Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 18.30 – 19.45 GMT, Derwentwater (Forth Room), COP26 Blue Zone
Listen to different perspectives of just transitions and explore how inclusion of just transition concepts in climate policy will enable and accelerate climate action.
This event explored climate ambition and just transitions through national lenses: Estonia’s experiences of implementing ambitious climate policies leaving no one behind; and Indonesian, Ghanaian and Colombian experiences of applying Just Transitions principles in a developing country context. There is no one size fits all framework for a just transition, as countries across the world have their own unique contexts, sectors and cultures. However, through collaboration, commonalities can be found through similar challenges and opportunities.
Together we can develop a clearer picture of what just transitions can look like, and importantly, how a just, inclusive approach can accelerate climate action.
Agenda
| Event opening and moderating: Climate Strategies, Julie-Anne Hogbin |
| Welcome and introduction Kristi Klaas, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Environment, Estonia |
| Estonia’s climate policies and just transition Annela Anger-Kraavi, EERC, Estonia |
| Introducing the South to South Just Transitions Project Short video on Just Transitions in a developing country context |
Panel 1: National experiences on whether just transition can accelerate implementation climate policy in the Global South
| Colombia Alex Saer – Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia |
| Challenges and ideas to move just transition forward in Brazil Alice Amorim, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| South Africa Joanne Yawitch, CEO of National Business Initiative |
| Argentina Pilar Assefh, Sociedad y Naturaleza |
| Just Transition and response measures in the UNFCCC Kusum Lata, UNFCCC |
| Q&A |
Panel 2: Youth perspectives on Ambition and the Just Transition
| Youth Perspective Malawi Brenda Mwale, Green Girls Platform |
| UK Youth Climate Coalition Serena Bashal, UK Youth Climate Coalition |
| Conference of Youth Zihan Xuan, Conference of Youth |
| Q&A |