Name: Corporate and Government Action - The Clean Economy in DK & NY
Start: 2019-9-24T12-12-00-00
End: 2019-9-24T23-23-50-00
Location: Location05

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september, 2019

24sep12:00 pmCorporate and Government Action - The Clean Economy in DK & NYNYC Climate Week 2019 roundtable: A discussion of private and public sectors’ commitments

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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.

Visit the conference website for all the details.

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

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