The 14th Clean Energy Ministerial and 8th Mission Innovation meeting (CEM14/MI-8) is scheduled to take place in Goa, India between 19th to 22nd of July, 2023. The theme for CEM14/MI-8 is "Advancing Clean Energy Together".

Scheduled on the margins of the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial Meeting (ETMM), this year's Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and Mission Innovation (MI) meetings will bring together, governments, international organizations, private sector, academia, innovators, civil society, and early career researchers and policymakers over a four-day program featuring high-level ministerial dialogues, global initiative launches, award announcements, minister-CEO roundtables, and a wide array of side-events cutting across diverse themes of clean energy transition. CEM14/MI8 will also feature a public facing technology showcase demonstrating cutting edge advances in clean energy from India and around the world.

Side event: International Cooperation for a resilient and decarbonized building sector: near zero emission, emission-free/energy positive

Co-organized by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, France and India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) in collaboration with the UNEP-hosted Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, this CEM14 Side Event will explore international collaboration in the building sector, identify gaps and areas for urgent action and discuss next steps to accelerate progress towards near zero emission and resilient buildings. Buildings require first passive and climate-proof design complemented by sustainable energy and low-cost efficient equipment to make them energy positive buildings. Discussions will include: 

• Overview of existing landscape for action on buildings decarbonisation
• Presentation of the “Call for a Buildings Breakthrough at COP27” and follow up
• Architecture and Energy Systems for Energy Positive Emission-Free Buildings and Campuses 
• Roadmap towards Energy Positive and Emission-Free Buildings and Campuses
• Discussion of the preliminary recommendations in the sector for the upcoming 2023 Breakthrough Agenda Report, followed by exchange on potential related international actions
• Discussion of an opportunity for an “International Summit on Buildings and Climate” in 2024. Discussion on goals and potential outputs

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