COP27 #BuildingsPavilion
Place: #BuildingsPavilion Auditorium (lot. n°113)
Date: 9 November 2022
Time: 18:00-19:00 Eastern European Time
Lead organisation(s): Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB)
Watch Recording
Description
The energy crisis has sent shockwaves through the world. Energy-efficient and climate-resilient buildings are essential to prevent or alleviate this and upcoming crises. Promoting green buildings at scale can strengthen local economies, create jobs, provide resilient shelter, improve energy security and lower living costs for households. Yet, greening the buildings and construction sector requires bold national commitments, massive investments and sufficient capacity building, as well as stronger cooperation among all actors.
The energy crisis has sent shockwaves through the world. Energy-efficient and climate-resilient buildings are essential to prevent or alleviate this and upcoming crises. Promoting green buildings at scale can strengthen local economies, create jobs, provide resilient shelter, improve energy security and lower living costs for households. Yet, greening the buildings and construction sector requires bold national commitments, massive investments and sufficient capacity building, as well as stronger cooperation among all actors.
This high-level event at COP27 will discuss how we can rapidly scale up international cooperation for global action towards green buildings. High-level representatives from Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (GIZ), PEEB partner countries and German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) will discuss needs and opportunities to respond to the multiple energy, housing and climate crisis. Germany and France will announce new partnerships with the Green Climate Fund and the European Commission through PEEB Cool and PEEB Med initiatives, and unveil immediate plans to support countries and scale up action for green buildings through their joint Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB). This will mobilise finance for green buildings in some of the fastest growing and most climate-vulnerable regions of the world.
Speakers/agenda
Welcome: Mariana Castano Cano, Moderator (PEEB)
Expert keynote on buildings and the climate: Sarah El Battouty, Global Ambassador UNFCCC High-Level Champions and Founder of ECONSULT
High-level dialogue on national ambitions and international cooperation for buildings and the climate: Rémy Rioux, Director General, AFD, France | Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Member of the Management Board, GIZ, Germany | Dr Ir. Dadan Kusdiana, Director General, Directorate General of Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Republic of Indonesia | Teodora Obradovic Grncarovska, PhD, State Counselor on Climate Change, Ministry of Environment and Physical planning, Republic of North Macedonia |
PEEB Partnership Upscaling: Vera Rodenhoff, Head of International Cooperation and Implementation Initiatives, The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany
