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Torn between a need to boost energy infrastructure to fuel economic growth one side, and meet environmental goals on the other, Governments are in need of innovative thinking to navigate contradictory demands. In this plenary session, Ministers present the forum with their country’s blueprints for sound, and sustainable, future energy.
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14:05 Welcome from Hélène Pelosse, Interim Director General, IRENA
14:15 Ministers’ Statements and Discussion
SESSION: ASIA, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
- H.E. Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy & Industry, Qatar
- H.E. Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al- Hamli, Minister of Energy of UAE
- H.E. Dr. Hasan Younes, Minister of Electricity and Energy, Egypt
- H.E. Dr Farooq Abdullah, Minister of New and Renewable Energy, India
- Hon. Hanny Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Ghana
- H.E. Ambassador Wang Xuexian, China
- H.E. Tadahiro Matsushita, Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
- H.E. Young Hak Kim, Vice Minister, Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Republic of Korea
Session: EUROPE & NORTH AMERICA
- Rt. Hon Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
- H.E. Maria van der Hoeven, Minister of Economic Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands
- H.E. Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Economic Affairs, Finland
- H.E. Jürgen Becker, State Secretary to the Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Federal Republic of Germany
- H.E. Walter Steinmann, State Secretary of Energy, Director of Swiss Federal Office of Energy, Switzerland
- H.E. Ola Alterå, State Secretary, Ministry for Enterprise and Energy, Sweden
- Hon. Ed Stelmach, Premier, Alberta, Canada
16:00 End of Plenary Forum 1
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