Programme

11:30–12:30

Planetary Wealth: An Economic Case for Food Security (closed door)

13:00–14:30

Climate Quest: Your Choices, Our Future

19:30–21:00

NDCs 3.0 and the role of civil society

Elisa Oezbek, Anna Bohushenko, Syaharani (Rani), Fernanda Carvalho, Petter Lydén, Celia Zoe Wicher

22:00–00:00

Youth World Café with negotiators

13:00–14:30

Investing in corporate climate leadership: Mobilising trillions for the net-zero transition

Katie Gallus, Stefan Wintels, Constance Chalchat, Sabine Nallinger, Shameela Soobramoney​​​​, Anna Lührmann, Katharina Beumelburg

17:30–19:00

Defending the Defenders - Safeguarding Human Rights and the Environment

Anna Lührmann, Sayed Shoaib Sadaat, Sagar Aryal, Michel Forst, Alab Mirasol Ayroso, Ati Viviam Villafaña, Mila Sirychenko, Ana Paula Souza

19:30–21:00

Green Guarantee Group - Unlocking private capital at scale for the green transition in EMDE

Lars-Hendrik Röller, Katie Gallus, Barbara Buchner, Anna Lührmann, Ivan Oliveira, Olga Sclovscaia, Anthony Hobley, Nabil Moura Kadri

13:00–14:30

How to make it “just”: On the way to pricing carbon around the globe

Jochen Flasbarth, Gregor Sahler, Ottmar Edenhofer, Aisha Humera, Febrian Alphyanto, Rachid Tahiri, Leila Benali

16:30–18:00

Sustainable Finance Initiatives beyond Climate and Achieving the SDGs

Frank Scheidig, Marcus Pratsch, Jochen Flasbarth, Kalin Anev Janse, Christiane Laibach, Sabine Mauderer, Andrew Wilson, Tarek Sherlala

18:30–21:30

NGFS Finance Day Event

Katie Gallus, Ambroise Fayolle, Aaron Vermeulen, Bo Li, Sabine Mauderer, Mardi McBrien, Irene Heemskerk, Ottmar Edenhofer, Leah Ramoutar, James Close, Livio Stracca, Harry Lee, Achim Steiner, Avinash Persaud, Ulrik Stridbæk, Mathilde Mesnard

22:00–23:30

Unlocking Finance and Investments to Deliver Ambitious NDCs

Jennifer Morgan, Jo Tyndall, Tom Beloe, Andrew Forrest, Fiona Duggan, Sherry Madera, Arianna Griffa, Alfonso García Mora

12:00–12:30

Festive Signing Ceremony of German-Israeli Energy Partnership Working Programm 2025

13:00–14:30

Distributed Renewable Energy Systems: Ensuring Sustainable and Reliable Energy Supply in Remote Areas and Island Communities through minigrids

Jochen Flasbarth, Jeemer Lippwe, Bill Hare, Olamide Niyi-Afuye, Gurbuz Gonul, Alexander Huppertz, Katie Gallus, Crispin d’Auvergne, Joseph Ng`ang`a

14:45–15:15

Zwischenbilanz aus der deutschen Zivilgesellschaft

17:30–19:00

Designing for Fairness and Affordability in Clean Energy Transitions

Judit Carreras, Jane Cohen, Boitumelo Molete, Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Laurence Tubiana, Sheila Oparaocha, Sneha Satish Hegde, Kira Vinke, Mariana de Assis Espécie, Norbert Gorissen, Yuhan Zheng, Jennifer Morgan

19:45–21:00

IMEO Ministerial

Stefan Wenzel, Andris Piebalgs, Inger Andersen, Kadri Simson, Fred Krupp, Roland Kupers, Shinichi Kihara, Patrick Pouyanné, Marcelo Mena, Demetrios Papathanasiou, Steven Hamburg, Josh Wilson, Afgan Isayev, Antonia Gawel, Rick Duke

13:00–14:30

Unpacking Just Transition: Key Elements and Insights from the JT Work Programme

Stefan Körzell, Jochen Flasbarth, Frederik Moch, Diana Junquera, Margit Norheim Lindgren, Eric Manzi, Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Rosalina Amorim, Patrick Rondeau

17:30–19:00

Driving Industrial Decarbonization: Harmonizing Carbon Accounting Standards and Definitions for Green Supply Chains

Katie Gallus, Stefan Wenzel, Christoph Winterhalter, Silvio Dulinski, Yannik Sparrer, Pete Hemingway, Clare Broadbent, Andrew Minson, Sajal Mathur, Alli Devlin, Sigrid de Vries, Christoph Winterhalter,, Christian Hochfeld, Thomas Becker

19:30–21:00

Investable NDCs – the role of Country Platforms lessons learned from the Just Energy Transition Partnership Investment and Policy Plans (JETP IPPs)

Jochen Flasbarth, Crispian Olver, Melanie Robinson, Kate Hughes, Matias Rebello Cardomingo, John Murton, Ana Toni, Demetrios Papathanasiou, Alice Carr, Rachmat Kaimuddin

22:00–00:00

Science for Action Evening

Dominic Larue, Jim Skea, Neil Grant, Britta Horstmann, Richard Klein, Hendrikje Reich, Thomas Wencker, Marie-Claire Graf, Debora Ley, Elias Spiekermann, Lutz Morgenstern

13:00–14:30

Interactions between carbon pricing, competitiveness and international cooperation – How to level the playing field

Holger Lösch, Stefan Wenzel, Andrew Wilson, Dirk Weinreich, Tuğba Dincbas, Stefano De Clara, Harikumar Gadde

15:00–16:30

Competitiveness in Transformation - How to turn climate protection into a business case to increase prosperity and decent jobs

Holger Lösch, Carsten Rolle, Frederik Moch, Boitumelo Molete, Beate Baron, Uwe Lauber, Lavinia Bauerochse, David Waskow

19:30–21:00

IKI High Level Event: Pathways towards transformative climate action, just energy transitions and innovative finance mechanisms

Katie Gallus, Robert Habeck, Crispian Olver, Jennifer Morgan, Eva Kracht, Anjali Viswamohanan, Saliem Fakir, Andrea Hurtado Epstein, Ana Toni

13:00–14:30

Methane Matters: How to apply the climate impact brake

Jens Hürdler, Stefan Wenzel, Julian Schwartzkopff, Jinsun Roh, Mark Lawrence, Michael Ivenso, Desmond Alugnoa

15:00–16:30

Implementing the COP28 Energy Package: African Perspectives and opportunities for SDG7

Fadhel Kaboub, Natalie Mangondo, Catherine Abreu, Laetitia HEMA, Tendai Makanza, Karabo Mokgonyana, Madeleine Alisa Wörner, Petter Lydén, Heike Henn, Kerstin Opfer, Dean Bhekumuzi, Laura Schäfer, Samira Ally, Fatuma Hussein, Jochen Flasbarth, Saada Mohamed Sala

17:00–18:00

Accelerating change for 1.5° Climate solution made in Germany

Stefan Wenzel, Uwe Lauber, Tobias Bischof-Niemz, Erdem Aksakal, Patricia Espinosa, Jennifer Morgan

19:30–20:45

Making the NCQG Fit for Purpose

Christiane Averbeck, Heike Henn, Harjeet Singh, Lisa Badum, Gerhard Schlaudraff

21:00–22:00

Bridges to Belém – how Brazil & Germany look ahead to COP30

Norbert Gorissen, Lisa Badum, Raoni Rajão, Pollyana Bernardes, Madeleine Alisa Wörner

13:00–14:30

Accelerating Decarbonization: How Hamburg Businesses Work for a Carbon-Neutral Future

Katie Gallus, Malte Heyne, Saskia Möller, Andrew Wilson, Maximilian Webers

15:00–16:15

The role of indigenous and afrodecendent people in policy and negotiations – A Latin American perspective

Wara Iris Ruiz Condori, Antumalen Ayelen Antillanca Urrutia, Ana Yency Lemus Chavez, Gabrielle Pompeu Sodré

19:30–21:00

Geoeconomics of critical raw materials for green transition

Katie Gallus

13:00–14:30

Strengthening the resilience of coastal communities: How people, nature and climate benefit from mosaic spatial planning and co-designed management of coastal ecosystems

Hans-Otto Pörtner, Martin Zimmer, Daniel Murdiyarso, Lipika Sharma, Katherine Leitzell, Eva Kracht

15:45–17:00

Plastic pathways to INC-5: ending pollution and reducing climate emissions

Katie Gallus, Steffi Lemke, Zhu Bing, Janez Potočnik, Alexander Bonde, Nikki Reisch, Zhu Liyang, Yao Xin, Martin Vogt, Eva Kracht

19:30–21:00

Nature-based solutions and ecosystem restoration for effective climate change adaptation and mitigation - the case of integrated water management

Katie Gallus, Steffi Lemke, Ulf Jaeckel, Verónica Ruiz, Ingrid Timboe, Maria del Pilar Cornejo de Grunauer

21:30–23:00

Beyond the Enhanced Lima Work Programme and the Gender Action Plan: What does gender-transformative climate action truly look like?

15:00–16:30

Key Challenges and Issues for the Loss and Damage Fund

Tetet Lauron, Vera Künzel, Sabine Minninger, Laingane Italeli Talia, Alpha Oumar Kaloga, Maina Vakafua Talia, Jochen Flasbarth

19:30–21:00

Healthy soils, healthy food - Leveraging soil health and forgotten foods for mitigation and locally-led adaptation

Carina Rolly, Alvin Munyasia, Mirirai Tembo, Oliver Oliveros, Nivedita Varshneya