(Draft 4.10.2019)
Monday, 7 October 2019
8:30 Opening Session
Welcome address by Ms Tuula Haatainen, Deputy Speaker of the
Parliament
Opening of the meeting by Mr Hannu Hoskonen, Chair of the
Environment Committee and Ms Satu Hassi, Chair of the Grand
Committee
8:50 – 9:45 Session I: Strategies for Carbon Neutral Future - Necessity to speed
up emission reductions by 2030
Chair of the session: Ms Satu Hassi, Chair of the Grand Committee
Presentations:
Status of climate and disasters; need to mitigate and adapt
Mr Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological
Organization
Pathways to limiting global warming below 1.5-2°C
Dr Gunnar Luderer, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
(PIK)
Cost-efficient low-carbon pathways to 2030 and 2050
Mr Oras Tynkkynen, The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra
9:45 – 11:00 Exchange of views – Strengthening of Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDCs) and the EU target for 2030
11:00 – 11:45 Family photo and Coffee break
11:45 – 12:45 Session II: Climate-Smart Finance Sector
Chair of the session: Ms Satu Hassi, Chair of the Grand Committee
Presentations:
Sustainable Finance Market; the role of investors
Mr Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva
Investors
Innovative Green Finance: Climate Bonds Initiative
Mr Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Cap-and-trade regulations creating economic opportunities for clean
technologies and building national and international partnerships
Mr Richard Corey, Executive officer, California Air Resources Board
12:45 – 13:45 Exchange of views
13:45 – 14:00 Closing remarks
