Monthly Highlights from the Russian Arctic, October 2024
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
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Publish date: November 25, 2015
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In order to realize the Paris agreement and the climate pledges of more than 150 countries, we need closer cooperation between actors, increased focus on knowledge sharing and faster industrialization of innovative solutions.
Bellona and CICERO, with the help of Yara and the Norwegian government, have established Connection Point – a pavilion and delegation room inside the UN zone at COP21. The Connection Point is an example of constructive international cooperation on climate issues where the research community, civil society, government and business can exchange knowledge, share ideas and create alliances.
During the negotiations, we offer almost 50 events involving almost 150 speakers covering issues ranging from burden sharing to the commercialization of low carbon technologies.
At the Connection Point, you will meet business people, politicians, opinion leaders, researchers, policy makers and climate advocates. Here you can take part in discussions, attend seminars, expand your network and relax in a quiet corner while recharging both your own and your phone’s batteries.
Sign up to attend events here.
For downloading: Bellona CICERO Pavilion Program
Event program at the BELLONA – CICERO PAVILION
Tuesday 1 December to Friday 11 December at Location Hall 3, space number 13
Tuesday 1 December
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
Beyond Paris? How Non-state Actors Can Help Assess Contributions and Ratchet up Ambitions
Organized by SEI and CICERO
Speakers: H. van Asselt – SEI, S. Kartha – SEI, S. Kallbekken – CICERO, A. Abeysinghe Chandani – IIED, P. Perälä – Finland, N. Höhne – NewClimate Institute, D. Waskow – WRI, L. Nacpil – Jubilee South, S. Pathak – CAN International)Moderated by Monica Araya – NIVELA
15:00 – 17:00
A World without Fossil Fuel Subsidies: the need for a level playing field
Organised by Bellona and International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Speakers: Peter Wooders – IISD, Hallstein Havåg – Bellona
18:00 – 20:00
NGO Roundtable
Organized by Bellona. By invitation only
Wednesday 2 December
09:00 – 11:00
Black carbon from biomass burning and fossil fuels in the Arctic climate
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Vladimir Romanenkov – Russian Academy of Sciences, Elena Kobets – Bellona St. Petersburg, Alexey Kokorin – WWF Russia, Angelina Davydova – journalist
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
«To Bio or not to bio» – Innovative technologies for biomass production and carbon negative solutions
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Frederic Hauge – Founder and President Bellona, Pierre Herben – CTO, Yara
14:15 – 15:45
Climate Services for Decision-Making and Effective Adaptation
Organized by WMO
Speakers: Jens Sunde – Intergovernmental Board of Climate Services, Michel Jarraud – WMO, Heads of United Nations Specialized Agencies; and Government ministers and high-level officials.
16:00 – 17:30
Shipping and trade in changing climates
Organized by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. By invitation only
Speakers: Alice Bows-Larkin – The Tyndall Centre, Annela Anger – The Tyndall Centre, Tristan Smith – The Shipping in Changing Climates Consortium, based at University College London.
Thursday 3 December
09:00 – 11:00
Norway, the world´s leading marked for EVs – lessons to be learned
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Frederic Hauge – Founder and President of Bellona, Representative from the Directorate- General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE – European Comission). More names to follow.
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
Carbon Negative solutions – Case: Ocean Forest
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Solveig Van Nes – Manager, aquaculture, the Bellona Foundation and Board member Ocean Forest
14:15 – 15:45
Unleashing performance payments to reduce deforestation
Organized by the Center for Global Development
Speakers: Erik Solheim – Chair of DAC, OECD, Harrison Karnwea – Director Liberia Forestry Development Authority, Michele de Nevers – Senior Associate CGD, Erlend Hermansen – CICERO
16:00 – 17:30
The science of IPCC communication
Organized by CICERO
Speakers: Maxwell Boykoff – University of Colorado Boulder, Asher Minns – Future Earth Europe, Erlend Hermansen – CICERO
18:00 – 20:00
From theory to practice: Advancing supply-side climate action
Organized by SEI. By invitation only
Speakers: Simon Upton – OECD, Kristin Halvorsen – CICERO, Frank Jotzo – Australian National University, Shelagh Withley – Overseas Development Institute, Harro van Asselt – SEI, Peter Wooders – IISD, Michael Lazarus (Moderator) – SEI
Friday 4 December
09:00 – 11:00
Addressing the adaptation gap: Integrating ecosystem-based adaptation and community-based adaptation for more systemic solutions
Organised by SEI. By invitation only
Speakers: M. Coll Besa – SEI, K. Vaughan – CARE, K. Swiderska – IIED, A. Andrade – Conservation Intl.
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
Marine plastic pollution
Organized by Bellona and Race for Water Foundation
Speakers: Marco Simeoni – President of the Race for Water Foundation, Francois Galgani – Ifremer Oceanographer, Marin Pollution specialist(TBC), Solveig Van Nes – Manager, aquaculture, the Bellona Foundation
14:30 – 17:00
How can climate smart agriculture in Africa create inclusive growth?
Organized by The Development Fund and YARA
Speakers: Bernhard Mauritz Stormyr – YARA, Achuo A. Enow – The Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, Anita Klum (tbc) – FIAN International, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (tbc), Evelyn Nguleka – World Farmer’s Organization, Professor Mtengeti – Sokoine University, Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda – FANRPAN
18:00 – 20:00
Cleaning the Air, Saving Lives and Slowing Near-Term Global Warming
Organized by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the World Health Organization (WHO)
Speakers: Drew Shindell – CCAC, Carlos Dora – WHO, Drew Kodjak – The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), Bahijjahtu Abubakar – Nigerian Federal Ministry of Environmen, Representatives from Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More names to follow
Saturday 5 December
09:00 – 11:00
Launch of Report: Environmental considerations in the Arctic: Sustainable resource exploitation
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Frederic Hauge – Founder and President, the Bellona Foundation, Børge Brende – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway, Solveig Van Nes – Manager, aquaculture, the Bellona Foundation
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
Preserving the environment and transforming lives: The science of improved farming practices
Organized by Yara
Speakers: Professor Ephraim Mtengeti – Sokoine University, Frank Rijsberman – CEO CGIAR Consortium, Joachim Lammel – VP Yara
15:00 – 17:00
Realizing a Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Hallstein Havåg – director of Policy and Researh Bellona Foundation, Olivier Paturet – Nissan Europa, General Manager Zero Emission Strategy, Frederic Hauge – Founder and President, Bellona Foundation, Tony Seba – author and lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford University, Daniel Skjeldam – CEO Hurtigruten
18:00 – 20:00
Reception for NGO´s
– by invitation only
Monday 7 December
09:00 – 11:00
Bio-CCS:Why the IPCC says we need it
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Frederic Hauge – Founder and President, The Bellona Foundation, Jean-Pascal van Ypersele – IPCC Vice-Chair, Heleen de Conicnk – Associate Professor Radbout Uni
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
Realizing agriculture’s potential – Setting the agenda
Organized by Yara
Speakers: Minister speaker – tbc, John Bryant – Chairman and CEO Kellogg, Frederic Hauge – Founder and President, The Bellona Foundation, Kristin Halvorsen – CEO CICERO , Svein Tore Holsether – CEO Yara
15:00 – 17:00
Climate-smart agriculture in the context of climate change
Organized by GASCA
Speakers: Names to follow
18:00 – 20:00
Are green bonds really adding green finance? A debate about transparency and new actors
Organized by CICERO
Speakers: Asbjørn Torvanger – CICERO, Christopher Flensborg – SEB bank, Lars Eibeholm – Nordic Investment Bank, Scott Vaughan – IISD, Jens Ulltveit-Moe (tbc)– Investor, Kristin Halvorsen (Moderator) – CICERO
Tuesday 8 December
09:00 – 11:00
From extraction to injection: North Sea CO2 storage and the CCS business case
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Nikolai Astrup – Member of Norwegian Parliament and the Standing Committee on Energy and Environment, Norway, Frederic Hauge – Founder and President, The Bellona Foundation, Nils Røkke – Vice President Climate, SINTEF, Ceri Vincent – British Geological Survey
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
SLCPs and INDCs: How tackling short-lived climate pollutants can help countries raise ambitions
Organized by SEI and CICERO
Speakers: J.C.I. Kuylenstierna (SEI), S. Kallbekken (CICERO), M. Mena – Chile, P. Pearson – ICCI, R. Picolotti (moderator)
14:30 – 17:30
The climate joker of our digital society: the datacenter industry
Organised by Bellona – register here
Speakers: President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Runa Haug Khoury – The Bellona Foundation, Robert Bernard – General Manager Sustainability Microsoft Corporation, Christian Rynning-Tønnesen – Statkraft, Anita Krohn Traaseth – Innovation Norway, Peder Nærbø – Bulk Infrastructure
18:00 – 20:00
Where are the big emitters China and India heading?
Organized by the CICEP centre
Speakers: Glen Peters – CICERO, Liu Qiang – Chinese delegation to COP 21, Navroz Dubash – Centre for Policy Research – India, Farhana Yamin – Track 0, Iselin Stensdal – Fridtjof Nansen Institute & University of Oslo, Elisabeth Lannoo (Moderator) – CICERO
Wednesday 9 December
09:00 – 11:00
Industrial clusters and CCS: Delivering climate actions with growth
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Jonas Helseth – Bellona Europa, Rob van der Meer – HeidelbergCement, Andy Purvis – EMEA, GCCSI
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
13:00 – 14:30
Decoupling GDP and GHG emissions – Lessons learned in the Nordic Countries
Organized by Nordic Council of Ministers/Nordic Energy Research and IEA
Speakers: Dagfinn Høybråten – Nordic Council of Minister, Fatih Birol – IEA, Hans Jørgen Koch – Nordic Energy Research, Tine Sundtoft – Minister for Climate and Environment, Norway, Ibrahim Baylan – Minister of Energy, Sweden, Lars Christian Lilleholt – Minister for Energy and Climate, Denmark, Kimmo Tiilikainen – Minister of Agricultural and Environment, Finland
15:00 – 16:15
Climate responsibility – a fair way of sharing the global climate effort
Organized by CICERO
Speakers: Jan Fuglestvedt – CICERO, Myles Allen – University of Oxford, Steffen Kallbekken – CICERO, Sonja Klinsky – Arizona State University
16:30 – 17:45
Private-sector finance for adaptation in LDCs? Spelling out the options
Organized by SEI
Speakers: I. Abano – journalist, moderator, P. Pauw – DIE, A. Dzebo – SEI, C. Mulenge – Zambia Centre for Environment & Climate Change, A-L Amin – E3G, T. Naidoo – CTI PFAN, S. Nakhooda – ODI, C. Petri Gornitzka – Sida
18:00 – 20:00
How to get cash rolling? Development in long-term climate finance since Copenhagen
Organized by CICERO and CPI
Speakers: Barbara Buchner – CPI, Hendrikje Reich – German delegation, Anil Markandya – BC3, Asbjørn Torvanger – CICERO, Jane Wilkinson – CPI, Kristin Halvorsen (Moderator) – CICERO
Thursday 10 December
09:00 – 11:00
Bio-CCS: The lowest hanging fruit to carbon negative solutions
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Jonas Helseth – Bellona Europa, Noah Deich, Center for Carbon Removal – UC Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute, Graeme Sweeney – ZEP Chairman
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
We need to talk: Building a low carbon society through dialogue
Organized by Bellona
Speakers: Names to follow
14:30 – 17:00
Building Capacities, Bridging Scales: Supporting Adaptation in Africa through Climate Services
Organized by CICERO, The Development Fund, the Norwegian Refugee Council and WMO
Speakers: Jan Egeland – Norwegian Refugee Council, Jennifer Joy West – CICERO, Afework Hailu – Ethio Wetlands and Natural Resources Association, Christian Blondin – World Meteorological Organization, Richard Chourlaton World Food Program, Jose Galdames – Minister of Environment Honduras – short introduction. Kari Helene Partapuoli (Moderator) – The Development Fund
17:30 – 20:00
The prevention of Climate Crisis: Trade-offs between Building Resilience and Providing Emergency Relief?
Organized by the Norwegian Refugee Council and the Norwegian Development Fund
Speakers: : Erik Solheim – DAC Chair, OECD, Jan Egeland – Norwegian Refugee Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (tbc) ,EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO) tbc, James Hansen (tbc), Other tbc.Moderator: Kari Helene Partapuoli – The Development Fund.
Friday 11 December
11:15 – 11:45
Daily press briefing. Open to press only
12:00 – 14:00
The Safe Operating Space of Our Planet and a call to action through the Earth Statement
Organized by Stockholm Resilience Centre
Speakers: Johan Rockström – Stockholm Resilience Centre, Others TBA
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In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution and climate change.
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