Time: 9:30–11am (Azerbaijan Time – GMT+4)
Location: Ukraine Pavilion, number F14, Blue Zone
Join us in person at the Ukraine Pavilion and online.
As countries worldwide accelerate their transition to Net Zero, emerging economies and reconstruction contexts present both unique challenges and opportunities. With newly revised net zero standards emerging and countries preparing enhanced NDCs, the need for credible transition frameworks has never been more critical. This high-level panel brings together leading experts from University of Oxford, financial experts and policymakers to explore how robust policy frameworks can support sustainable development pathways, with particular focus on Ukraine’s transformative reconstruction experience. The discussion will examine how evidence-based policy approaches can help countries build resilient economies while ensuring energy security and climate action.
- Integrity of Net Zero Implementation: How to ensure credible Net Zero commitments through robust offsetting principles, governance standards, and geological carbon removal approaches within complex geopolitical contexts
- Policy Design and Implementation: How to design and execute robust Net Zero policies across diverse economic contexts, considering varying capabilities and circumstances
- Climate Finance Architecture: Ways to attract and structure climate finance in challenging environments while maintaining high standards of climate integrity
- Investment Landscape: Investment needs and opportunities in emerging markets, focusing on transformative sectors and technologies
- Transition Pathways: Examining how immediate reconstruction needs can be aligned with long-term decarbonization commitments through clear sectoral pathways, strong government policy, and international support mechanisms.
- Green Reconstruction to NDC Action: How Ukraine’s experience informs NDC revision and 1.5°C alignment for transitioning economies – balancing urgent rebuilding with the UAE consensus, economy-wide targets, and robust policy frameworks.
Speakers
- Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma, President of COP26
- Professor Sam Fankhauser, Smith School and the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford
- Professor Thomas Hale, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
- Heather Buchanan, CEO Bankers for Net Zero
- Dr Ievgeniia Kopytsia, Law Faculty, University of Oxford, and Associate Professor at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
- Dr Oleksii Riabchyn, Advisor to Deputy Prime-Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine – Minister of Justice, Post Doc Donetsk National University
- Moderator: Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief
Host: University of Oxford – Oxford Net Zero.
Format: one-hour moderated panel discussion, 30-minute Q&A.
Those unable to attend in person are welcome to join online.
Photo by Laurence B on Unsplash.
