EU Energy day: Clean energy solutions for decarbonisation, economic growth and jobs
The EU Energy Day will bring together international and European energy policy-makers, clean energy leaders, high-level industry representatives and civil society. Discussions will focus on EU and global progress on the clean energy transition, and its potential to contribute to decarbonisation, economic growth and job creation. This will also be a chance to assess progress on Europe's regulatory framework underpinning clean energy transition.
As part of the COP 23 UN Climate Change Conference hosted by Fiji and Germany, the EU Energy Day takes place tomorrow 16 November 2017 in Bonn, at the Kunstmuseum.
The EU Energy Day will bring together international and European energy policy-makers, clean energy leaders, high-level industry representatives and civil society. Discussions will focus on EU and global progress on the clean energy transition, and its potential to contribute to decarbonisation, economic growth and job creation. This will also be a chance to assess progress on Europe's regulatory framework underpinning clean energy transition.
The event will begin with a high-level panel on the progress of the clean energy transition in Europe and globally, with a key note speech by European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete, as well as interventions by Portuguese Secretary of State for Energy Jorge Seguro Sanches, Member of the European Parliament Kathleen Van Brempt, African Union Commissioner Amani Abou-Zeid, Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation and of the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions Bertrand Piccard, and the Mayor of Heidelberg, President of Energy Cities and Member of the European Covenant of Mayors Board, Eckart Würzner.
This will be followed by a session on the European Commission's Clean Energy for EU Islands initiative and international cooperation in this context, including the support the Commission is providing to the Initiative for Renewable Island Energy (IRIE) and another session on clean energy cooperation between the EU and Africa, co-chaired by the Commission Director-General for Energy, Dominique Ristori, the Commission Director-General for International Cooperation, Stefano Manservisi, as well as Rachel Kyte, Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All. The sessions will include the participation of Malta's Minister for Energy and Water management Joe Mizzi, the Attorney-General and Minister for Economy of Fiji Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, the Maldives Minister of Environment and Energy Toriq Ibrahim, and the Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency Adnan Z.Amin, as well as industry and development agencies representatives.
Finally, a panel of representatives of leading energy transition companies and industry associations will share best practices and discuss how clean energy can bring investments and boost local economies and create jobs.
A Memorandum of Understanding between the EU Covenant of Mayors and the World Alliance for Efficient Solutions is expected to be signed during the conference. The aim is to develop and strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas of common interest, such as clean, smart, efficient and renewable energy technologies, related societal innovation and low carbon development.
In relation to clean energy on islands, the session will discuss expanding opportunities of interactions to all islands following up on the Clean Energy for EU Islands Initiative launched in September 2017, including the Commission's offer of further cooperation with the Initiative for Renewable Island Energy (IRIE).
The event will be webstreamed. The agenda can be found here
