september, 2019
Event Details
Corporate and Goverment Climate Action was an exclusive high-level roundtable, which will focus on the impact and nature of the private and public sectors’ climate action commitments towards a low-carbon
Event Details
Corporate and Goverment Climate Action was an exclusive high-level roundtable, which will focus on the impact and nature of the private and public sectors’ climate action commitments towards a low-carbon society. Yearly highlevel event as part of NYC Climate Week. With the UN Climate Action Summit as backdrop, the event will convene around 120 clean economy leaders from the private sector, national governments, cities, financial institutions, and civil society. Expect a highly interactive afternoon together with progressive peers.
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Program:
11.30 am – Lunch & Welcome
12.10 pm – Executive fireside chat – Green investment: How countries can become magnets for private green investments
12.30 pm – Panel session I – Regulatory uncertainty at the city and state level: The role of corporate climate commitments
1.30 pm – Executive fireside chat – A renewable future: Driving climate action through offshore wind
1.50 pm – Panel session II – Profitability and competitiveness: How the private sector can combine good business with climate goals
2.30 pm – Curated roundtable discussions
3.30 pm – Reception
Speakers:
- Lars Sandahl Sørensen, CEO, The Confederation of Danish Industry
- Dale Bryk, Deputy Secretary for Energy and Environment, Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
- Lea Wermelin, Minister for the Environment, Denmark
- Alfred Griffin, President, NY Green Bank
- Emily Chasan, Bloomberg News
- John Williams, Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, NYSERDA
- Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen
- Jens Birgersson, President & CEO, ROCKWOOL Group
- Lars O. Riemann, Executive Director of Buildings, Ramboll Group
- Peter Rothstein, President, Northeast Clean Energy Council
- Alicia Barton, President and CEO, NYSERDA
- Thomas Brostrøm, President, Ørsted North America
- Ditlev Engel, CEO, DNV GL-Energy and Special Envoy for Climate and Energy, Denmark
- Stephen Bull, Senior Vice President, Equinor
- Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman, Carlsberg
- Finn Mortensen, Executive Director, State of Green
- Michael Kobori, Vice-President, Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co
- Cynthia Cummis, Director of Private Sector Climate Mitigation, World Resource Institute (Science Based Targets Steering Committee member)
Time
(Tuesday) 12:00 pm NY, USA
Location
Location05
450 W 31st St 7th floor