WATCH NOW ON DEMAND: SIEW 2020 ThinkTank Roundtable: COP26 – and the next 12 months - The Realities and Opportunities of Decarbonisation

The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 1 to 12 November 2021 under the presidency of the United Kingdom Government.

The British Chamber hosted a Roundtable on the commercial opportunities from a decarbonising world, commencing with a focus on the pathway to the conference.

Agenda topics & speakers:

1: Driving action in the runup to COP26

The timetable leading to COP26 in November 2021 with a senior UK Government rep discussing the ambitions and key elements of COP26. Hear how the businesses, investors, organisations, cities, and regions drive action on climate change and coordinate this work with governments and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Panellists
Simon Sharpe
Deputy Director, Policy Campaigns at COP26 Unit
UK Cabinet Office

Dr Zulfikar Yurnaidi
Senior Officer of Sustainable Energy, Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency
ASEAN Centre for Energy

Stuart Broadley
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Industries Council

Willie Reid
Director
University of Strathclyde Oil and Gas Institute

Moderator
Peter Godfrey
Managing Director
UK Energy Institute, Singapore

2. Making ‘green’ commercial

The options available to reduce emissions and their commercial viability. Projects will be viewed through a commercial lens, including incentives to enable private sector finance and roll out of associated infrastructure at scale in ASEAN. 

Panellists
Audra Low
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director
Clifford Capital

Aditya Aggarwal
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore
Global Infrastructure Partners

Andrew Johnstone
Director and CEO 
Climate Fund Managers

Lawrence Wu 
President and Co-founder
Sunseap

Jonathan Drew
Managing Director
ESG Solutions, Global Banking

Moderator
Allard Nooy
Chief Executive Officer 
Infraco Asia Development Pte Ltd

3: Successful decarbonisation projects

Case study-led session with examples of current test-bed decarbonisation projects. Discovering how businesses can prosper in a decarbonising world. with a focus on emerging developments in industry, cities, island nations, and transport including Hydrogen, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage, and Waste to Value projects.

Panellists
Andy Koss
Head of Sembcorp Energy UK
Sembcorp

Herman van der Meyden
Government Relations Advisor 
Shell

Jan Huinink
Business Opportunity Manager for Energy Transition projects
Shell

Colin McGill 
Project Director Teesside Net Zero
BP

Henry Tse
Director of New Mobility Technologies
Connected Places Catapult

Willie Reid
Director
University of Strathclyde Oil and Gas Institute

Moderator
Thomas Briault
Energy Advisory Leader, South East Asia
Arup Singapore Pte Ltd
 

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