Cop 23 German Pavilion Side Event Programme

COP 23 GERMAN PAVILION SIDE EVENT PROGRAMME

6 - 17 NOVEMBER 2017 BONN

Welcome to the German Pavilion

SEHR GEEHRTE BESUCHERINNEN UND BESUCHER, wir heißen Sie herzlich willkommen im Deutschen Pavillon auf der UN-Klimakonferenz COP 23 in Bonn. Wir hoffen, Ihnen ein interessantes und vielseitiges Side-Event-Programm zusammengestellt zu haben und möchten Ihnen dieses auf den folgenden Seiten vorstellen (Änderungen vorbehalten). Wir freuen uns, Sie im Deutschen Pavillon begrüßen zu dürfen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Ihr COP-Pavillon-Vorbereitungsteam vom BMUB/BMZ

DEAR VISITORS, We would like to warmly welcome you to the German Pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference COP23 in Bonn. We have tried to assemble an interesting and diverse programme of side events for you, which we present to you in this leaflet (subject to modifications). We are very happy to welcome you to the German Pavilion. Kind regards, The BMUB/BMZ COP Pavilion Planning Team

Side Event Them e Days

Monday, 6 November 2017

Resilience Climate Science, Oceans Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Towards a new compact on peatlands for climate protection Live Broadcast: Opening Ceremony in the Bula Zone Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) & The German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) Bettina Hedden-Dunkhorst, BfN Beate Jessel, BfN Olaf Tschimpke, NABU Budi Wardhana, Indonesian Agency for Peatland Restoration Sakhile Koketso, CBD Franziska Tanneberger, Greifswald Mire Centre Bas Tinhout, Wetlands International 12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 Good Practices of Civil Society Participation in National Climate Policy German Science Hour: Climate Alliance (Klima Allianz) and Association of German Development and Science of extreme events Humanitarian Aid Organisations (VENRO) Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Dr. Christiane Averbeck, Klima-Allianz Deutschland Conny Czymoch, moderation & media coaching Dr. Karsten Sach, BMUB Uwe Ulbrich, Freie Universität Berlin Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, BMZ Aiko Voigt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Sixbert Mwanga, CAN Tanzania Harald Kunstmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Christoph Bals, Germwatch, tbc Technology Lasse Bruun, CAN International Clemens Simmer, University of Bonn 13:30-14:00 Climate Action Tracker - latest analysis for the global stocktake Climate Analytics, Ecofys, NewClimate Institute Niklas Höhne, NewClimate Institute Bill Hare, Climate Analytics 14:30-15:30 15:00-16:00 Ocean acidification - Linking the ocean with climate protection Get clever about Climate – Free Online Course on German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Climate Change Dr. Lilian Busse, German Environment Agency Deutsches Klima-Konsortium e.V. (DKK) & WWF Dr. Helge Wendenburg, BMUB (World Wide Fund For Nature) Germany Prof. Ulf Riebesell, Geomar Marie-Luise Beck, DKK Prof. Dr Mojib Latif, DKK Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF, tbc Dr. Christiane Textor, German IPCC Coordination Office 16:00-17:00 Progress towards achieving the adaptation goals – Promising ways to tackle climate risks The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Juan Carlos Arredondo, Director-General for Climate Change Policies, Ministry for Environment and Climate Change, Mexico Dr. Masinde Bwire, Vice-President’s Office, Tanzania Rebecca Carter, World Resources Institute Anne Hammill, NAP Global Network Secretariat Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Mohamed Nbou, Climate Change Competence Centre, Morocco Tuan Anh Nguyen, Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Vietnam 17:30-18:30 17:00-18:00 The Climate Partnership of Alpine Municipalities within the Alpine Convention Urban Climate Polcies in Cities without evictions The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Misereor Nuclear Safety (BMUB), International Commission for the Protection of the Alps Speakers tbd Andreas Pichler, CIPRA International Helmut Hojesky, Presidency of the Alpine Convention Rainer Siegele, Mayor Municipality of Mäder (tbc) Heike Summer, Head of Delegation, Liechtenstein

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Resilience Forest, Adaptation Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 Comprehensive approaches to address climate risks human mobility related to the adverse effects of climate change - the case of Bangladesh The Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) Prof. Walter Kälin, Platform on Disaster Displacement Thomas Henzschel, Federal Foreign Office Philipp Knill, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Steven Alan Hammer, World Bank Group Md. Rashedujjaman Rashed, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh Stefanie Lux, German Red Cross Vera Scholz, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) 12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 The Emissions Gap Report 2017 – the emissions gap and opportunities to bridge it German Science Hour, UN Environment and the Technical University of Denmark (UNEP DTU) Climate of the past - climate of the future John Christensen, UNEP DTU Partnership Federal Ministry of Education and Research Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB (BMBF) Anne Ohlhoff, UNEP DTU Partnership Conny Czymoch, moderation & media Taryn Fransen, World Resource Institute coaching Niklas Höhne, NewClimate Institute Elmar Kriegler, PIK Kornelis Blok, tbc Mojib Latif, GEOMAR & DKK Jan Steckel, PIK 13:30-14:00 How to Shape Sustainable Cities for the Future? Challenges for urban governance German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) Prof. Sabine Schlacke, University of Münster 14:30-16:00 15:00-16:00 The Global Platform for the New York Declaration on Forests and the Bonn Ecosystem based Adaptation in Coastal Zones Challenge: From Commitments to Action KfW Development Bank United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Union for Karim ould Chih, KfW Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Dr. Joth Singh, EbA Facility, Caribbean Till Pistorius, Consultant Biodiversity Fund Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB, tbc Ali Raza Rizvi, IUCN Jamison Ervin, UNDP Global Programme on Nature for Development Dr. Josef Haider, Senior Sector Economist Franziska Haupt, Climate Focus Stewart Maginnis, IUCN Forest and Climate Change Programme, tbc Marie-Noëlle Keijzer, WeForest Ivan Dario Valencia, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Colombia, tbc 16:30-18:00 Climate adaptation: Increasing community resilience through nature-based solutions The Nature Conservancy (TNC), The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Dr. Kerstin Pfliegner, TNC Dr. Mike Beck, TNC Ernst Rauch, MunichRe Peter Mucke, Bündnis Entwicklung Hilfe 18:30-20:00 Climate risk insurance – for people, against poverty: How innovative climate risk insurance solutions promote and protect livelihoods of the poor and vulnerable The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), KfW Development Bank, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Koko Warner, Adaptation Programme at UNFCCC Bwalya Namwawa, Mayfair Insurance, Zambia Luis Alberto Lamela Salazar, Caja Sullana Municipal Savings, Peru Manoj Yadav, RIICE activities Tamil Nadu Sonu Agrawal, Weather Risk Management Services Catherine Burger, Swiss Re

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

TRANSFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT Transport, Climate Policy Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Global Stocktake: Information from science The Low Carbon Road and Road Transport Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Initiative Ottmar Edenhofer, PIK World Road Association (PIARC) Nicole Wilke, BMUB Robin Sebille, PIARC Janine Felson, Permanent Mission of Belize to the UN Jochen Harnisch, KfW, tbc

12:00-13:15 12:30-13.30 NDC implementation in SIDS: linking mitigation and adaptation efforts for German Science Hour: sustainable development Communicating climate science Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Federal Ministry of Education and Research Safety (BMUB) (BMBF) Vera Scholz, GIZ Friedemann Call, German Aerospace Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB Center, DLR Project management Agency Spencer Thomas, Ambassador and Special Envoy for Climate Change, Grenada, Marie-Luise Beck, DKK tbc Pieter Pauw, DIE Bruce Kijiner, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marshall Islands, tbc Jonathan Lynn, IPCC Secretariat Espen Ronneberg, SPREP, tbc Sönke Kreft, Munich Climate Insurance Initiativ

13:30-14:00 Germany's climate policy towards a largely greenhouse gas free transport sector by 2050 Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) Helge Pols, Climate-Friendly Mobility Task Force Dr. Wolfgang Schade, M-Five GmbH Mobility, Futures, Innovation, Economics

14:30-16:00 15:00-16:00 Low-carbon transport: G20 on track? Decarbonization of Aviation Agora Verkehrswende Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Daniel Bongardt, GIZ Guido Knoche, UBA Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB, tbc Harry Lehmann, UBA Christian Hochfeld, Agora Verkehrswende Robert Sausen, DLR Jennifer Morgan, Greenpeace International, tbc Arne Roth, Bauhaus Luftfahrt

17:30-18:30 17:00-18:00 Key results of the German G20 Presidency and the way forward to Argentina in Adaptation of the German railway system to 2018 climate change German Federal Chancellery (BK) Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Lars-Hendrik Röller, Chief Economic Adviser to the Chancellor, German Infrastructure (BMVI). Eisenbahnbundesamt G7/G20 Sherpa Eckhard Roll, Engineer Ambassador Pedro Villagra Delgado, Argentinian G20 Sherpa Carina Herrmann, Physicist Gabriela Ramos, OECD Sherpa to G20 Christoph Bals, Policy Director, Germanwatch

18:30-20:00 Making cities and their regions resilient and fit for climate change The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, Parliamentary State Secretary, BMZ Uwe Schneidewind, Wuppertal Institute, tbc Ashok-Alexander Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, tbc Dr. Oliver Weigel, BMUB Mapambe Intelligent Chauke, South African Local Government Association, tbc Jennifer Layke, World Resources Institute, tbc Clara Doe-Mvogo, Mayor of Monrovia, Liberia, tbc

Thursday, 9 November 2017 TRANSFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT Business, Carbon Market Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Coordinating Carbon Pricing Policies Research on climate and Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Federation of development in West and East Africa German Industries (BDI), Germanwatch, International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP), Federal Center of Development Research - Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) University Bonn (ZEF) Ottmar Edenhofer, MCC Heike Baumüller, Senior Christoph Bals, Germanwatch Researcher Holger Lösch, BDI Oliver Kirui, Senior Researcher Karsten Sach, BMUB Justice Tambo, Senior Researcher La Camera, ITL MoE, tbc Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Senior Jos Delebeke, European Commission, tbc Researcher Cathrine Steward, tbc 12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 Towards a 2°-economy - enabling businesses to act as pioneers of climate protection German Science Hour: Foundation 2° - German CEOs for Climate Protection, in cooperation with WWF Germany The fate of greenhouse gases: the Sabine Nallinger, Foundation 2° knowns and the unknowns Dr. Michael Otto, Otto Group, tbc Federal Ministry of Education and Dr. Karsten Ottenberg, BSH Home Appliances, tbc Research (BMBF) Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB, tbc Conny Czymoch, Journalist Gerhard Ehret, DLR Werner Kutsch, ICOS Julia Marshall, MPI-BGC 13:30-14:00 How can circular economy and waste management contribute to NDC implementation? Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Johannes Paul, GIZ Franz-B. Marré, BMZ Andreas Jaron, BMUB, tbc Nadia El Masry, Ministry of Environment, Egypt, tbc Axel Michaelowa, University of Zurich 14:30-16:00 15:00-16:00 Supporting implementation of the NDCs - The role of carbon pricing and fiscal policies Young Generations' View on Climate Green Fiscal Policy Network (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), UN Action, Climate Policy and COP23 Environment (UNEP), International Monetary Fund (IMF) The Federal Ministry for the Joy Aeree Kim, UN Environment Environment, Nature Conservation, Dr. Silke Karcher, BMUB Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Kai Schlegelmilch, Green Budget Germany Sabine Schröder, Project Manager Ronald Steenblik, OECD Dr. Antoine Vergne, Manager Carlos Muñoz-Piña, Undersecretariat for Revenues, Mexico, tbc Youth Ambassadors Norbert Gorißen, BMUB Adriana Valenzuela, UNFCCC, tbc 16:30-18:00 17:00-18:00 Greenhouse gas (GHG) neutrality and the role of German business Operationalizing co-benefits in Federation of German Industries (BDI), econsense - Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der carbon market mechanisms – Deutschen Wirtschaft, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Germany opportunities and challenges Tara Nitz, German Chemical Industry Association Perspectives Björn Hannappel, Deutsche Post DHL Group Speakers tbd Dr. Brigitta Huckestein, BASF AG Melanie Kubin-Hardewig, Deutsche Telekom AG Bernhard Schwager, Robert Bosch GmbH Dr. Hans-Jörn Weddige, thyssenkrupp AG Prof. Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer, PIK, tbc 18:30-20:00 How does the Montreal Protocol contribute to the Climate Agenda – Challenges for Developing Countries The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Dr. Tania Roediger-Vorwerk, BMZ Elisabeth Munzert, BMUB, Wills Agrole, Energy and Climate Ministry , Seychelles, Tim Gabriel, Environment Investigation Agency (EIA) Bernhard Siegele, GIZ

20:30-21:30 Towards A Just Energy Transition Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt) Dr. Joachim Fünfgelt, Policy Advisor, Bread for the World Mrs. Francesca de Gasparis, Executive Director SAFCEI Ms. Rhoda Boateng, Program Manager ITUC Africa Mrs. Bärbel Höhn, Energy Commissioner for Africa at the Federal Development Ministry Ms. Manuela Matthess, Policy Advisor Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Mr. Thomas Hirsch, Climate & Development Advice

Friday, 10 November 2017

TRANSFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT Climate & Development Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 Systematically Contributing to the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement: The New German Sustainable Development Strategy Federal Chancellery (BK),Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Dr. Stefan Bauernfeind, Federal Chancellery Dr. Ingolf Dietrich, BMZ Stephan Contius, BMUB Virginie Dumoulin, French Ministry for Ecological and Inclusive Transition 12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 Unions for Climate: Trade Unions of the G7 express their support of the Paris Agreement German Science Hour: German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Carbon Pricing: Making polluters pay or Armin Himmelrath, Journalist selling out our future? Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB, tbc Federal Ministry of Education and Research Stefan Körzell, DGB (BMBF) Alison Tate, ITCU, tbc Gregor Laumann, DLR Member of the Delegation of Fidji, tbd Anita Engels, University of Hamburg Grischa Perino,University of Hamburg Karen Pittel, Ifo Institute, Munich 13:30-14:00 Catalysing a political shift from low-carbon to negative carbon in Europe German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP Dr. Susanne Dröge, SWP Dr. Oliver Geden, SWP Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB, tbc 14:30-15:30 15:00-16:00 Sustainable Chemistry - a key to climate solutions Education and Climate Change - Dealing International Sustainable Chemistry Collaboration Center (ISC3), The Federal Ministry for with climate scepticism in schools the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and UN Engagement Global, Federal Ministry for Environment (UNEP) Economic Cooperation and Development Paul Hohnen (Mod.), Sustainable Strategies (BMZ) Pengcheng Fu, College of Life Sciences and Technology, Beijing Stephanie Widholm, Project Leader Eric Bischof, Covestro AG Reiner Mathar, ESD Expertnet Oliver Borm, Sunfire GmbH Rajeswari Gorana, ESD-Expertnet Achim Halpaap, UN Environment Livleen Kahlon, TERI, Delhi 15:30-16:00 17:00-18:00 The Nitric Acid Climate Action Group: Paving the Way for a Sector-wide Transformation Ambition 1.5° - Global Shipping's Action The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Plan Safety (BMUB), German chemical industry association (VCI), Deutsche Gesellschaft für International Windship Association (ISWA) Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Gavin Allwright, International Windship Dr. Silke Karcher, Head of Division, BMUB Association (IWSA) Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary, BMUB Tom Holmer, SSI Tara Nitz, VCI Maria de la Fuente, Peaceboat, tbc James Close, Director for Climate Change, World Bank Dietmar Oeliger, NABU, tbc Enrico Rubertus, GIZ, Director NACAG Secretariat

16:30-18:00 20:30-21:30 The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement: towards a new and coherent development Setting a Course Towards Decarbonisation paradigm at national and international level in the Maritime Sector The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Mechanical Engineering Industry Association Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), German Development Institute (VDMA) (DIE), World Resources Institute (WRI), Holger Paul, VDMA Paula Caballero, Global Director, Climate Program, WRI (Moderator) Dr. Andreas Lingens, MTU Ingrid Gabriela Hoven, Director-General, Global issues - sector policies and Friedrichshafen programmes, BMZ Monika Griefahn, AIDA Cruises, tbc Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UN DESA Hermann-Josef Mammes, Meyer Werft Dr. Juan Carlos Arredondo, Director General for Climate Change Policies, Ministry Axel Kettmann, CIMAC for the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico (tbc) Dr. Nur Masripatin, Director General Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa, Executive Chairman, National Planning Authority, Uganda Imme Scholz, Deputy Director, DIE

18:30-20:00 NDC implementation in the field of Agriculture Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) Speakers tbd

20:00 Al Gore at the German Pavilion - screening of „An Inconvenient Sequel - Truth to Power“ Introduction and discussion with Al Gore and State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB

Saturday, 11 November 2017

TRANSFORMATION FOR DEVELOPMENT Energy Transition Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Understanding Technology Needs in the context of the Paris Agreement The SINTEG programme - Smart Energy National Designated Entity (NDE) Germany Showcases (SINTEG) Dietram Oppelt, NDE Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Mahendra Kumar, NDE Fiji Energy (BMWi) Michael Rantil, NDE Sweden Matthias Künzel, iit Heleen de Coninck, Radboud University, the Netherlands Thorsten Herdan, BMWi Elisha Moyo, NDE Zimbabwe Dr. Albrecht Fichtner, C/sells Kinga Csontos, NDE Hungary Torsten Knop, Designetz Dr. Michael Stadler, enera Markus Graebig, WindNODE 12:00-13:00 11:30-12:00 Decarbonising the power sector: Tomorrow's mobility Myths and Real Challenges Mechanical Engineering Industry Agora Energiewende, Smart Energy for Europe Platform (SEFEP) gGmbH Association (VDMA) Dr. Fabian Joas, Agora Energiewende Peter Mueller-Baum, VDMA Charlotte Ruhbaum, Stiftung Mercator Nima Nader, Head of Metalle pro Klima

13:30-14:00 12:30-13.30 Energy Efficiency Networks – A cost-effective Option for Companies in Germany to German Science Hour: improve Energy Efficiency Our ocean future: marine ecosystems Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) / Initiative Energieeffizienz- under climate change Netzwerke Federal Ministry of Education and Research Steffen Joest, Energy-Efficiency-Networks (BMBF) Thorsten Herdan, BMWi Wilfried Kraus, BMBF Hans-Otto Pörtner, AWI, tbc Sebastian Ferse, ZMT Ulf Riebesell, GEOMAR

14:30-16:00 15:00-16:00 The Global Energy Transition as Contribution to Global Climate Protection - the German Low Carbon Innovation in the Cement and and Moroccan Energy Transitions as Examples Chemicals Industries - Status quo and Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Perspectives Christine Lins, REN21 German Cement Works Association (Verein Rainer Baake, BMWi Deutscher Zementwerke -VDZ) and Thorsten Herdan, BMWi Covestro Abderrahim El Hafidi, Secretary General, Morocco Manuel Mohr, VDZ David Mahlobo, Energy Minister, South Africa (tbc) Dr. Martin Schneider, VDZ Rob van der Meer, HeidelbergCement AG Prof. Dr. Kurt Wagemann, DECHEMA Dr. Eric Bischof, Covestro

16:30-18:00 17:00-18:00 Climate Change Action through decentralized energy solutions – local, people-centric and Global Knowledge Management on renewable Energypedia The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Energypedia Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Energising Development Partnership Johanna Hartmann, Project Manager (EnDev) Robert Heine, Managing Director Chair and moderation: Vera Scholz, Head of Division Climate Change, Environment, Infrastructure at GIZ Speakers: Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director-General of the Department for Global issues – sector policies and programmes of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (key-note speaker) Dr. Nurul Quadir, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of Bangladesh (confirmed) Rohit Khanna, Program Manager of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) at the World Bank (confirmed) Roelof Buffinga, Head of Climate Change Team, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Netherlands (confirmed) Katharina Habersbrunner, Head of Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) (confirmed) 18:30-20:00 19:00-20:00 Mobilising the private sector for climate friendly infrastructure investments: the role of Setting a Course Towards Decarbonisation finance. Existing approaches, gaps and new concepts in the Maritime Sector The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Agency for Mechanical Engineering Industry Business & Economic Development (Agentur für Wirtschaft und Entwicklung -AWE) Association (VDMA) Katie Gallus, tbc Holger Paul, VDMA Christine Laibach, DEG, tbc Dr. Andreas Lingens, MTU Dr. Christoph Beier, GIZ, tbc Friedrichshafen Anton Milner, IB Vogt, tbc Monika Griefahn, AIDA Cruises, tb Tian Chengchuan, Deputy-Director General Hermann-Josef Mammes, Meyer Werft Axel Kettmann, CIMAC

Monday, 13 November 2017 DRIVERS FOR CHANGE Cities & Regions Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Advancing Climate Action on the Local Level – Best practices from China and Financial Risk and Opportunities in the Germany Implementation of the Paris Agreement: UNEP The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear FI experiences Safety (BMUB); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), ICLEI UN Environment Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Minister, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Eric Usher, UNEP FI Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Martin Schoenberg, UNEP FI Xie Zhenhua, Special Representative on Climate Change Affairs, National Remco Fischer, UNEP FI Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NDRC) Simone Ruiz-Vergote, Allianz Climate He Xiangjian, Deputy Director, Xuzhou Municipal Development and Reform Solutions Commission Stephen Hibbert, Carbon and Energy GAO Xiang, Deputy Head of Secretariat, Alliance of Peaking Pioneer Cities Efficiency Finance Felicitas Kubala, Environmental Mayor of Mannheim Simone Raskob, Environmental Mayor of Essen Eckart Würzner, Mayor of Heidelberg Yin Jianqing, Deputy Director-General, Development and Reform Commission of Jiangsu Province

12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 Multisectoral process to the NDC implementation: the peruvian model German Science Hour: The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Science in times of fake news Safety (BMUB), Environ. Min. Peru (MINAM) Federal Ministry of Education and Research Norbert Gorissen, BMUB, tbc (BMBF) Elsa Galarza Contreras, Minister of Environment, Peru BMBF-Vertreter Angela Grossheim, Ministry of Energy and Mines, tbc Conny Czymoch (mod.) Rafael Guarderas Radzinsky, Ministry of Transport and Communications, tbc Karl Eugen Huthmacher, BMBF Fernando Laca Barrera, Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, tbc Bernhard Pötter, taz Pedro Belber, General Directorate of Forestry and Wildlife Policy and Susanne Dröge, SWP Competitiveness Ellen Matthies, Uni Magdeburg, WBGU Fernando Farías, Ministry of the Environment of Chile, tbc Stefan Rahmstorf, PIK Mariana Rojas, Ministry of Environment, Colombia, tbc 13:30-14:30 Sponge Cities - How cities can adapt to climate change German Meteorological Services (DWD), Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Dr. Christoph Beier, GIZ Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, BMUB Maria Krautzberger, UBA Dr. Paul Becker, DWD Dr. Robert Kaltenbrunner, BBSR Amal Lee-Amin, Inter American Development Bank Dr. Lei Huang, China Meteorological Administration 14:30-15:30 15:00-16:00 Localizing NDCs – Cities’ contributions to implementing the Paris Agreement Urban Pathways – Supporting Low Carbon The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Plans for Urban Basic Services Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, Parliamentary State Secretary, BMZ UN Habitat, Wuppertal Institute Dr. Philipp Rode, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Oliver Lah, Head of Unit Aniruddha Dasupta, World Resources Institute Kamal Gounder, Ministry of Economy, Fiji Tanya Müller García, Mexico City, tbc Sabine Drees, Deutscher Städtetag, tbc Sebastian Lange, UN-Habitat 16:00-17:30 17:00-18:00 Between frustration, hope and adaptation. Climate Change and next generations. A sectoral approach to GHG-neutrality: How The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear the Chemical Industry can deliver on the Paris Safety (BMUB) Agreement Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Minister, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Tara Nitz, Advisor Dr. Hilda Heine, President of the Marshall Islands Dr. Jörg Rothermel, VCI Mary Awad, Lebanese Delegation Dr. Issam Dairanieh, CO2-Sciences Bonn High School Students Richard Northcote, CSO, Covestro Martijn Overgaag, Ecofys 18:00-19:30 The importance of resource efficiency in the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement International Resource Panel, European Commission, The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Janez Potocnik, Co-Chair International Resource Panel Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Jochen Flasbarth , BMUB Inia Seruiratu, High Level Climate Champion, tbc Rabbi Sergio Bergman, Environment Minister, Argentina, tbc Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala, EESC 20:00-21:30 Energy-efficient neighbourhood redevelopment. Experiences from Germany and Europe. From building to accommodation The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Katharina Voss, BMUB Gregor Langenbrinck, Urbanizers Gregor Heilmann, ProPotsdam Thomas Zwingmann, Verbraucherzentrale NRW Martynas Nobutas, Ministry of Environment, Lithuania Yves-Laurant Sapoval, Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition, France Els Struiving, Paddepoel Energiek

Tuesday, 14 November 2017

DRIVERS FOR CHANGE Cities & Regions Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:15-11:15 Building for the future: How to plan and construct sustainable buildings Nature is speaking DGNB German Sustainable Building Council Federal Ministry for the Environment, Dr. Christine Lemaitre, DGNB Nature Conservation, Building and Thies Grothe, German Property Federation (ZIA) Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Conservation Carsten Rothballer, ICLEI Europa International Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB Anote Tong, Conservation International 12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 Taking full advantage of mitigation opportunities by improving measurement and German Science Hour: transparency Paris, coal, and the price of carbon Baden Wuerttemberg, California, The Climate Group, The Federal Ministry for the Federal Ministry of Education and Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Research (BMBF) Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Minister, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Ottmar Edenhofer, PIK/MCC Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) Ulrike Kornek, MCC Helen Clarkson, The Climate Group Andreas Löschel, Universität Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California Münster Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of Baden-Wuerttemberg, tbc Tanja Gönner, GIZ 13:30-14:30 Building Resilience in Mountain Communities from Bhutan, Myanmar, Pakistan and Nepal The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Minister, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) David Molden, Director General Anwar Hossain Manju, Minister for Forest and Environment, Bangladesh, tbc Win Tun, Minister for Forest and Environment, Myanmar Mushahid Ullah Khan, Minister for Climate Change, Pakistan, tbc Mithila Chaudhary, Minister for Environment and Population, Nepal Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India Li Ganjie, Minister of Environmental Protection, China 14:30-16:00 15:00-16:00 Taking climate action to the streets – transforming urban mobility Ocean Protection and Climate Change The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), The Federal Ministry Rare, Food and Agriculture Organization for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), Federal (FAO), Global Island Partnership (GLISPA), Environmental Agency (UBA), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Blue Solutions, International Union for Mauricio Rodas, Mayor of Quito Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary, BMZ , tbc Dorothee Herr, IUCN, tbc Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB Nicola Breier, BMUB Dr. Tania Rödiger Vorwerk, BMZ Brett Jenks, Rare OP Agarwal, WRI India N.N., GLISPA, tbc Christian Hochfeld, Agora Verkehrswende Harry Lehmann, UBA Eric Beaume, EU DEVCO Wei-Shiuen Ng, Analyst & Modeller, International Transport Forum, OECD Eric Beaume, Deputy Head of Unit Cities, Local Authorities, Digitalisation, Infrastructures, EC-DEVCO Dr. Harry Lehmann, Head of Division, UBA 16:30-18:00 17:00-18:00 One World Without Hunger in a changing climate Resilience Action in Asian cities: Learning The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) from practice Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary, BMZ , tbcJulia Wolf, FAO, tbc Federal Ministry for Economic Dr. Stefan Schmitz, BMZ Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Renato Redentor Constantino, Coordinating Agency, tbc Director, Institute for Climate and Perin St Ange, International Fund for Agricultural Development, tbc Sustainable Cities Prof. Rattan Lal, Ohio State University Sarah Colenbrander, International Estherine Lisenge-Fotabong, New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Institute for Environment and Coordinating Agency, tbc Development Dr. Bruce Campbell, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Daniel Günther, BMZ Margarita Astralaga (Director IFAD)

18:30-20:00 Challenges of a highly industrialized region - North Rhine-Westphalia and its energy intensive industry Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW-MWIDE) Michael Theben, Director General Climate Protection MWIDE NRW Prof. Dr. Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Director Research Group, Wuppertal Institut Dr. Klaus Schäfer, CTO, Covestro Dr. Hans-Jörn Weddige, Group Coordinator Energy, Environment and Climate Policies thyssenkrupp AG Heinz-Uwe Lewe, Adviser MWIDE NRW

Wednesday, 15 November 2017

DRIVERS FOR CHANGE Climate Finance Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform – Facilitative Approaches and National Reform Efforts From climate risk to opportunity: new The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear metrics to measure development banks’ Safety (BMUB), Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) progresses towards SDGs Peter Wooders, IISD University of Zurich Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB Stefano Battiston, Professor of banking Laura Tuck, World Bank Group, tbc Irene Monasterolo, Professor of climate Assia Elgouacem, OECD economics and finance Eduardo Camero Godínez, Ministry of Finance, Mexico, tbc Amal-Lee Amin, Inter-Ameican Carlos Muñoz Pina, Ministry of Finance, Mexico, tbc Development Bank Amir Hidayat, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia, tbc Gael Giraud, Agence Francais de Thorsten Herdan, BMWi Development Rohit Khanna, World Bank Group Jane Feehan, European Investment Bank Ronald Steenblik, OECD 12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 Small Islands – Big impacts: Blue Action Fund & SIDS lead on ocean conservation German Science Hour: The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), The Government Transformation - turning the climate tide of Sweden Federal Ministry of Education and Research Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary, BMZ (BMBF) Peter Thomson, Ambassador - UN Special Envoy for the Oceans Conny Czymoch, Journalist Isabella Lövin, Deputy Prime Minister, Sweden Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, PIK, tbc Inia Seruiratu, Climate Champion & Minister for Agriculture, Rural & Maritime Development, Fiji Inger Anderson, IUCN Eberhard Brandes, WWF Germany Katie Gallus, Journalist, Moderator 13:30-14:00 Implementing Article 2(C) of the Paris Agreement SouthSouthNorth Projects, Finance Thematic Working Group of the IKI Cluster Norbert Gorißen, Head of Unit International Climate Finance, International Climate Initiative, BMUB Dr. Tasila Banda, Environment Investment Fund, Namibia Dr. Stephen King’uyu, Climate Change Secretariat, Government of Kenya Zerihun Getu, Coordinator, Climate Resilience and Green Economy, Ethiopia Santiago Briceño, Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia Nguyen Thi Dieu Trinh, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Government of Vietnam, tbc Benedict Libanda, Director, Environmental Investment Fund, Namibia

14:30-16:00 Supporting NDC Implementation Through Policy Based Financing (PBF) KfW Development Bank Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Silvia Kreibiehl, Frankfurt School of Finance - UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate and Sustainable Energy Finance, tbc Stephan Opitz, KfW Norbert Gorißen, BMUB, tbc. Silvia Kreibiehl, FS-UNEP Rosa Morales Saravia, Representative from Peru, tbc. Chris Anaglo, Representative from Ghana James Close, Worldbank representative Juan Arredondo, Ministry of Environment, Mexico Pablo Viera, NDC Partnership 16:30-18:00 17:00-18:00 From Adaptation in NDCs to Bankable Climate Projects: The key role of the Water Cycle Green Banking in Asia - Experiences and The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Prospects Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Renewables Academy (RENAC) Cooperation and Development Markus Kurdziel, IKI Programme Office Inia Seruiratu, Minister for Agriculture, Rural and Maritime Development and Berthold Breid, RENAC National Disaster Management and Climate Champion (Fiji), Björn Dransfeld, the greenwerk Charafat Afailal, State Secretary for Water, Morocco Ingrid-Gabriela, Director General Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Alastair Morrison, Water Sector Senior Specialist of Green Climate Fund (GCF); Marcel Beukeboom, Climate Envoy of the Netherlands; John Roome, Senior Director for Climate Change, World Bank Romeo Bertolini, Deputy Country Engagement Director, NDC Partnership Vera Scholz, Director of Division Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure, GIZ

18:30-20:00 Climate Change and the Financial System The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)/Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Jochen Flasbarth, BMUB Rüdiger Senft, Commerzbank Remco Fischer, UNEP FI Masamba Thioye, UNFCCC Jennifer De Nijs, Ministry of Finance, Luxemburg Harry Lehmann, UBA

Thursday, 16 November 2017

DRIVERS FOR CHANGE Shaping the frameworks I Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Perspectives for the Global Energy Transition: Investment Needs for Achieving Advancing civil society readiness for effective Green the Well Below 2 Degrees Target Climate Fund financing – focus Africa Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) Germanwatch Rainer Baake, BMWi Lutz Weischer, Germanwatch Dr. Fatih Birol, IEA Crispus Mugambi, CARE Kenya Adnan Z. Amin, IRENA Julius, Ng’oma, Civil Society Network on Climate Wang Zhongying, CNREC Change Miriam Maes, Energy Transition Forum Zenabou Segda, WEP

12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 German Science Hour: Innovate4Climate Failing the Carbon Budget - what's next? Announcement of 2018 Innovate4Climate Conference Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) World Bank, Federal Ministry for Economic Conny Czymoch, moderator Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Lili Fuhr, Heinrich Böll Stiftung Ingrid Hoven, Director General, Federal Ministry for Oliver Geden, SWP Economic Cooperation and Development Mark Lawrence, IASS James Close, Director, of Climate Change, World Andreas Oschlies, GEOMAR Bank Group Valvanera Ulargui, General Director of the Spanish Office on Climate Change Dirk Forrister, IETA, tbc. Scott Cantor, Senior Carbon Finance Specialist, World Bank Group 13:30-14:00 15:00-16:00 Managing the NDC Process: Lessons from national approaches to NDC Climate Change Multistakeholder Diplomacy: Linking governance climate negotiations, actions and SDGs United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The Political and Institutional Federal Foreign Office (AA), Global Diplomacy Lab Frameworks Thematic Working Group of the IKI Cluster Sabrina Schulz, E3G Rebecca Carman, UNDP, tbc Silvia Garza, Biologist Edna Martinez Quintanilla, Consultant Jasdeep Randhawal, Lawyer Susanne Salz, United Actors 14:30-16:00 The role of foundations in international climate action German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Stiftung Mercator Michael Dittrich, DBU Dr. Lars Grotewold, Stiftung Mercator

16:30-18:00 17:00-18:00 Giving Voice, Assessing Impacts. Dealing with climate change in the global Sustainable Consumption - Processes and Instruments North and South from gender perspectives addressing climate change The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), UN Arn Sauer, Researcher, Gender Trainer Environment (UNEP), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immanuel Stieß, Researcher Internatinale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ulrike Röhr, Researcher Dr. Ulf Jaeckel, BMUB Gotelind Alber, Consultant, Researcher Martina Fleckenstein, WWF Germany Diana Hummel, Researcher, tbc Thomas Lehmann, GIZ Thailand Meike Spitzner, Researcher Bettina Heller, UN Environment Dr. Norbert Gorißen, BMUB, tbc Dr. Heike Kuhn, BMZ Dr. Harry Lehmann, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Elizaneth Tippawong, Gender Development Assosiation, Laos Cressida Jamir, GIZ India – Climate Change Adaptation in the North Eastern Region 18:30-20:00 Global NDC Peer Exchange - The collaboration space on NDC implementation and enhanced transparency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP) Jo Scheur, moderator Mohamed Nbou, Director of 4C Andrea Meza Murillo, Ministry for Environment and Energy (MINAE), Costa Rica Jens Nielsen, World Climate Chizuru Aoki, Lead Environmental Specialist

20:30-21:30 Young talents for climate action States of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate (Länder Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz) Nora Zaremba, Journalist Priska Hinz, Environment Minister, Hesse Ulrike Höfken, Environment Minister, Rhineland-Palatinate Hibba Kauser, State Student Council Laura Gouverneur, City of Wiesbaden Anne Kuschnick, Association of Municipalities Römerberg Patrick Mijnals, bettervest GmbH Philipp de Jong, Youth Association for the Protection of Nature

Friday, 17 November 2017

DRIVERS FOR CHANGE Shaping the frameworks II Side Event Room Amphitheatre 10:00-11:30 10:30-11:30 Climate Diplomacy: How to prevent climate security risks Uniting for Climate Action through Education adelphi, Federal Foreign Office (AA) and InnovationWorld Bank, Federal Ministry Katie Peters, ODI , tbc for Economic Cooperation and Development Peter Fischer, German Federal Foreign Office (BMZ) Dennis Tänzler, Director International Climate Policy Ingrid Hoven, Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Francesco La Camera, Director General, Ministry of Environment, Italy Inia Seruiratu, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management, and High-Level Climate Champion. Max Edkins, Connect4Climate, World Bank 12:00-13:00 12:30-13.30 Climate change and the long-term perspective – 2050 climate strategies Voluntary offsetting of the German The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Government Safety (BMUB) Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) Andrea Meyer, BMUB Frank Wolke, UBA Karsten Sach, BMUB Speakers tbd Imke Luebbeke, Head of Unit, EU Climate and Energy Policy, WWF Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo, Underministry of Planning at the Ministry of Environment a and Natural Resources of Mexico (SEMARNAT) Andrea Meza, director, Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica

13:30-14:00 Non-economic loss and damage - how to deal with climate-induced displacement Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt), German Development Institute (DIE) Sabine Minninger, Policy Adviser on Climate Change Benjamin Schraven, Senior Researcher Denise Margaret Matias, Researcher Sophia Wirsching, Policy Advisor Migration, Bread for the World Sanjay Vashit, CAN South Asia Maina Talia, TuCAN-Tuvalu Climate Action Network Gottfried von Gemmingen, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany