sei 21

COP28 Side Event – Partnerships for a Just and Equitable Industry Transition

Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Labour & Employment, India, and Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the Environment, Sweden, are hosting this COP28 side event that will present the objectives of the next phase of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (2024-2026), LeadIT 2.0 and a new bilateral Industry Transition Partnership between Sweden and India.

The event will address how LeadIT 2.0 will accelerate a just and equitable industry transition through partnerships, technology co-development, and financial and technical assistance focused on industry decarbonization for emerging and developing economies.

The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019 by the Governments of India and Sweden, was established to build momentum for industry transition up until the Global Stocktake in 2023. At COP28, LeadIT members will adopt a Mission Statement for the initiative’s next phase (2024-2026) to reaffirm their dedication to accelerating a just and equitable industry transition to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The event will be live streamed here. You can also register to watch the event at (invitepeople.com). Register and then login to InvitePeople via the confirmation email you’ll receive upon registration.

Further requests related to the event can be directed to secretariat@industrytransition.org.

The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) was launched by the Governments of Sweden and India at the request of the UN Secretary-General during the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019. LeadIT brings together 18 countries and 20 companies committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions from high-emitting industries by 2050.

Programme

10:55 GST

Opening remark by Moderator Nigel Topping

10:57 GST

Special remark by Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Labour & Employment, India.

 

11:03 GST

Special remark by Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the Environment, Sweden 

 

11:10 GST

Panel: How to accelerate a just and equitable industry transition through global partnerships, technology co-development, and financial and technical assistance focused on industry decarbonization for emerging and developing economies

Speakers

  • Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and Labour & Employment, India
  • Romina Pourmokhtari, Minister for Climate and the Environment, Sweden
  • Elfriede-Anna More, Head of Department for International Climate, Environment and Energy Affairs, Austria.
  • Mathilde Mesnard, Deputy Director and Co-ordinator for Climate and Green Finance for the Environment Directorate, OECD.
  • Ruchika Drall, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, India
  • Robert Andrén, Director General for the Swedish Energy Agency 

Moderator

Nigel Topping, Former UN Climate Change High-level champion from the COP26 Presidency. Co-leader of Race to Zero and Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, GFANZ

11:40

Closing remarks by LeadIT Secretariat

 

Practical information

Date

10 December 2023

- 10 December 2023

Time

10:55 AM

- 11:45 AM

Venue

Swedish Pavilion, Blue Zone 6, Building 75.