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Solutions dialogues

HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE | LONDON | 24^th JUNE

REGIONAL DIALOGUES | WORLDWIDE | JUNE TO DECEMBER

Raising Ambition, Accelerating action

The Solutions Dialogues are a global event series set to raise ambition and accelerate action on coal phase-out. To attend the events in-person or online, sign up below.

This year, Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) Co-Chairs, the United Kingdom and Canada, and Bloomberg Philanthropies are convening a series of Solutions Dialogues, hosted around the world. These Dialogues will bring together government, business, finance and civil society leaders to raise ambition and accelerate action on the phase-out of unabated coal power, to keep 1.5°C within reach.

The series began with a High-Level Dialogue at London Climate Action Week on 24th June. Marking the year when the UK closes its last remaining coal power plant, the High-Level Dialogue sent a clear message on the need to accelerate coal phase-out globally.

Now, the Solutions Dialogues are going global, with Regional Dialogues being held across the globe throughout 2024.

The following Regional Dialogues have been confirmed so far, with more to be announced:

Santiago, Chile in August, co-hosted by the government of Chile and Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition (IKI-JET),

New York, United States during New York Climate Week in September, hosted by the Global Renewables Alliance,

Jakarta, Indonesia, during Indonesia Sustainability Forum in September, hosted by the government of Indonesia,

Singapore, during the Singapore International Energy Week in October, co-hosted by GFANZ APAC Network and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

For more information and opportunities to attend, register for the Regional Dialogue newsletter below.

Speakers

Fatih Birol

Executive director of the International Energy Agency

Fadillah Yusof

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Mukhtar Babayev

Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Republic

Jennifer Morgan

State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Federal Foreign Office of Germany

Selwin Hart

Special Adviser to Secretary-General of the United Nations

Damilola Ogunbiyi

CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, Special Representative, UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair, UN-Energy

Rachmat Kaimuddin

Deputy Minister, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs, Indonesia

Catherine Stewart

Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change

Kevin Magron, Climate Ambassador, France

Climate Ambassador, France

Ximena Fuentes

Chilean Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Ravi Menon

Climate Ambassador, Singapore

Mary L. Schapiro

Vice Chair, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

Moustapha Kamal Gueye

Director of the ILO Action Programme on Just Transitions

Julia Skorupska

Head of Secretariat, Powering Past Coal Alliance

John Murton

Senior Sustainability Advisor, Standard Chartered

Gwynne Taraska

Managing Director for Clean Energy, SPEC, United States

Harry Boyd Carpenter

Managing Director, Climate Strategy and Delivery at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Mathilde Mesnard

Deputy Director of the Environment Directorate, OECD

Key Themes

Early Retirement

We will address the complex challenges of retiring coal power plants before the end of their lifetimes: through securing funding, enacting effective policies and regulations that reflect the impact of coal plants whilst allowing fair market competition.

Just transition

We will showcase how workers and communities can be protected in the transition from coal to clean whilst boosting local development: through the implementation of place-based policies, people-centred planning processes, and effective financial mechanisms.

Security of Supply

We will establish how to secure the supply of electricity throughout the transition from coal to clean: through updating energy plans, advancing grid operation and market design, and building renewables, energy storage, and grids at the pace and scale required to meet climate goals.