- These presentations will focus on what individual governments or companies are doing to reduce their emissions and contribute to local or global decarbonisation plans.
- Presenters will outline the strategies they have put in place, how they are tackling their direct and indirect emissions, how they are working with their supply chains and how they are monitoring their progress.
Climate & Environment Forum
Wednesday 18th January
10.30 | Keynote presentation
Presentations: Commitments to a low carbon future
Presented by:
10.40
10.55
11.10
11.25
11.40 | Panel: Readying the UAE for COP28 – youth expectations
- What outcomes from COP27 will shape discussions that take place at COP28 in the UAE
- How will UAE-based companies help the government’s climate ambitions
- What initiatives could be introduced that will make a significant difference to climate strategies
Confirmed speakers:
12.20 | Presentation: The youth voice - climate action through climate education
Presented by:
12.30 | Break
14.00 | Panel: Role of climate-linked finance in decarbonisation strategies
- Climate-linked finance explained, with examples of how it can be used
- How does it change expectations on actions taken by companies that use it?
- What benefits does this bring to countries and governments trying to reduce emissions?
Confirmed speakers:
14.40 | Presentation: Why climate ambitions need innovation in capital finance
What technologies will significantly help decarbonisation strategies
- A focus on the digitalisation and technology advancements that will shape efforts to decarbonise, and why
14.55 | Presentation: Advanced technology use in Mangrove forests
15.10 | Presentation:
15.25 | Panel: Working with your supply chain to tackle scope 3 emissions
- Scope 3 emissions are the toughest to reduce, because they involve not just your company but your supply chain
- How do companies put in place a strategy for scope 3 emissions – what must be considered to ensure a company can measure and monitor scope 3 emissions?
- What types of measures can be put in place to reduce those emissions?
Confirmed speakers:
Moderator: Olga Rudkovskaya
Manager-Sustainability and Supply Chain
DNV Supply Chain & Product Assurance
16.00 | Launch of the Advancing Net Zero Volunteering Team
- An initiative led by UAE experts with the objective of accelerating decarbonization of the built environment and cities in the UAE.
Presentation: Advancing Net Zero Volunteering Team - who are we and how to get involved
Panel: Accelerating decarbonisation in cities
- What is a net zero institute or community and why is the idea getting so much attention? Is net zero an industry dream or an achievable ambition?
- An assessment of the current efforts from government and private sector to meet the net zero goals.
- How can we evolve the talents of the UAE to tackle the challenge of a net-zero transition? What role will experts from both the private and public sector play in the decarbonisation agenda?
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