COP27 taking place November 6th –18th in Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt, marks the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties. Find out more about our sessions taking place in the SDG7 Pavilion in partnership with SEforAll.
Innovative financial mechanisms to help achieve SDG7 faster
9 November, 15.00-16.00 EET/UTC+2
What if we could ensure a harmonious transfer of green capital funds to developing countries to finance the expansion of access to energy and provide needed investment into green energy infrastructure? What if we could mobilise financial organisations across the board, from asset managers to policymakers, institutional investors to DFIs, and impact investors to challenge funds? This session will dissect the gaps in the finance continuum of delivering new business models and infrastructural projects that can accelerate SDG7, with a focus on the transfer of funds from the developed world into the developing world and demonstrate a series of new mechanisms and solutions addressing these gaps. Speakers include Anita Otubu, Senior Director SEforALL Universal Energy Facility, Patrick Burgi, Co-founder and Director of Innovation at the South Pole, Victoria Sabula, CEO of AECF, Prajna Khanna, Global Head of Sustainability, Vice President at Prosus Group, Damilola Balogun, Founder of the Youth Sustainability Development Network, Tom Delay, CEO of Carbon Trust and Kanika Chawla, Programme Manager UN-Energy, SEforALL.
Location: SDG7 Pavilion
Investing in Youth for a Just Energy Transition
10 November, 13.30-14.30 EET/UTC+2
This session highlights the vital role of youths in the energy transition. Understand how capacity building initiatives, educational partnerships, and access to networks to foster innovation and the skills needed to enter energy-related careers are key in driving a just energy transition and creating lasting impact. Speakers include Tanya Rahman, International Partnerships, the Carbon Trust, Whitney Pailman the University of Cape Town, and others.
Location: SDG7 Pavilion
Health, Wealth, and Environmental Prosperity – Investing in Productive Use to Power Decarbonization
11 November, 10.30-11.30 EET/UTC+2
This event will showcase how enabling access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy is vital in creating an inclusive transition for underserved communities to power their homes and businesses. Speakers include David Aitken, Director Innovation, the Carbon Trust, Acumen, Energy Savings Trust, World Bank (ESMAP) and CLASP.
Location: SDG7 Pavilion
The Powering Healthcare Energy Compact: building global momentum and lessons learned in India
12 November, 13:30-14.30 EET/UTC+2
In this session, hear it from key sector stakeholders on how we can further increase global momentum to bridge the energy gap in the health sector, by raising ambition, by making new commitments, and by learning from the action that is already taking place. Speakers include Tanya Rahman, International Partnerships, the Carbon Trust, SEforAll, USAID (POWER Africa), IKEA Foundation, SELCO Foundation and WHO.
Location: SDG7 Pavilion
UNFCCC Side Event: Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation To Drive Sustainable, Equitable Growth in Developing Countries
14 November, 11.30-13.00 EET/UTC+2
Fostering innovation is key to achieving universal clean energy access and improving health, food security and resilience. By accelerating clean energy access in Africa, Asia and the Indo-Pacific, we can meet climate and development goals and mobilise the finance needed for an inclusive transition. Speakers include David Aitken, Director, of Innovation, the Carbon Trust, Tracey Crowe, Chief of Staff and Senior Director, SEforAll, Felicity Tolley, Senior Programme Manager, Energy Saving Trust, and Alice Goodbrook, Innovation Lead – Energy, Innovate UK.
Location: Room Khufu, Blue Zone
Launch of ZE-Gen
15 November, 14.15-14.35 EET/UTC+2
Join Tanya Rahman, International Partnerships, the Carbon Trust for launch of the ZE-Gen Accelerator with FCDO and Jeffery Prins, IKEA Foundation.
Location: SDG7 Pavilion
Partnership to Scale up Energy Access
16 November, 18:00-19:00 EET/UTC+2
In this ESMAP organized session we plan to take a deep dive on the Joint Implementation Plan of the World Bank Group focusing on Distributed Renewable Energy to scale up access in sub Saharan Africa. The Panel line up is expected to include Demetrios Papathanasiou, World Bank, Steven Hunt FCDO, Country Representative Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Government of Uganda, Private sector representative.
Location: World Bank Group Pavilion
The capital continuum: Catalytic finance driving the clean energy transition in Africa” – Carbon Trust & SEforALL
17 November, 10:30-12:15 EET/UTC+2
A successful and inclusive energy transition that delivers universal access to affordable, reliable, efficient and clean modern energy services will require a diverse range of financial mechanisms and access to more capital. Capital is limited with too few funders, whist the “traditional” capital continuum has left significant gaps in the funding available to companies at crucial points in their growth such as during commercialisation and scale up. This session will explore different mechanisms which if successfully implemented and scaled up can help to bridge these gaps and support companies to enter the sector and grow. Speakers include: Lisa Ashford, CEO, Energise Africa, Jonathan Kishibangaya, Head of Product and Supply Chain, Altech, Sarah Alexander, Global Technical Advisor Off Grid Electrification, SNV, Jiwoo Choi, Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Acumen, Kanika Chawla, Chief of Staff SEforAll.
Location: SDG7 Pavilion
The role of innovation in ensuring no one is left behind no matter their current energy situation
17 November, 15.00-16.00 EET/UTC+2
A successful and inclusive energy transition that delivers universal access to affordable, reliable, efficient and clean modern energy services needs to consider the diverse range of socio-economic situations currently experienced by those that are currently un- or under-served. This session will explore the diverse range of use cases that need to be addressed to ensure that no one is left behind from those living in urban weak grid areas where blackouts are a frequent occurrence, to humanitarian settings where there is a heavy reliance on diesel generators for basic energy needs. It will explore the need for innovation to meet these challenges in terms of technologies, business models and funding mechanisms, including an introduction to the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF). Refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs) will also be represented to ensure the sector is innovating in a direction that supports end-users and to highlight the scale of the challenge in humanitarian settings. This session will explore the diverse range of use cases that need to be addressed to ensure that no one is left behind from those living in urban weak grid areas where blackouts are a frequent occurrence, to humanitarian settings where there is a heavy reliance on diesel generators for basic energy needs. It will explore the need for innovation to meet these challenges in terms of technologies, business models and funding mechanisms, including an introduction to the Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF). Speakers Panellists include, David Aitken, Director, Innovation, the Carbon Trust, Acumen Global Platform for Action, GOGLA, SE4ALL.Acumen, GPA, GOGLA and SEforAll.
Location: SDG7 Pavilion