Raising Ambition, Accelerating action
The Solutions Dialogues were a global event series to raise ambition and accelerate action on coal phase-out.
Solutions dialogues 2024
In 2024, the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) Co-Chairs, the United Kingdom and Canada, and Bloomberg Philanthropies convened a series of Solutions Dialogues, hosted around the world. These Dialogues brought 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 closed its last remaining coal power plant, the High-Level Dialogue sent a clear message on the need to accelerate coal phase-out globally.
The Solutions Dialogues then went global, with Regional Dialogues held across the globe throughout 2024.
Regional Dialogues were held in.
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Santiago, Chile, in August, co-hosted by the government of Chile and Innovation Regions for a Just Energy Transition (IKI-JET).
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New York, United States, during New York Climate Week in September, hosted by the Global Renewables Alliance.
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Jakarta, Indonesia, during the Indonesia Sustainability Forum in September, hosted by the government of Indonesia.
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Singapore, during the Singapore International Energy Week in October, co-hosted by GFANZ APAC Network and Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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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 addressed 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 showcased 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 explored 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.
