In this list you will find COP 27 side events and exhibits involving  IAMC Members.

SIDE EVENTS

This event aims to explore the demand-side mitigation options as covered in chapter 5 of the Working Group III report. It will explain the make-up of reported demand-side mitigation potential and highlight the low energy demand scenario characteristic of demand-side mitigation. Importantly, the session aims to link demand-side responses to more practical aspects of policy and governance, identifying which policies facilitate demand-side action and how these can be implemented by government.

Speakers: Diana Urge-Vorsatz (IPCC WGIII Vice Chair), Joyashree Roy (IPCC WGIII Coordinating Lead Author, Chapter 5), David McCollum (IPCC WGIII TSU Senior Scientist), Shreya Some (IPCC WGIII TSU Senior Scientist), Nicholas Eyre (IPCC WGIII Review Editor, Chapter 5)

Satisfying access to decent shelter, mobility, and social services is why society requires materials and energy. The event will discuss innovations for energy demand reduction, decarbonization of the urban environment and the construction sector, as well as pathways towards a net-zero society.

Speakers: Keigo Akimoto (RITE); Keywan Riahi (IIASA), Joyashree Roy (AIT); Nan Zhou (LBNL); Karen Scrivener (EPFL); Soumen Maity (TARA); David McCollum (ORNL)

The changing climate and the resulting environmental change result in more intense and more frequent extreme weather events, which affect human health through heatwaves, floods, storms, shifting in the spatial range of vector, food and water-borne diseases, and air pollution. This session aims to focus on four areas of the relationship between the changing climate and human health: emerging infectious diseases, heat-related human mortality, climate mitigation and air pollution, and the youth perspective of climate change and human health.

Speakers: Wojtek Szewczyk (European Commission – Joint Research Centre), Kristie Ebi (University of Washington), Toon Vandyck (European Commission), Jan C. Semenza (Heidelberg University), Sohayla Eldeeb (YOUNGO), Diana Garlytska (YOUNGO)

The great economies need to decarbonize, yet they must also help enable all countries. Facilitated by financial institutions, they need to establish transfer schemes with clear rules to make sure emissions get effectively reduced. Carbon pricing is key. It generates income to address equity issues.

Speakers: Kristina Kostial/IMF, Kevin Urama/AFDB, Silvie Kreibiehl/IPCC AR3 Finance chapter CLA, Stéphane Hallegatte/Worldbank, Ottmar Edenhofer/PIK&MCC, Jos Delbeke/EUI&KU Leuven, Simone Borghesi/University of Siena&EUI, Stefano De Clara/ICAP, tbc Beatriz Yordi/EU Commission

Latest understanding on climate change science;pathways to promote sustained,inclusive and sustainable economic growth;global economic meltdown during the COVID-19 period;effect of COVID-19 on climate change mitigation;strategies for future climate change mitigation and sustainable development.

Speakers: Kejun Jiang,Panmao Zhai,Qian Ye,Tianjun Zhou,Xiaolong Chen,Ying Chen, Yinglong Xu,Wenjie Dong,Cunrui Huang,Daizong Liu,Xinghua Li

In the midst of a global food crisis and ongoing deforestation, this event will highlight cutting-edge research and solutions for food and agricultural systems including release of the 2022 Global Carbon Project budget, adaptation, mitigation and finance and disadvantaged communities.

Speakers: Stanford: Chris Field-Arun Majumdar-Asmeret Berhe-Debra Roberts-Rob Jackson-Pierre Friedlingstein: Cornell: Allison Chatrchyan- Johannes Lehmann-John; Princeton: Tim Searchinger-Sir Charles Godfray-Janet Ranganathan

New generation greenhouse gas (GHG) imaging satellites, such as Japan’s GOSAT-GW, will be launched in this decade. This event will showcase the use of Earth Observations in deriving “actionable” information to monitor and guide climate mitigation efforts in support of the Paris Agreement.

Speakers: Tsuneo Matsunaga and Tazu Saeki (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan), TBD (Ministry of the Environment, Japan), Tomohiro Oda (Universities Space Research Association, US), TBD(European Space Agency), TBD (Chinese Academy of Science), TBD (Other space agencies or private sectors)

This session showcases global experiences in building the decarbonized and decentralized Grid for the Future through innovation, peer learning, and the power of collaboration, highlighting California’s leadership and lessons learned from using clean utility-scale and distributed energy resources.

Speakers: Ellie Cohen, CEO, The Climate Center (Moderator); Siva Gunda, Vice-Chair, California Energy Commission; Ron Benioff, National Renewable Energy Lab, Global Power System Transformation Consortium, Global Climate Action Partnership; Additional governmental & CEO presenters TBD

As the world moves towards climate neutrality, fossil fuel use and hence international trade in fossil fuels will decline. We will discuss what role other fuels such as hydrogen can play to replace fossil fuels and what does this mean for global energy trade. The side event will launch the 2022 edition of the Global Energy and Climate Outlook (GECO), which in this year focusses on this topic. The launch of the report will be complemented by perspectives on the role of hydrogen use in different countries, including the trade dimension.

Speakers: Laurie-Anne Michnick (Energy Security Specialist, EIB)

Professor Pierre Friedlingstein, from Exeter’s Global Systems Institute, who leads the Global Carbon Budget, will discuss this year’s findings.

We present the latest research on the progress of major emitting countries and emission-intensive industries against Paris-consistent transition pathways and benchmarks. Featured research projects include various modelling projects supported by the European Union and the European Commission (e.g. ENGAGE) as well as analysis by the Systems Change Lab recently published in its State of Climate Action report.

Speakers: Michel Elzen (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency), Louise Jeffery (NewClimate Institute)

Green hydrogen could be the key to achieving carbon neutrality and a new geopolitics is emerging. But what about countries of Middle East and Mediterranean region, at the heart of the geopolitics of oil, whose energy dependency factors will be profoundly changed by the rise of hydrogen?

Speakers: • Nadia Maïzi, Mines Paris – PSL from IPCC • Jean Charles Hourcade, CIRED, from IPCC • Marcelo Poppe, CGEE • Parties and RINGO from North and South, and notably from countries of the Middle East and Mediterranean region, and from Europe

Discuss opportunities and approaches for diverse socio-geographical contexts when working at the climate nature nexus, addressing nature loss, adaptation and mitigation goals. It will highlight concrete actions for collaboration across finance, business, academia, civil society and policy makers.

Speakers: E. Shuckburgh, Cambridge Zero; N. Seega Sustainable Finance CISL; E. Adly, RAED; JE. Yoon Centre Climate Repair Cambridge; Power Shift Africa; L&D Youth Coalition; Minister B. Creecy South Africa TBC; R. Fernandez UNFCCC Climate Champions; CEO Stora Enso, S. Lofven UN Board Effective Multilateralism

How can Asia build coalitions for transformative changes towards a net-zero future? In examining ways to do so, the discussions will feature new modes of socio-technological collaboration such as co-innovation that have potential to accelerate net-zero transitions, among countries as well as cities.

Speakers: Prof. Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI, Dr. Kentaro TAMURA, Dr. Nanda Kumar JANARDHANAN, Dr. Eric ZUSMAN, Dr Mehling, Dr Suruchi Badwal, Dr Vibha Dhawan and Prof Dr. Ho Chin Siong

The Paris Agreement enacted two complementary dynamics for an ambitious action on climate. On the one hand, the mitigation and adaptation commitments as well as the policies deployed in this respect fall to the national governments, who bear the responsibility to submit their national contributions to the global effort and to define the actions they intend to engage to achieve their objectives. On the other hand, non-state actors, notably companies, have been officially recognized for the first time within the framework of international negotiations, have significantly contributed to the construction of a favorable dynamic and have voluntarily taken more and more decarbonisation commitments.
However, these dynamics remain too disconnected at this stage. Countries continue to revise their Long-Term Strategies (LTSs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), but these strategies are often missing some descriptions relevant for the implementation by the economic actors of the society. This session will share lessons from different in-country initiatives regarding the current implementation of long-term strategies and stakeholder engagement. It will facilitate a discussion with different stakeholders from finance ministries, from development banks, from the private sector, from experts from developing countries and from international institutions.

Speakers: Marta Torres Gunfaus (IDDRI), Cassilde Brenière (SDD), Yann Briand (IDDRI), Chukwumerije Okereke (Center for Climate and Development at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Nigeria), Saritha Sudharmma Vishwanathan (IIMA)

Key EU mitigation and adaptation policy instruments will be discussed together with the launch of the European Climate Summit in March 2023 as the informative transmission belt able to feed the policy process from climate science to decision-makers for a green and just transition of our societies.

Speakers: Eamon Ryan (requested), Irish Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Clara De la Torre (requested), European Commission: Director General Climate Action, Simone Borghesi, EAERE President-Elect, Director FSR Climate, EUI and University of Siena, Marinella Davide, Ca’ Foscari University, Harvard University, CMCC and SISC, Phoebe Koundouri, EAERE President, AUEB, Co-Chair UN SDSN Europe, Frank McGovern – JPI Climate, Massamba Thioye, Climate Change Innovation Hub

This session discusses the progress in implementing the PA, internationally and by parties. Topics include international climate finance, and the experience of Palestine with its NDC implementation plans, enabling policies, setting up a MRV system, and implementation of Art. 6.

Speakers: Palestinian Government representatives, ETH Zurich, Perspectives Climate Research, experts e.g. from multilateral development banks