Injecting energy into sustainable development conversations
Panel discussion - Keynote and high-level panel
Political support for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change is unprecedented. Meanwhile 2016 is set to be the warmest year ever recorded. Many scientific voices are advocating that, if we take factors such as ocean warming and melting permafrost into account, the 1.5 degree level has already been reached.
Energy is underpinning all of the 17 SDGs. Is energy the culprit or the solution to achieving the Sustainable Development and climate change goals? This 4th conversation will explore the energy transition and how it relates with the SDGs. Issues such as the nexus between food, water and energy as well as the question of access to energy will receive special attention.
A keynote introduction presentation will be followed by a panel discussion.
PROGRAMME
WELCOME
- Valérie D'Hoedt Meyer, Programme Director, Executive Certificate in Environmental Governance, The Graduate Institute
KEYNOTE
- Janos Pasztor, former UN Assistant Secretary-General on Climate Change in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General and currently Senior Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Change
PANELISTS
- Michal Drabik, Independent energy expert, alumnus of The Graduate Institute
- Hannes Mac Nulty, Manager Sustainable Energy Solutions, BG Consulting and Engineers
- Laura Merrill, Senior Researcher and GSI Operations Manager International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- Jorge Viñuales, Professor of Law and Environmental Policy, University of Cambridge and Adjunct Professor, International Law, The Graduate Institute
Moderator
- Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE
BACKGROUND
This event is the 4th of a series of Energy Conversations, that seeks to bring together Geneva based and international energy experts to discuss persistent questions related to sustainable energy and climate change from another angle.
Monday 30 May 2016, 18:30 - 20:00
More information and registration here.
30/05 - 30/05/2016
