South Pole and WWF Sweden are conducting a seminar to explore how non-state actors can catalyse climate action and contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda. Among the guests are the Switzerland-based Gold Standard Foundation, a long-standing partner of South Pole's.
The event will be in Swedish and English. To find out more, please see the event website in Swedish.
Program:
13:30-14:00 Registration and coffee
14:00-14:05 Welcome!
Stefan Henningsson, Senior Climate Advisor WWF Sweden and Jens Olejak, Managing Director South Pole Sweden
Facilitator: Jessica Cederberg Wodmar, JCW Kommunikation
14:05-14:20 Keynote speech by the Minister for Energy
Setting the scene: the world post Paris, what needs to be done, who could/should do it, and what is the role and responsibility of non-state actors?
Ibrahim Baylan, Swedish Minister for Policy Coordination and Energy
14:20-14:45 The importance of mobilizing non-state actors to achieve the Global Goals
The Global Goals: how are they connected and what is needed to implement and finance them? How can non-state actors contribute to the 2030 Agenda and the global climate transition?
Jan Eliasson, former Deputy Secretary-General to the UN
14:45-15.10 Gold Standard for the Global Goals – a premium standard going beyond climate change mitigation
Gold Standard for the Global Goals: what is it and how has it come about?
Sandra Genée, Director Partnerships and Business Development, Gold Standard Foundation
15:10-15:30 Coffee break
15:30-16:00 Climate financing – an important tool to catalyze the global climate transformation
Carbon finance and sorting out definitions: what is climate action/climate mitigation/carbon finance and how should it be done? What is additionality, traceability, offsetting, etc?
Patrick Bürgi, Director Public Sector, and Co-Founder, South Pole
16:00-16:50 Panel discussion
Panel discussion: Going beyond climate mitigation: how can we leverage climate action by non-state actors to accelerate and maximize impact for a more sustainable development asap?
Stefan Henningsson, WWF, Patrick Bürgi, South Pole, Sandra Genée, Gold Standard, Pär Holmgren, Länsförsäkringar, Christoffer Fröberg, Svenska Postkodlotteriet
16:50-17:00 Concluding remarks from the facilitator
17:00-18:00 Networking reception
Drinks and snacks will be served.
