Countdown to COP29: Raising Global Ambition on the Road to Baku

Countdown to COP29: Raising Global Ambition on the Road to Baku 

Co-hosted by the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment and the Delegation of the European Union to the UK

Following the commitments made at COP28 last December, governments worldwide now have a vital role to play in ensuring the next round of national climate plans significantly scale up action to deliver on the Paris agreement and that no one is left behind in the transition to a decarbonised, resilient future. 

Taking place midway between COP28 and COP29, this event will bring together climate negotiators, policy experts, and scientists to discuss what steps are needed to ensure that countries deliver an ambitious set of national plans and what key issues need to be addressed at COP29 in Baku to unlock meaningful action to limit global temperature rise and to address the impacts of a changing climate.

Agenda

11:30 – 12:30pm Registration (refreshments served)
12:30 – 12:40pm

Opening remarks   

 Speakers: 

  • Prof Sir Brian Hoskins, Chair, Grantham Institute, Imperial College London

  • Emma Woods, Director of Policy, Natural History Museum  
12:40 – 12:50pm

Keynote: The State of the Climate  

 Speaker: 

  • Prof Sir Brian Hoskins, Chair, Grantham Institute, Imperial College  London
12:50 – 1:35pm

Panel: Delivering the Energy Transition   

Speakers: 

  • Dr Vivien Foster, Principal Research Fellow in the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London 

  • Brendan Devlin, Advisor, Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission 

  • Rebecca Kershaw, Business Engagement Lead, Climate Champions Team 

  • Harry Boyd-Carpenter, Managing Director, Climate Strategy and Delivery, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

  • Moderated by: Dr Caterina Brandmayr, Director of Policy and Translation, Grantham Institute at Imperial College London 
1:35 – 2:15pm

Panel: Building Resilience and Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change   

 Speakers: 

  • Prof Sir David Nabarro, Co-Director and Chair of Global Health at Imperial’s Institute of Global Health Innovation  

  • Dr Emilie Beauchamp, Lead MEL for Adaptation – Resilience Program, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)   

  • Dr Sally Uren, CEO, Forum for the Future  

  • H.E. Macenje Mazoka, High Commissioner of the Republic of Zambia  

  • Moderated by: Laurie Goering, Extreme heat editor, Climate Resilience for All   
2:15 – 2:45pm Break (refreshments served)
2:45 – 3:00pm

Keynote: The Future We Choose    

 Speaker: 

  • Fatou Jeng, Youth Climate Advisor  to the UN Secretary General 
3:00 – 3:50pm

Panel: Raising Global Ambition on the Road to Baku  

Speakers: 

  • Jake Werksman, Lead Climate Negotiator for the European Union, European Commission   

  • Yalchin Rafiev, Lead Negotiator for COP29 and Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan  

  • H.E. Ms Francella Strickland, Head of Mission & Ambassador of the Independent State of Samoa to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union  

  • Camilla Born, Advisor to COP26 President and COP28 Presidency  

  • Moderated by: Alex Scott, independent climate diplomacy strategist 
3:50 – 4:00pm

Concluding remarks 

Speaker:    

  • H.E. Pedro Serrano, Ambassador of the European Union to the United Kingdom  
4:00 – 5:30pm Networking (refreshments served)

This invite-only event is hosted by the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment and the Delegation of the European Union to the UK.

If you are interested in attending this event, please contact the email organisers with your full name, title and affiliation, and, if there is availability, we will send you a registration link. 

London Climate Action Week 2024

This event is part of London Climate Action Week 2024. #LCAW2024

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