Virtual Dialogue on the Role of (Renewable) Energy
Wednesday, April 6th, 2022, 3:00 – 4:30 pm GMT | Registration: LINK
The Global Renewables Congress in partnership with Bread for the World cordially invite you to a virtual dialogue on the results of the IPCC WG III Report: Mitigation of Climate Change. The dialogue will take place virtually on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 at 5 pm CEST/ 3 pm GMT, two days after the release of the full report on the 4th of April.
The event will provide an overview of the IPCC report with a special focus on issues related to the urgently needed energy transformation. The panel will discuss the reports’ implications for Germany and countries of the Global South. Bringing together ministerial decision-makers, legislators, and representatives of civil society organisations from Germany and the Global South, the virtual dialogue aims at an exchange for an improved understanding of energy-related plans, expectations, needs, and necessary actions for the mitigation of climate change. A summary of the energy-related parts of the IPCC report will be shared with participants after the meeting.
Please find the report here.
Agenda:
| Item | Speaker |
| Welcome & Introduction | Jaime Fernández – Bread for the World
Anna Skowron – World Future Council |
| The IPCC Report Mitigation of Climate Change – background and main energy-related conclusions | Dr Stephan Singer, Climate Action Network International and accredited reviewer of the IPCC |
| Panel discussion
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Katrin Uhlig – Member of the German Parliament’s Committee on Climate Action and Energy
Raju Pandit Chhetri – Director of Prakriti Resources Centre (PRC) & Member of the Climate Change Council for the Government of Nepal Norbert Gorissen – Commissioner for Energy and International Climate at the German Federal Foreign Office (AA) (tbc) |
| Open discussion | |
| Closing Words |
