Organized by UK COP26 President Designate and World Resources Institute
December 10 | 15:00-16:30 | Room 1 (Hall 4)
This high-level side event taking place at COP25 in Madrid, Spain, will focus on the growing international momentum around net-zero targets, and how this can drive more ambitious national climate action in line with the science and decreasing costs of clean technologies. Government representatives and experts will also explore how governance frameworks for delivering net-zero goals, like the UK Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, can be effective tools for driving action. Countries will describe lessons learnt and highlight the political challenges and opportunities that have shaped the process for developing NDCs and long-term strategies.
Speakers:
Claire O’Neill, COP26 President-Designate, UK
Lord Ian Duncan, Minister for Climate Change, UK
Joao Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment, Portugal
James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change, Minister of Statistics, and Associate Minister of Finance, New Zealand
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Minister for Economy, Fiji
Tina Stege, Climate Envoy to the President, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Andrea Meza, Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
Lola Vallejo, Climate Programme Director, IDDRI
Richard Baron, Executive Director, 2050 Pathways Platform
Moderator:
Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute