IDDRI's meetings at COP25

You will find below the list of IDDRI side events during COP25, as well as the publications that may be associated with them.

These events are classified by the following themes:

Long-term strategies
Ocean and climate, Biodiversity and climate
Loss and damage, adaptation
External action
Climate finance
Climate and law

LONG-TERM STRATEGIES

Friday, December 13
10:30-12:30 : The decarbonization of the Italian economy: challenge and opportunity

Location: Italian Pavillion
Organisation: Italian Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea, ISPRA, Ricerca Sistema Energetico (RSE), Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), ENEA, Politecnico di Milano
Speakers:

Lola Vallejo - Climate Programme Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Maria Gaeta - Senior Researcher -RSE
Emanuele Peschi - Senior Researcher - ISPRA
Ramiro Parrado- Senior Researcher CMCC; Cristina Tomassino- Senior Researcher -ENEA
Mario Motta - Professor - Politecnico di Milano
Johannes Eckstein - Senior Researcher- Competence Center Energy Policy and Energy Markets- Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Friday, December 13
1:15pm-2:45pm : Acceleration of innovation for reducing CO2 emissions
(COP21 RIPPLES Event)

Location: Room 1, Hall 4
Organisation: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (Japan), Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy (Germany), The Carbon Trust (UK), Griha Council (India)
Speakers:

Introduction of NEDO and ICEF(Innovation for Cool Earth Forum)
Hiroshi Oikawa, President, NEDO
David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Lukas Hermwille, Project Coordinator of Energy, Transport, and Climate Policy Division, Wuppertal Institute
Jan Matthiesen, Director Programmes and Innovation, The Carbon Trust
R.R. Rashmi, Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director, TERI

LOSS AND DAMAGE, ADAPTATION

Thursday, December 12
3pm-4:30pm: Breaking new ground: Advancing Loss and Damage governance and finance mechanisms

Participants will further discuss linkages between loss and damage policy choices and the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda.

Location: Room 3
Organisation: German Development Institute (DIE) ; Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance) ; Bread for the World
Speakers:

Alpha Kalonga (WIM ExCom, Guinea)(tbc)
Lola Vallejo (IDDRI); Christoph von Stechow (WIM ExCom & BMZ, Germany)(tbc)
Le-Anne Roper (WIM ExCom, Jamaica)(tbc)
Mariya Aleksandrova (DIE); Reinhard Mechler (IIASA) (tbc)
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria (ACT Alliance)
Sabine Minninger (Bread for the World)

PAST EVENTS

LONG-TERM STRATEGIES

Tuesday, December 3
1pm-3pm (lunch will be provided): Getting to Net-Zero Emissions: Necessary, Beneficial and Doable

Many countries in Latin America and Caribbean are leading on the development of long-term strategies and plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Long-term decarbonization strategies demonstrate that achieving net zero emissions is possible and beneficial for sustainable development. The strategies can help to harness economic opportunities to improve lives and ensure an inclusive and just transition. They have great potential to guide the revision of the Nationally Determined Contributions and lead to increasing ambition by 2020.

In this session, the IDB and its partners from the 2050 Pathways Platform, the AFD and IDDRI and will launch its report Getting to Net Zero Emissions, making the case for why these strategies are essential for confronting the climate crisis and achieving sustainable development and some LAC countries will present their recent or ongoing efforts to build long-term decarbonization strategies.

The report will be presented again on Dec. 9th 11:30-12:30 (IDFC Pavilion) (see below).

Location: IaDB Pavilion
Organisation: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 2050 Pathways Platform, AFD, IDDRI
Speakers and programme:

Juan Pablo Bonilla, Manager of the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Sector at Inter-American Development Bank, Moderator
Amal-Lee Amin, Head of the Climate Change and Sustainability division, Inter-American Development Bank. Overview of the Getting to Zero Report. (10 min)
Andrea Meza, Climate Change Director, Costa Rica. Costa Rica Nacional Decarbonization Plan (10min)
Ivan Valencia, Coordinator of the Colombian Strategy for Low-Carbon Development. Building a long-term strategy for Colombia (10 min).
Richard Baron, Executive Director, 2050 Pathways Platform. State and trends of long-term strategies globally (10 min)
Lola Vallejo, Climate Programme Director, Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI). The Deep Decarbonization Pathways Programme. (10min)
AFD (tbc)
QnAs and informal exchanges (1h)

Tuesday, December 3
3pm-4:30pm: Informing the revision of NDCs: What can long-term strategies brings to NDCs?

This session seeks to review how long-term strategies (LTS) inform NDCs and influence near-term measures and investments consistent with a deep decarbonisation of the economy. Many transformative measures require early investments and policy planning.

Location: Room 3
Organisation: IDDRI, NewClimate Institute
Speakers:

Juan Pablo Bonilla, Climate Change & Sustainable Development Director
Inter-American Development Bank
Emma Rachmawaty, Director of Mitigation, Environment Ministry, Indonesia
(Tentative)
Emilio La Rovere, DDP Brazil lead and IPCC author, COPPE, Brazil
Red Constantino, ICSC, Philippines

Tuesday, December 3
4:45pm: Collaborative Action for Higher Ambition: Linking Government, Non-Party Actors, & Analysis

Participants from a range of countries and backgrounds will share analytically-informed equitable approaches and policy solutions for economy-wide deep decarbonization, aimed at raising ambition through active collaboration between non-Party actors, governments, & civil society.

Location: Room 5, Pavilion 4
Organisation: Union of Concerned Scientists
Speakers:

Emilio Lèbre La Rovere, head of the Center for Integrated Studies on Climate Change and the Environment at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro;
Marta Torres-Gunfaus, senior researcher on climate and energy at IDDRI, and leader of in-country policy dialogues for the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project;
Nate Hultman, associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and director of the Center for Global Sustainability;
Pedro Faria, Strategic Advisor at CDP;
Siddharth Pathak, Director of Partnerships at the 2050 Pathways Platform
Alden Meyer, Director of Strategy and Policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists

Saturday, December 7
3pm-5pm : Raising the ambition of NDCs : through long-term sectoral deep decarbonization analysis (Freight) and engagement with the private sector

Raising collective ambition on climate change requires countries to submit by the end of next year higher commitments to reduce emissions over the coming decade.
This special event will discuss two ways to contribute to build a higher commitment through the design of national long-term strategy for low-carbon development (LTS) with deep sectoral analysis and a better engagement of the private sector.
At the end, the ACT initiative and DDP initiative will launch the ACT-DDP project for more ambition in Brazil and Mexico in specific sectors.

Lieu : Pavillion France
Organisation: IDDRI
Speakers:

Lola Vallejo (IDDRI)
Yann Briand (IDDRI)
Sita Holtslag, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl)
Rocio Caicedo Torrado, ADEME
Stéphanie Bouziges Eschmann, Executive Director, FFEM
Stephanie Croguennec, French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition (MTES) (à confirmer)

Saturday, December 7
6pm-7pm, followed by drinks: The upward revision of the NDC and the need for a global long-term vision of climate and economy in Africa

Location: NDC Partnership Pavilion
Organisation: UNDP Tunisia, Tunisian Energy Management Agency, IDDRI
Speakers:

Madeleine Diouff Sarr, Head of the Climate Change Division at the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Senegal
Afef Jaafar, National Agency for Energy Management of Tunisia
Youba Sokona, Vice-Chair, IPCC
Peter Tarfa, Head of the Climate Change Division at the Ministry of Environment of Nigeria
Lola Vallejo (IDDRI)

Monday, December 9
9h30 - 11h30: Decarbonizing our Economy: Energy System Transformation

Location: IPCC Pavilion
Organisation: IPCC
Speakers:

Welcome & Introduce IPCC Chair - Monica Araya
Opening statement - IPCC Chair, Hoesung Lee
Youba Sokona, IPCC Vice Chair
Leon Clarke, University of Maryland, Center for Global Sustainability
Daniel Kammen, University of California Berkeley
Marta Torres-Gunfaus, Institut du développement durable et des relations internationals (IDDRI)
Glenn Pierce-Oroz, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL)
Vicky Sins, World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)

Monday, December 9
11:30am-12:30: Deep Decarbonization Pathways in Latin America

Location: IDFC Pavillion
Organisation: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Speakers:

Dr. Amal-Lee Amin, Head of the Climate Change and Sustainability division, Inter-American Development Bank
Damien Navizet, Head of Climate division, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Laura Secada Daly, Director General of Climate Change and Desertification, Ministry of Environment, Peru
Richard Baron, Executive Director, 2050 Pathways Platform
Sebastian Treyer, Director, IDDRI
Costa Rica (TBC)

Tuesday, December 10
15:00-16:30: Going Net-Zero - Long-term Strategies—and the Ambitious NDCs and Robust Governance to Get Us There

Location: COP25 IFEMA Conference Center Room 1, Hall 4
Organisation: UK COP26 President designate and World Resources Institute
Speakers, Segment 1 (15.00 – 16.00)

Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
Carolina Schmidt, COP25 President, Chilean Government
Claire Perry O’Neill, COP26 President designate, UK Government
Hilda Nakabyue, Fridays for Future
Lord Duncan, UK Minister for Climate Change
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Minister for Economy, Fiji
James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change, Minister of Statistics, and Associate Minister of Finance, New Zealand
Joao Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment, Portugal
Tina Stege, Climate Envoy to the President, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Gonzalo Munoz, Climate Champion Chile

Speakers, Segment 2 (16.00 – 16.30)

Richard Baron, Executive Director, 2050 Pathways Platform
Helen Mountford, Vice-President Climate and Economics, WRI
Lola Vallejo, Climate Programme Director, IDDRI
Andrea Meza, Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica

OCEAN AND CLIMATE, BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE

Tuesday, December 3
4:45pm-6:15pm: Nature-based solutions & Global Climate Action: Strengthening synergies beyond 2020

Location: Room 6
Organisation: York University, German Development Institute (DIE), Bocconi University, Grupo Boticario Foundation, SPVS
Speakers:

Idil Boran, York University, Canada
Sander Chan, DIE
Niclas Svenningsen, UNFCCC Secretariat (TBC)
Chantal Robichaud, UNCBD Secretariat
Edoardo Croci, GREEN Bocconi University
Miriam Garcia, University of São Paulo
Alexandra Deprez, Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)

Wednesday, December 4
4:30pm-6pm: Moving from Science to Action: Ocean-Climate Policy Recommendations

At COP25, the Ocean and Climate Platform will release its policy recommendations.
This document addresses the urgent actions needed to sustain the ocean-climate-biodiversity nexus around 4 key areas: Mitigation; Adaptation; Science; and Sustainable Finance.
This side-event aims at explaining the rationale behind the recommendations, using concrete scientific and/or on-the-ground work and experience.

Location: Room Helsinki, EU Pavilion
Organisation: Ocean Climate Platform, with: Because the Ocean initiative; CNRS; Ocean Acidification Alliance; Plymouth Marine Laboratory; Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation; Scripps; Tara Ocean Foundation
Speakers:

Jean-Pierre Gattuso (IDDRI, CNRS, Sorbonne University)
Patricia Ricard, VP, Ocean and Climate Platform
Gonzalo Munoz, High-Level Climate Action Champion, Chile (TBC)
Raphaël Cuvelier, Senior Adviser, FPA2
Joachim Claudet, Research Director, CNRS / OCP Scientific Committee
Anna Zivian, Senior Research Fellow, Ocean Conservancy
Emily Pidgeon, Senior Director - Strategic Marine Initiatives, Conservation International
Lisa Levin, Distinguished Professor, Scripps
Torsten Thiele, Founder, Global Ocean Trust
Romain Troublé, President, OCP
Valvanera Ulargui, Director, Office of Climate Change, Spain

Friday, December 6

10:30 -12:00am: Unpacking the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate - SROCC Special Event

Location: IPCC Pavilion
Organisation :
Speakers :

Jean-Pierre Gattuso (IDDRI, CNRS, Sorbonne Université)
Katja Mintenbeck (TSU)
Karina von Schuckmann
Beth Holland
Martin Sommerkorn

Saturday, December 7
9:15-10:45am: Ocean-based solutions for climate action: feedback and contributions from marine sciences

A wide range of ocean-based solutions exist to limit climate change and its impacts on marine ecosystems, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation. The contributions of science and feedback from field experiences are essential to their translation into actions, so that global warming can be maintained well below 2°C, and societies and ecosystems can adapt. What are these solutions and what opportunities do they represent for climate action?

Location: French Pavilion
Organisation: The French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), IDDRI, TARA Oceans Foundation
Speakers:

Mrs Haydée Rodriguez, Deputy Minister of the Environment of Costa Rica
Hans-Otto Pörtner, Co-Chair of IPCC Group 2
Jean-Pierre Gattuso, CNRS/Sorbonne University/IDDRI
Janique Étienne, Head of Oceans and Nature-based Solutions Projects at FFEM
André Abreu, TARA Oceans Foundation
Jorge JIMENEZ, Marviva
Raphaël Cuvelier, Prince Albert II Foundation
Lorely Picourt, Ocean and Climate Platform
Cameron Diver, Deputy Executive Director, Pacific Community
Maina Sage, Member of the Board of Directors of AFB, Member of the National Assembly for French Polynesia

Saturday, December 7
11:15 - 12:45 : Oceans and Climate: from science to policy

Location: EU Pavilion
Organisation: EU Ocean Day event
Speakers:

Carol Turley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Veronika Veits, Director International Ocean Governance and Sustainable Fisheries, Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
Biliana Cicin-Sain, President, Global Ocean Forum
Hans-Otto Pörtner (Co Chair IPCC WGII & the Alfred Wagner Institute, GER)
Manuel Barange (Director Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division (FIA) of the FAO)
Faisal Dilrosun (Expert on Oceans, Curaçao’s government)
Pablo Lopez-Herrerias (Coordinator, OCTA secretariat)
Ana M Queirós (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK)
Sebastien Soleille (Head of Energy Transition at BNP Paribas)
Jean-Pierre Gattuso (Research Director, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, CNRS, Sorbonne Université and IDDRI, FR)
Loreley Picourt (Ocean and Climate Platform)

Saturday, December 7
2:45-3:45pm: Ocean Action Day Session #2 - Incorporating ocean-related options in NDCs

Location: Japanese Pavilion
Speakers:

Jean-Pierre Gattuso, (IDDRI, CNRS, Sorbonne-Université)
Rémi Parmentier, Secretary General, Because of the Ocean initiative
Lisa Levin, UC San Diego, Scripps Oceanographic Institution
Joachim Claudet, Research Director, National Center for Scientific Research: MPAs and Ecosystem Services
Emily Pidgeon, Senior Director Strategic Marine Initiatives, Conservation International: Blue Carbon
Karen Sack, Managing Director, Ocean Unite: Tourism and Fisheries
Rémi Collombet-Gourdon, Policy Officer, Ocean Energy Europe: Blue Energy
Monica Verbeek, Executive Director, Seas at Risk: Greening the shipping sector
Marc Van Peteghem, Naval Architect, Co-Founder & CEO of VPLP Design

LOSS AND DAMAGE, ADAPTATION

Monday, December 9
14:30-16:00 and 16:30-18:00: Reimagining adaptation - Opportunities to manage risk and build resilience in an interconnected world

Location: COP25, Resilience Lab
Organisation: Adaptation Without Borders

It is 2030 – COP36. The Sustainable Development Goals have been met. The Paris Agreement implemented. The world is successfully adapting to the climate crisis. And the Rolling Stones are still on tour. But how does the adaptation of tomorrow differ to the adaptation of today? How do countries cooperate in this world? How are the risks of common concern addressed? How are the benefits and opportunities shared? And what needs to happen to usher in this new era of global cooperation? In this session, we’ll reimagine adaptation to meet the challenges of an interconnected world.

EXTERNAL ACTION

Tuesday, December 10
2pm-3:15pm: Asia-Europe cooperation on low carbon development

Location: Korea Pavillion
Organisation: Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Center for Climate and Sustainable Development Law and Policy (CSDLAP), Climate Change Center, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)
Speakers:

Ms Grażyna PULAWSKA, Senior Project Manager, Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
Ms Young Sook YOO, Co-President of Climate Change Center & former Minister of Ministry of Environment of Republic of Korea
Amb. Yeonchul YOO, Climate Change Ambassador of Republic of Korea
Ms Susanne PEDERSEN, Assistant Director-General of GGGI
Mr Suh-Yong CHUNG, Professor of Korea University & Director of CSDLAP
Ms Lola VALLEJO, IDDRI
Mr Kilaparti RAMAKRISHNA, Head of Strategy and Planning of Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Ms Sarwat CHOWDHURY, Policy Specialist of UNDP Seoul Policy Centre
Ms Xiaolu ZHAO, Senior Manager of China Climate Initiative of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Mr Minho LEE, Senior Fellow of CSDLAP & former Deputy Minister of Environmental Policy of Republic of Korea

Wednesday, December 11
12:30-2pm: The EU’s external cooperation post-2020: boosting ambitious and coherent climate action

Location: EU Pavillion
Organisation: German Development Institute (DIE); Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development of the European Commission (DG DEVCO); IDDRI
Speakers:

Director for Planet and Prosperity (European Commission)
DG DEVCO
Commissioner for Climate Policy and Climate Financing at BMZ
IPCC
International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
DIE
IDDRI

CLIMATE FINANCE

Tuesday, December 3
11:00-12:30: IDFC Climate Facility – A catalyst for climate finance

Location: IDFC Pavillion
Organisation: International Development Finance Club (IDFC)
Speakers:

Lola Vallejo (IDDRI)
Béryl Bouteille (IDFC Secretariat)
Rémy Rioux (AFD, President of IDFC)
N.N. (UNFCCC; TBC)
N.N. (GCF; TBC)
David Ryfisch (Germanwatch)
Jens Sedemund (OECD)
N.N. (Representative of an IDFC Bank; TBC)

CLIMATE AND LAW

Monday, December 2
12:30 - 2pm: Fighting climate change: the legislative response

Location: Room Brussels, EU Pavilion
Organisation: International Institute for Law and the Environment (IIDMA)
Speakers:

Ana Barreira, Director, IIDMA
Oisin Coghlan, Director, Friends of the Earth Ireland
Lola Vallejo, Climate Programme Director, IDDRI
Malte Hentschke, Deputy Manager, Klima Allianz Deutschland (Climate-Alliance Germany)

Wednesday, December 11
9h00 - 10h30 : Justice and climate equity - Plural aspects in the perspective of the Paris Agreement

Location: Espace de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie et de l’Institut de la francophie pour le développement durable (Green Zone)
Organisation: ClimaLex - Changement climatique et dialogue interdisciplinaire
Speakers:

Marta Torre-Schaub, CNRS Research Director, Director of ClimaLex, Law and Climate Change Network
Matthieu Wemaere, lawyer, associate researcher at IDDRI
Yann Robiou du Pont, PhD and researcher at IDDRI
Agnès Michelot, Lecturer in Public Law HDR at the University of La Rochelle, President of the SFDE
Sébastien Duyck, lawyer, member of CIEL

IDDRI's meetings at COP25

Speakers

Sébastien Treyer

Lola Vallejo

Michel Colombier

Yann Briand

Alexandra Deprez

Yann Robiou du Pont

Marta Torres Gunfaus

Jean-Pierre Gattuso

David Levaï

Contact

Brigitte Béjean

Location & Time