COP26: Monday November 8th

9.00-9.30 Status on COP26 negotiation by Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities For the Danish delegation and press

10.30-12.00: Addressing embodied carbon of materials
Partners: FLSmidth
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12.00-12.45: Battle of the Islands
Partner: Danish Energy Agency
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13.00-14.00: Mission Innovation Pathway to 2030
Partner:  Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
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14.00-15.45: How to mobilize trillions of dollars for a green – and just – transition towards 2030
Partners: Danish Minister of Development Cooperation and State of Green
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16.00-17.30 The Future of Offshore Wind: Energy islands and Power-to-X
Partners: PFA, PensionDanmark and CIP
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17.30-18.10: Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
betweeen Denmark and NYSERDA
between Denmark and Scotland on green transition of the energy system
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Addressing embodied carbon of materials: Supporting demand for lower carbon cement, metals and minerals

 Today 15% of GHG emissions come from two commodities: cement and steel. Embodied carbon of materials are rarely addressed in climate mitigation policies around the globe.  But they play a critical role for the energy transition and are used in literally all types of infrastructures.  To reach net-zero, the embodied carbon of materials need to be drastically reduced. Good news is that zero emission materials are starting to be produced but demand is nearly inexistent. How to support demand for these lower carbon options and mainstream their use?  This panel will explore what can be done with different types of policy-driven or market-driven tools to accelerate deployment, incl. green public procurement.

Location: The Denmark Pavilion, Hall 4, UNFCCC Blue Zone Scottish event Campus

Confirmed speakers:

• Wouter De Groot, Head of Sustainability, FLSmidth
• Martin Pei, EVP and CTO, SSAB
• Dr. Wolfgang Dienemann, Global head of R&D, Heidleberg Cement
• Rohistesh Dhawan, President and CEO, International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
• Tareq Emtairah, Director of the Energy Department, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• Robert Watt, Communications Director and Head of Strategic Policy Engagement, Stockholm Environment Institute

Join us on an adventurous journey to the island of desire for the green transition. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to assess whether your favorite energy island is Samsø, Bornholm or an artificial island in the North Sea, which can connect thousands of wind turbines with several countries. Roughly speaking: are we succeeding in the green transition by starting locally, or is it rather expansion and sharing of energy over long distances that is the way forward?

On the islands you will meet Marcel Meijer, mayor of Samsø Municipality and Søren Hermansen, Director of Samsø Energy Academy as well as Kristoffer Bøttzau, Director of the Danish Energy Agency and Hanne Storm Edlefsen, Vice President for Energy Islands at Energinet, the Danish TSO. Your guides will take you on the journey, sit back safely and let yourself be led into a lively debate about necessary instruments and philosophies in the green transition. Along the way, you are guaranteed to know more about energy islands and what they have to offer in the green transition.

In this talk, meet:

• Finn Mortensen, moderator
• Søren Hermansen, Director, Samsø Energy Academy
• Kristoffer Bøttzau, Director, Danish Energy Agency
• Hanne Storm Edlefsen, Vice President for Energy Islands, Energinet

The session is the opening event for the Zero-Emission Shipping Event at COP26, showcasing broad political commitment and discussing key next steps, challenges and milestones ahead of 2030. This will focus on the collaboration between governments involved in the Mission to accelerate progress towards the 2030 goals, drawing inspiration from the Innovation Gap Analysis, Mission held workshops and ongoing work on the Mission’s roadmap concept.

Speakers

• David Turk, United States Deputy Secretary of Energy
• Brian Johnson, Chief Executive, UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Rikke Wetter Olufsen, Deputy Director at the Danish Maritime Authority and Chair of the Executive Committee for the Zero-Emission Shipping Mission
• Fridtjof Unander, Executive Director for Oceans, Energy and Sustainability, Research Council of Norway
• Bo Cerup Simonsen, Chief Executive Officer, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
• Johannah Christensen, Chief Executive Officer, Global Maritime Forum
• Moderator: Katharine Palmer, UNFCCC High-Level Climate Champion’s Shipping Lead

How to mobilize trillions of dollars for a green – and just – transition towards 2030

Multistakeholder partnerships between different types of stakeholders is a way to enable private investments in adaptation. Learn more about how that can be done. The presentations and panel discussions will showcase clear cases of successful public-private sector partnerships and cross-sector collaboration with a starting point in Denmark but reaching out globally. Each session will aim to support presenting successful investment, partnership and business models with insights and input from internationally leading climate finance stakeholders working to increase climate investments to achieve the Paris Agreement and a net-zero and just transition.

Programme

• 14.00: Setting the state: Mobilizing trillions to a sustainable transition by moderator, Finn Mortensen, Executive Director, State of Green
• A case of public-private partnerships: Denmark’s climate partnerships by Anne Højer Simonsen, Senior Director, Confederation of Danish Industry
• Panel session: Aiming for net-zero or net-positive financial portfolios
  • Ulrik Stridbæk, Vice President, Ørsted
  • Kasper Lorenzen, CIO, PFA Pension
  • Ida Auken, Member of Danish Parliament, Social Democratic Party
• Financing energy innovations: The energy island case by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
• Remarks by Minister of Development, Flemming Møller Mortensen
• Panel: Financing models to ensure a just transition
  • Nadia Gullestrup Christensen, UN Youth delegate from Denmark
  • Torben Huss, CEO, IFU – Investment Fund for Developing Countries
  • Warren Evans, COP 26 Special Climate Change Envoy, Asian Development Bank

• Partnership to mobilize $1 trillion in solar investments by 2030
  • Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, International Solar Alliance
  • Asger Garnak, Head of Program, CONCITO

See programme and register for event here: https://events.pensiondanmark.dk/114/it-IPP9AQL1,32427,49878/