On September 25, 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted a set of goals for sustainable development to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all.
In July 2017, the EU Expert Group on Sustainable Finance published a report on green finance. The report notes that in the next two decades the European Union needs to invest at least 180 billion euros annually in order to achieve the goals stated in the Paris Climate Agreement.
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
«... by 2030 ... encourage investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy sources …»
At the Clean Energy Forum — 2017 we addressed the issue of how to realize Russia's huge clean energy potential. Given the St. Petersburg location, a special attention would be paid to the North-West Federal District, as well as to the Arctic cooperation. Since the forum was held immediately after the international climate talks in Bonn, we intended to discuss its outcome in Russia as well.
PROGRAM
Welcome speeches
EUSP Rector, Dr. Nikolay Vakhtin
Consul-General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Hans Wesseling
Session I Clean Energy Potential
Panel discussion:
Moderator: Oleg PLUZHNIKOV, Business Russia
Branko Milicevic, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Sergey Vakulenko, Head of Strategy and Innovations, Gazpromneft
Igor Bashmakov, Director, Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEF)
Dr. Jan-Jaap Aué, Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Vitaly Bekker, Project Manager at UNDP
Session II Clean Energy Investment Potential
Discussion and presentations:
Moderator: Mikhail YULKIN, Head of the Climate Change Working Group, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Alexander Bychkov, General Director, RUSS-INVEST
Dr. Tim Heitling, Partner, Baker&McKenzie
Mikhail Davydov, Senior Analyst, Standard&Poors
Iya Gordeeva, Audit Energo Group
Maxim Titov, European University at St. Petersburg
Session III Clean Energy Award
Clean Energy Award — 2017 results and awarding ceremony
Video about the conference
Conference materials are available here.
Conference photos are available here.
More information: http://enerpo.tilda.ws/cleanenergyforum2017