COP30, Belem, Brazil
Action Agenda Event
Special Event Room 1 – São Francisco, Area C, first floor
17 November • 9:30-10:20 (local time)
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Significant global progress has been made in the coal-to-clean transition, reflecting the growing recognition of its economic and social benefits. In 2024, global coal fleet growth slowed to its weakest pace in over 20 years, and coal power capacity under development has decreased by nearly 65% since the Paris Agreement was signed. In OECD countries, generation from coal power has halved since 2015, while in emerging economies, with younger coal fleets and high dependence on coal, pioneering programmes for early coal retirement are being advanced.
Yet there is still much work to be done to address the challenges, scale solutions and accelerate action to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and build the modern, secure and resilient energy systems we need.
This high-level event, in partnership with RMI and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), will bring together ministers and change-makers to showcase global progress, highlight solutions and announce new developments. Speakers representing both developing and developed countries, financial institutions and international organisations will make new commitments, highlight solutions and present a new plan to accelerate coal transitions developed by the Powering Past Coal Alliance under the Action Agenda.
Agenda to be added in the coming days.
Speakers:
- Katie White, Minister for Climate, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, United Kingdom
- Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition and Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team
- Kim Sung-hwan, Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment, Republic of Korea
- Victor Hugo Ventura Ruiz, Minister of Energy and Mines, Guatemala
- Michael Bonser, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Canada
- Benoît Faraco, Climate Ambassador, France
- Vera Rodenhoff, Deputy Director General for International Climate Action and International Energy Transition, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany
- Sung-Ah Kyun, Associate Director, Policy, Research, and Partnership, EBRD
- Lyana Latorre, Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, Rockefeller Foundation
- Judit Carreras Garcia, Director, Just Transition Institute, Spain
- Ailun Yang, International Initiatives Lead, Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Gabriela Brasiliae, Arayara, Youth Representative
More speakers to be announced soon.
