The UNDP Sustainable Energy Hub at COP27

Event Details

07 - 18 November 2022

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

Our COP27 events

All times are Egypt time.

Event When Where Description
UNDP Hour at the UN Broadcast Center with African energy activists

11 November

11:30-11:55am

UN Broadcast Center

 

Online on We Don't Have Time

As part of the UNDP Hour, three African energy activists will share their story and what drives them to fight to end energy poverty in Africa.

Intersection of Surging Energy Prices and Fossil Fuel Subsidies: 

A Window for Action

11 November

1-2pm

UNDP Pavilion

 

Watch live online on Youtube

 

 

This event co-hosted with IISD and Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform will bring government, experts and organisations together on the energy pricing crisis, fossil fuel subsidy reform and clean energy transition.

Empowering countries to operationalize Art. 6 of the Paris Agreement 

11 November

1-2pm

UNFCCC Pavilion

 

Tune in online here.

This event will launch and present the join UNDP-UNFCCC online course to help countries operationalize new carbon finance and voluntary cooperation mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
Increased Climate Ambition through Voluntary Cooperation Under Article 6.2  

12 November

11am-12:30pm

UNDP Pavilion

 

Watch live online on Youtube

Co-organized with Switzerland, this event will present the first Article 6.2 authorized projects in Ghana and Vanuatu, and will explain how national Article 6 policies and procedures build a robust basis for successful implementation of carbon projects and thereby providing investors sufficient certainty in the national processes.  
UNDP Hour at the UN Broadcast Center with Women energy entrepreneurs 

14 November

12:10-12:30pm

UN Broadcast Center

 

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The UNDP Hour will spotlight women energy entrepreneurs and organizations supporting them.

EmPower Her: Advancing Women Energy Entrepreneurs to Fuel Development

14 November

3-4pm

SDG 7 Pavilion

 

Online here.

Organized by the Climate Investment Platform (CIP), a partnership between UNDP, Sustainable Energy for All, and IRENA, this event will highlight EmpowerHer, the CIP call for proposals to advance women energy entrepreneurs.

Launch of the Alliance for a Just Energy Transformation

15 November

11-11:45am

UNDP Pavilion

 

Watch live online on Youtube

Organized by UNDP and WWF, this event will launch and present the Alliance for a Just Energy Transition, a new platform for action to drive a just, inclusive energy transition.

Africa's Just Energy Transition: Scaling Up Renewable Energy Minigrids for People and Planet

15 November

11:50am-12pm

UNDP Pavilion

 

 

Register here and tune in online here to watch the live Youtube broadcast

 

Organized by UNDP, the Global Environment Facility, RMI and the African Development Bank, this event will convene stakeholders to discuss how to deploy renewable energy minigrids at scale in Africa. It will also launch and present the UNDP-led Africa Minigrids Program.

UNDP Hour at the UN Broadcast Center on a Just Energy Transformation

15 November

12:10-12:30pm

UN Broadcast Center

 

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The UNDP Hour will spotlight the new Alliance for a Just Energy Transformation through a fireside chat with the Alliance's signatories. 

 

Happening in parallel to COP27

In addition to the above events, the UNDP Sustainable Energy Hub will also take part in the below events happening in parallel to COP27. All times are local time.

Event When Where Link
UNCTAD International Forum on Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition 

9-10 November

 

Geneva, Switzerland

More information here. 

Almaty Energy Forum 

14-16 November

 

Almaty, Kazakhstan

 

 

More information here. 

Humanising energy: International Conference by the World LPG Association 

15-18 November

New Delhi,

India

More information here.