This official side event provided a space for key CEM members who are frontrunners in the transition to low-carbon, climate resilient energy systems to share their experience and expertise on innovative approaches to energy transition.
Date & Time: May 29, 2019, 12:00-14:00
Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Room 208/209
Moderator: Patricia Fuller, Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change
Keynote Speakers:
Thorsten Herdan, Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Anne Kari Hansen Ovind, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada
Hassan Yussuff, Co-chair of Canada’s Just Transition Task Force, and President of the Canadian Labour Congress
Rohit Khanna, Manager for Energy Climate Finance and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank
The side event also featured a screening of the latest video from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Powering Past Coal Alliance, which explores how the shift from coal to clean energy can address Just Transition challenges.
Here are some highlights from our live tweeting of the discussion:
— Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) (@PastCoal) May 29, 2019
Anne Kari Hansen Ovind, Norway's Ambassador to Canada highlights the importance of the transition to clean energy in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. #CEMMI2019#PoweringPastCoalpic.twitter.com/nNBu44mgLe
— Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) (@PastCoal) May 29, 2019
Both Germany and Canada have used independent commissions / task forces to assist their coal phase out efforts: Germany to identify timescales and inform government policy; Canada to assist workers in the transition once the initial commitment had been made. #CEMMI2019
— Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) (@PastCoal) May 29, 2019
Rohit Khanna, Manager for Energy Climate Finance and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, World Bank shares how they are supporting the transition from coal to clean energy, addressing technology, markets, technical support, and Just Transition challenges. #CEMMI2019pic.twitter.com/YII2h003zp
— Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) (@PastCoal) May 29, 2019
Rohit Khanna: the participation of women in the energy sector has historically been low – but this is being significantly improved in the renewables sector. #CEMMI2019
— Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) (@PastCoal) May 29, 2019
Sandor Gaastra, Director General for Climate and Energy at the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy highlights how relatively new coal power plants in The Netherlands will need to retire by 2030 – when they will be just ~15 years old. #CEMMI2019pic.twitter.com/Cjf2fOw4ZV
— Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) (@PastCoal) May 29, 2019
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