1st September 13.30:
Building Back Cleaner – Increasing access to renewable energy
Opening remark
- H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon
Capturing the clean energy opportunity
- Tellef Thorleifsson, Norfund
Increasing access to renewable energy in Mozambique
- H.E. Ernesto Max Elias Tonela, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Mozambique
The energy outlook, needs and challenges in the developing world
- Elizabeth Press, IRENA
Case: Malindi Solar plant in Kenya
- Eddy Njoroge, Globeleq and President ISO
How to increase energy access in developing countries while avoiding climate change
- Dagfrid Forberg, Zero
Panel conversation: How can a larger part of the global capital flows be channeled into renewable energy investments in the developing world?
- Laurence Mulliez, Globeleq
- Bunmi Adekore, Breakthrough Energy Ventures
- Heidi Finskas, KLP
- Mark Davis, Norfund
How should Norway contribute to increased access to clean energy in developing countries
- Espen Barth Eide, MP Norwegian Labour party
- Lene Westgaard-Halle, MP Norwegian Conservative party
14:30 End of Part 1
3rd September at 13:30
Building Back Greener & Better – building more climate resilient communities and companies
What the Paris Agreement means for developing countries. Can Covid-19 accelerate the green transition?
- Christiana Figueres, Founding Partner, Global Optimism and Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Examples from Norfunds portfolio and presentation of Norfund’s new climate strategy
- Tellef Thorleifsson and William Nyaoke, Norfund
How to deal with transition risk when investing in developing countries
- Martin Skancke, Skancke Consulting and Norfund Board
Panel: Investing for impact in the time of climate change.
- Hasit Shah (Tiku), Vertical Agro
- Naana Winful Fynn, Norfund
- Idar Kreutzer, Finance Norway
- Ingrid Næss-Holm, Norwegian Church Aid
Closing remark from the Norwegian Minister of International Development
- Dag Inge Ulstein, Minister of International Development, Norway
