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High-Level Track II Dialogue on China’s Role in Advancing Global Climate Action
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16:15
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18:30
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Albatros Laguna Vista Sharm El Sheikh hotel, Meeting Room 1
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Background The world is facing multiple challenges, including geopolitical risks, high inflation, economic downturns, energy supply constraints, and industry chain disruptions. Meanwhile, the impacts of extreme weather on ecology, economy, and energy supply are escalating. It is urgent to address climate change. At this critical juncture, countries need to take positive climate action to achieve sustainable economic and social development while ensuring energy security and economic growth. This forum will focus on goals and actions, and hold in-depth discussions on topics including how to promote pragmatic and balanced progress in global climate governance; how countries can accelerate ambitious domestic climate actions; and how to address the new situation of global climate governance and promote global climate change ambition through competition and cooperation. Key topics include promoting global climate governance with long-term net zero vision and accelerating climate actions at national levels. Agenda 10:05-10:15 (Egypt time) | Greetings and Technical Orientation | 10:15-10:50 | Opening Session, moderated by Zou Ji, CEO & President, Energy Foundation China Opening remarks: Zhang Hongjun, Board Chair, Energy Foundation China Keynote speeches: 7-8 mins each - Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia; President of the Asia Society Policy Institute
- Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute of LSE
| 10:50-11:35 | Session 1: Enhancing global climate governance under long-term carbon neutrality vision Suggested topics: - Status and impacts of global carbon emissions: emission trajectories of the world and especially major emitters, shocks of extreme climate on social and economic systems, etc.
- New situations of global climate governance: increased risk of geopolitical conflicts, reduced political trust, economic downturns, debt crisis, rising energy and food prices, energy crisis, marginalization of climate issues, etc.
- Ways to promote pragmatic and balanced progress in global climate governance: how to promote implementation of the Paris Agreement, such as encouraging countries to set more ambitious targets and to implement the targets informed by the global stocktake; how to realize the financial support commitments and support capacity-building for developing countries
Moderator: Bernice Lee, Research Director, Executive Director, Hoffmann Centre for Sustainable Resource Economy, Chatham House Guiding interventions: 5-6 mins each - Laurence Tubiana, CEO, European Climate Foundation
- Jonathan Pershing, Program Director, Environment, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Wang Yi, Member of Standing Committee, 13th National People’s Congress of China; Deputy Director of the National Committee of Experts on Climate Change; Research Fellow of the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Liu Hongpeng,Director, Energy Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission
- Ana Toni, Executive Director, Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)
Open discussion (15 min) | 11:35-12:20 | Session 2[13] : National practices to accelerate climate action Suggested topics: - Under the current circumstances, how can countries accelerate ambitious domestic climate action: China's "1+N" policy system, the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, the EU's Fit for 55 and REPowerEU, etc?
- How to view the “backlash” of fossil energy under the energy crisis and the role of renewable energy in improving energy security and driving economic growth?
- Where do countries compete and cooperate?
- How to cope with the new situation of global climate governance and enhance the ambition in competition and cooperation?
Moderator: Charlie McElwee, Vice President of Programs, ClimateWorks Foundation Guiding interventions: 5-6 mins each - Hal Harvey, CEO, Energy Innovation
- Nick Mabey, Founder and CEO, E3G
- Xu Huaqing, Director General of National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation
- David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
- Hongpeng Lei, Regional Director, East and Southeast Asia (Director) at Children's Investment Fund Foundation
- Representative from the European Commission (TBC)
Open Discussion (15 minutes) | 12:20-12:30 | Closing remarks: Zou Ji, CEO & President, Energy Foundation China |
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