- Vision for the involvement of private actors
- Understanding the actions required to achieve INDCs
- How will COP21 outcomes interface with SDGs?
Achim Steiner
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Dr. Hakima El Haite
Delegate Minister in Charge of Environment, Morocco and COP22 Host
- Private sector adaptation and innovation to drive sustainable products and operations
- Working with multiple stakeholders to lead the way
Peter Schwarzenbauer
Member of the Board of Management, BMW AG
Examining the impact of the evolving carbon pricing and market matrix on business behaviour and low carbon project development
- How is the evolving carbon pricing and market matrix likely to impact global business operations?
- Ensuring that attractive and functional markets drive funding into low carbon technology development
- Assessing as to whether carbon pricing is catalysing the business behavior and investment needed to tackle climate change
Anthony Hobley
Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Tracker Initiative
Barbara Hendricks
German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Construction, and Nuclear Safety
Hon Tim Groser
Minister for Climate Change Issues, Minister of Trade, New Zealand
Hans Schulz
Vice President, Private Sector and Structured & Corporate Finance, Inter-America Development Bank
Ingrid Bonde
Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Vattenfall
Networking Break
Climate Leader Insight: Supply Chain Transformation
Dean A. Scarborough
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Avery Dennison Corporation
Exploring the role of private sector innovation and investment in developing sustainable urban environments
- What is the role of the private sector in adapting and innovating solutions for urban areas?
- Which technologies and approaches are currently being adopted?
- Leveraging municipal investment streams to create viable business opportunities
- Building long lasting public and private partnerships to innovate city design
Yancey Hai
Chairman, Delta Electronics
Niels B. Christiansen
Chief Executive Officer, Danfoss
Jake Layes
Director, Global Cleantech & Entrepreneur Impact, Autodesk
Nik Gowing
International Broadcaster
Manuel Heitor
Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal
A specific look at the opportunities and barriers impacting a more sustainable transport mix for cities
- Which mix of transport options will be most impactful?
- Opportunities and barriers to rolling out solutions
- How breakthroughs in EV technology are changing the face of urban mobility
Glenn Schmidt
Vice President, Government and External Affairs, Americas, BMW Group, Transport Representative
Helena Molin Valdes
Head of the Secretariat, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), UNEP
Monika Zimmermann
Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI
Helen Clark
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Introduced by Bea Perez, Chief Sustainability Officer, Coca- Cola
Bea Perez
Chief Sustainability Officer, Coca- Cola
Exploring the increasing role of renewable energy technologies on low carbon development, and how new technologies and grid infrastructure can increase climate change resilience
- Increasing the role of renewable energy technologies in developing a stable and reliable power supply
- Developing new technologies for low carbon power production and grid integration
- Adapting existing and developing new power infrastructure resilient to climate change impacts
Jane Burston
Head, Climate and Environment, UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Marie-José Nadeau
Chair, World Energy Council
Manuel Pulgar- Vidal
Minister of Environment, Peru
Nicola Sturgeon
First Minister of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Jonathan Taylor
Vice-President responsible for Environment and Climate Action, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Hordur Arnarson
Chief Executive Officer, Landsvirkjun
Carl Pendragon
Co-Founder of Carbon Wealth
Networking Break
Discussing innovative new processes and technologies to reduce the environmental impact of private sector operations
- Innovating new processes and technologies to reduce the environmental impact of private sector operations
- Managing business operations within overarching considerations of the food, energy, water nexus
Carlo Lambro
Brand President, New Holland Agriculture
Mark Tercek
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy
Patrick Brown
Chief Executive Officer, Impossible FoodsNik Gowing
International Broadcaster
Olivier Dubois
Leader, Energy Programme Climate, Energy and Tenure Division, UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Understanding the financial landscape around low carbon investment, examining climate specific funds and innovations in traditional financing and insurance
- Where we stand in the financial landscape: exploring the interplay between carbon markets, climate funds and development banks
- How can we stimulate private capital to towards innovative energy projects, to be adapted to long term returns and risk acceptance
- Balancing the divestment of unsustainable assets with increased investment in sustainable innovation
Miguel Albero
Global Head, Origination Trade & Working Capital Solutions, Santander
Michel Madelain
President and COO, Moody's Investors Service
Sean Kidney
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Climate bonds
Eric Usher
Officer in Charge, UNEP Finance Initiative
President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa
Chair of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate; Former President of Mexico
Hosted by: Carbon Trade Exchange
Dr Ernest Moniz
Secretary of Energy, USA
Bertrand Piccard
Initiator, Chairman and Pilot, Solar Impulse
Examining successful action on embedding low carbon measures across global supply chains
- How to embed sustainability throughout entire global supply chains
- Case studies of cross-cutting supply chain management
- Developing strong procurement policies and regulating and monitoring efforts to guarantee effective implementation
Ida Auken
Former Environment Minister, Denmark and Environmental RapporteurDean A. Scarborough
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Avery Dennison Corporation
Cherie Nursalim
Vice Chairman, Giti Group
Mindy S. Lubber
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Luis Enrique Berrizbeitia
Executive Vice President of CAF, Development Bank of Latin AmericaBea Perez
Chief Sustainability Officer, Coca- Cola
Networking Break
Tom Steyer
California Business leader, Philanthropist and Clean Energy Advocate
Uniting public and private sector actors to explore successful technology and policy innovation for low carbon expansion
- The triple bottom line: economic case for sustainable innovation
- Transitioning to sustainable practices: strategies for engineering new business models
- Examples of successful ground breaking technology development
- Opportunities for technological leapfrogging in developing markets
Aron Cramer
President and Chief Executive Officer, BSR
Sir David King
Permanent UK Special Envoy for Climate Change
RH Martin Haese
Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Australia
George Ferguson
Mayor of Bristol, European Green Capital 2015, United Kingdom
Anita Krohn Traaseth
Chief Executive Officer, Innovation Norway
Horace Luke
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gogoro
Networking lunch
Each roundtable to report back on 5 specific questions to be developed into a post event report. Sessions will also be recorded to produce a podcast of discussion highlights
Current topics:
- Climate Finance
- Carbon pricing and trade
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Efficiency
- Carbon Negative Solutions
- Sparking Radical Innovation for Business and Climate Success
- Green Buildings
- The Role of Ethics and Faith in Climate Solutions
Jonathan Taylor
Vice-President responsible for Environment and Climate Action, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Wayne Sharpe
Chairman and Founder, Carbon Trade Exchange
Morten Dyrholm
Global Vice President for Public Affairs, Vestas
Paolo Falcioni
Director General, CECED
Terri Wills
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Mamadou-Abou Sarr
Global Head of Environmental, Social and Governance Investing, Asset Management, Northern Trust
Tessa Tennant
Chair, Our Voices
Ebrahim Mohamed
Director of Education, Climate-KIC
Exploring how best to inspire and support the next generation to innovate future low carbon solutions
- Engaging young people in opportunities for climate change innovation
- Inspiring and supporting young entrepreneurs
- Utilising social media to connect and drive the movement
Ahmad Alhendawi
The UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth
Estefania Tapias
President, Climate KIC Alumni Network
Pirjo Jantunen
Chair, World Energy Council Future Energy Leaders
Networking Break
Chief Oren Lyons
Native American Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
Ensuring that low carbon commitments can be monitored and placed within the wider matrix of low carbon transformation
- Which organisations are working with businesses to track sustainability commitments?
- Making mechanisms work together to facilitate meaningful monitoring
- Ensuring that robust national policy supports business commitments
Philippe Joubert
Chair, Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group
Joan MacNaughton CB
Executive Chair, World Energy Trilemma
Andrew Steer
President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute
Teresa C. Fogelberg
Deputy Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Chair person’s Closing Remarks
Benoit Battistelli
President, European Patent Office (EPO)
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