Adaptation leadership – a shared journey – Scotland & Ireland Scottish Government and the Government of Ireland are both implementing national leadership and supporting regional action on adaptation. Find out how both countries apply adaptation policy from the local to transnational scale. |
Adaptation Leadership Scottish Government Government of Ireland |
| 18:30 – close | Adaptation leadership drinks reception | Adaptation Scotland |
| Saturday 7th December – Nature based solutions, oceans and urban environment | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | What is the role of blue carbon in both tackling climate change, and boosting climate resilience? This session will explore the role of blue carbon ecosystems – like mangroves, seagrasses and tidal marshes – in both reducing carbon emissions and helping coastal areas adapt to climate change, by boosting protection against floods, storms and sea level rise. It will also consider how to integrate marine ecosystem management into policy. |
Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Natural climate solutions: Peatland and wetland conservation and restoration, engaging action in the Northern and Scottish contexts A Scottish - Chilean bilateral on Peatland Restoration: focus on sharing knowledge and management approaches to peatland restoration in order to engage international stakeholders; the event will include research and implementation talks, concluding with the signing of a bilateral MoU between the Scottish Government and Chilean Ministry for the Environment. |
Scottish Government in partnership with the Chilean Ministry for the Environment |
| 12:30 | Peatland and wetland networking reception | British Embassy Santiago & Scottish Government |
| 13:45 - 14:30 | Why public communications and engagement is essential for building a strong mandate for climate action. George Marshall, founder of Climate Outreach, argues that public engagement is an often the missing component in policy. Drawing on 20 years of global experience, including adaptation, transition, behaviour change and carbon pricing, he will show how effective engagement can transform climate action (and how weak engagement can fuel opposition). |
Climate Outreach |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Decarbonisation of buildings: breaking the carbon connection With a panel of representatives from across the buildings and construction sector, including Cristina Gamboa, CEO of the World Green Building Council, the discussion will focus on key challenges facing the sector in its decarbonisation, with the opportunity for panellists to also offer their perspective on the solutions. |
UK Government |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | The Urban Opportunity: Transformative Climate Action in Practice Through the lens of the UK’s Climate Leadership in Cities (CLIC) programme, and drawing on insights from C40’s Climate Action Planning Programme, the Coalition for Urban Transitions and C40 Cities Finance Facility, this event will demonstrate why seizing the urban opportunity is critical to our future prosperity, and how cities are driving transformative climate action around the world. |
UK Government C40 Climate Action Planning Programme C40 Cities Finance Facility GIZ Coalition for Urban Transitions |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Urban Environment Reception | UK Government & ARUP |
| 19:00 – close | UN Ocean Action Day Reception High-level event hosted in the UK Pavilion as a wrap up of the Oceans Action Day. With distinguished attendees, this will be an opportunity to network with marine leaders from all around the globe, celebrating the Global Ocean Alliance and the UK’s commitments on the protection of the Ocean. |
UN |
| Sunday 8th December | ||
| Closed | ||
| Monday 9th December – Zero Emission Transport | ||
| 12:00 – 13:00 | International ZEV Alliance: funding the ZEV transition This event will explore some of the smart approaches taken by International Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance (IZEVA) members across the globe to fund the transition to zero emission vehicles, building on IZEVA’s recently launched paper ‘Funding the transition to all zero emission vehicles’ |
International ZEV Alliance |
| 13:15 – 14:45 | Accelerating the Low Carbon Transition: The case for stronger, more targeted and coordinated international action Launching a report “Accelerating the Low Carbon Transition: The case for stronger, more targeted and coordinated international action”. Commissioned by the UK with support from the Energy Transitions Commission. With UK Minister, Lord Duncan; the authors; and representatives of Mission Innovation, the World Economic Forum, and the Just Transition Centre. |
UK Government |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Cities & Transport A presentation and panel debate on how cities are approaching the decarbonisation of the transport sector across the world. This event will explore how cities may transform, with a specific focus on policy and urban infrastructure and environment. |
UK Government, C40, Foster & Partners and ARUP |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | EV100: Business as ‘Ambassador for Change’ During the panel discussion, speakers will set out the actions that their organisations are taking to drive forward the Zero Emission Vehicle agenda, with a particular focus on how businesses that have signed up to the EV100 campaign can act as ‘ambassador for change’ beyond their commitments as signatories – and what they need from policy makers to achieve this. |
The Climate Group |
| 18:00 – close | UK low carbon business reception The UK pavilion will be hosting a networking event for industry representatives working within low carbon sectors. This event is an opportunity to meet with like-minded stakeholders to discuss low carbon technologies and opportunities around the world, in particular Latin America. Interested attendees will be UK companies and international buyers. |
UK Government |
| Tuesday 10th December – Green Finance and Coal Transition | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Pricing Climate Risk into Investment Decision Making The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) was launched at UNCAS by the UK, Jamaica, WTW, WEF, and the GCA. It aims to foster a more accurate integration of physical climate risks into investment decision-making, driving a shift toward a more climate resilient economy for all countries, including the most vulnerable. This session will provide further information and an update on the work of the Coalition. |
The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Sustainable Infrastructure: mobilizing private investment for low-carbon development in Latin America This panel will discuss the case for sustainable infrastructure investment, showcasing the barriers and opportunities to bringing investments to reality as seen by both project developers and investors in Latin America. It will discuss how the UK and IDBG can mobilise private sector investments through the UK Sustainable Infrastructure Programme (UK SIP). |
UK Government InterAmerican Development Bank Group (IDBG) |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Accelerating a Just Transition Through Carbon Pricing This year's CPLC Annual Leadership Dialogue will focus on the role of carbon pricing in a just transition to a low-carbon economy. The event brings together high-level speakers from government, industry and international organisations. |
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | Announcement of the Partnership for Market Implementation This event will bring together high-level representatives from governments and the World Bank to announce the Partnership for Market Implementation (PMI). The PMI is the successor programme to the Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) and will assist countries to implement carbon pricing instruments as they prepare to operationalise their NDCs. |
World Bank |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Environmental, Social Governance (ESG) leadership in LATAM and the UK This event will follow the launch of the London Stock Exchange's (LSEG) new ESG leadership and revised sustainable bond segment with a specific look to promoting the adoption of ESG factors within investment portfolios across LATAM and the UK. Case studies and best practices of ESG leadership will be showcased from practitioners and users. |
UK Government Foreign and Commonwealth Office - British Embassy Santiago, Chile. Event Supported by British Embassies in Latin America and UK Green Finance Institute. |
| 17:15 – 18:00 | Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA): Responding to the Global Imperative for Coal Phase-out The Powering Past Coal Alliance has continued to grow and drive ambition in 2019, and momentum is still building. This event will showcase our achievements, recognising the urgency of phasing out coal power and how we plan to address this. Ministers will speak to this progress, the next steps for the PPCA and announce new members and initiatives. Members will make announcements about their recent coal phase-out efforts and commitments to end the financing of coal. |
Powering Past Coal Alliance |
| 18:00 – close | UK Green Finance Institute Reception An opportunity to meet and network with key members of the UK green finance community. You will hear about the Green Finance Institute’s mission as a forum for public-private collaboration in green finance and its role supporting HMG’s plans for 2020, a significant year for climate action culminating in COP26. |
UK Green Finance Institute |
| Wednesday 11th December – Technology and Innovation / Resilience and Adaptation | ||
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Big Data and Al: Emerging Tools for Managing Climate Risks and Opportunities for Sustainable Finance Recent years have seen a series of advances in a range of Data Technologies (e.g. AI, Blockchain) which offer promising opportunities to accelerate the transition to clean growth. However, global progress to materialise these opportunities is stalled owing to inconsistent data sharing models, policy and regulatory frameworks and market structures that have become barriers to the adoption of these emerging digital technologies. This session explores the pre-requisites for the roll-out of AI in managing physical and transition risks in the finance sector to fully implement TCFD recommendations. |
Blockchain & Climate Institute |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | The Atmosphere Restoration Accelerator: Creating a commercial market for greenhouse gas removal technologies Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) technologies such as Afforestation and Direct Air Capture are likely to play a critical role in achieving net-zero emissions. The scaling of these technologies in line with climate model requirements has the potential to be a multi-trillion pound industry. This session explores how to create a commercial market for GGR. |
Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | Energy Storage in Emerging markets This event will provide a platform for key stakeholders to dive into the challenges and opportunities of financing, developing, and deploying energy storage projects across a range of technologies in the developing world. Participants will learn more about recent energy storage initiatives focused on developing countries including the recently established Climate Investment Funds’ Global Energy Storage Program (GESP), and the WB ESMAP-convened Energy Storage Partnership (ESP), among others undertaken by governments, development finance institutions and the private sector. |
Climate Investment Funds World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP) UK Government |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Transforming industry: Developing carbon capture, utilisation and storage clusters This event will highlight the critical role of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies in achieving climate and energy goals. It will focus on the potential for CCUS to support deep emissions reductions in industrial sectors that are important for economic growth and high-value job creation, including steel, cement and chemicals production. It will consider opportunities for accelerated deployment of CCUS within these and other sectors, in particular through the development of industrial CCUS clusters to support industrial competitiveness and drive low carbon products. The event will also consider how development of CO2 infrastructure can support carbon removal and CO2 use applications, highlighting significant technology developments. |
International Energy Agency |
| 15:40 – 16:40 | The Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP): growing together This session will provide a high-level panel and open discussion, and an update on progress of the Risk-Informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) since the UN Climate Summit in New York. This is an opportunity for new stakeholders to join the partnership and contribute to the priorities, value and approach of the partnership. |
UK Government, Met Office and REAP Partners |
| 16:50 – 17:50 | The LDCs call for business unusual The LDC Group are making ambitious commitments to deliver their 2050 vision of a climate-resilient future. At this event the LDC group leadership will share how they plan to deliver the LDC initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience in country, to develop transformational delivery mechanisms to reach communities at scale. |
The LDC Group |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Responding to the Call for Action on Adaptation and Resilience | UK and Egypt |
| 19:00 – close | Call for Action and Business Unusual reception The UK, Egypt and the LDC group welcome event participants to join them in a reception to further discuss delivery of the UN Summit Call for Action and the LDC Initiative for Effective Adaptation and Resilience (LIFE-AR). |
UK, Egypt and the LDC Group |
| Thursday 12th December - Energy Transitions and Climate Finance | ||
| 10:00 – 11:00 | ASEAN and the UK - developing a 2020 partnership This session is an opportunity to hear from thought-leaders and policy-makers on ASEAN’s climate priorities and challenges in the year ahead. The aim is to encourage an open discussion – including audience contributions - towards a shared understanding of ASEAN climate considerations that will inform collaborative approaches for a successful, impactful COP 26. |
UK Government |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | How can considering co-benefits of climate action allow us to go further & faster cutting emissions? Action on climate change has multiple benefits, including improvements in public health, growth in the low-carbon jobs market and a reduction in poverty and inequality. This event explores these co-benefits, how their incorporation into the decision-making process can accelerate emission reductions, and how cities and devolved regions are best placed to capitalise on these benefits. |
Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London |
| 13:00 - 13:45 | Global Investor action towards COP26 This session will focus on global investor action on climate change answering key questions such as: How will the energy transition unfold? What are the implications for key sectors and global investors? What action are global investors taking towards COP26 and net zero? The session will highlight the new UN Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance, new analysis from The Inevitable Policy Response on the implications of a delayed forceful policy response for key sectors, as well as a global investor perspective. Speakers will include Mark Lewis, Global Head of Research at BNP Paribas Asset Management, also a TCFD member and advisor to the Carbon Tracker Initiative; Thomas Kansy, Principal, Vivid Economics and an economist leading on The Inevitable Policy Response; and Edward Baker from the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, a co-convenor of the UN Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance. |
UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | International Climate Finance post-2020 and the future of climate finance A diverse panel of experts will discuss the future of climate finance. The discussion will focus on likely trends beyond 2020, including current and potential future examples of best-practice. Includes a short food and drink reception. |
UK Government |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Collaborating to accelerate action: Colombia-UK partnership for Sustainable Growth Following on from the landmark signing of the ‘Partnership for Sustainable Growth’ between Colombia and the UK in June 2019, this showcase of progress achieved across sectors of focus will show how coordinating interventions and investment can lead to significant impact and ambitious action on climate for the mutual benefit of both countries. UK PACT is the UK’s £60 million capacity-building programme, that supports middle-income, developing countries to reduce carbon emissions. The programme responds to demand from countries and works in partnership with them to help deliver on their NDCs and take more climate action. This event will showcase examples from Mexico, Colombia and China, focussing on green finance, with a panel discussion on what has been effective and what more needs to be done. |
UK Government |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Building Capacity & Greening Finance: Towards a Net Zero World UK PACT is the UK’s £60 million capacity-building programme, that supports middle-income, developing countries to reduce carbon emissions. The programme responds to demand from countries and works in partnership with them to help deliver on their NDCs and take more climate action. This event will showcase examples from Mexico, Colombia and China, focussing on green finance, with a panel discussion on what has been effective and what more needs to be done. |
UK Government |
| 18:30 – close | UK PACT Reception We hope you will be able to join us and carry on the conversation on green finance at the UK PACT reception. This will be an opportunity to meet UK PACT implementers and the team, ready to share their experience in mobilising investments and discuss ambitions. |
UK Government |
