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COP27 #BuildingsPavilion - A call for a Buildings Breakthrough as a rallying point

COP27 #Buildings Pavilion Auditorium (lot. n°113)

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

COP27 #BuildingsPavilion

Place: #BuildingsPavilion Auditorium (lot. n°113)

Date: 17 November 2022

Time: 9:00-10:30 Eastern European Time

Lead organisation(s): GlobalABC

Partners: French MTE, Morocco MATNUHPV

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Description

At COP26, the Glasgow Breakthrough agenda was launched with considerable success and attention, aiming at strengthening international collaboration on the decarbonisation of high-emitting sectors (Transport, Power, Hydrogen, Steel, Agriculture). The Breakthrough agenda rallied 45 countries and ca. 70 per cent of global GDP. Despite being a heavyweight for climate action (around 37 per cent of CO2 emissions and over 34 per cent of global final energy demand come from buildings and construction), a Buildings Breakthrough however was not part of this agenda. 

At the Bonn Climate Change Conference in June 2022, France through the French Climate Change Ambassador Mr Stephane Crouzat announced that France will co-lead a new Buildings Breakthrough Target through the Ministry of Ecological Transition in France and in collaboration with the Ministry of National Territory and Urban Planning, Housing, and City Policy of the Kingdom of Morocco and alongside other willing governments. France and Morocco through senior-level representatives reaffirmed this at the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial and 7th Mission Innovation (CEM13/MI7) ministerial and the 2022 UN General Assembly (the latter via the French Secretary of State for Ecology). 

At the COP27 Breakthrough Agenda Ministerial on 11 November 2022, France and the Kingdom of Morocco reaffirmed their co-leadership of the Buildings Breakthrough, with the support of the GlobalABC, while the UK and Germany expressed their support. Stéphane Crouzat, French Climate Ambassador, made a call to action for the Buildings Breakthrough, and invited all countries to join the call at the Buildings Pavilion on 17 November 2022.

The objective of this event is to:

  • Highlight the need for a Buildings breakthrough as rallying point for countries especially.  
  • Issue an official call to all countries to join the Buildings Breakthrough target
  • Invite relevant initiatives to support the Buildings Breakthrough Target 

Agenda

PART I, 09:00-09:33 AM EET/local time: Opening ‘Why a buildings breakthrough’

09:00-09:05

Opening: Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

09:05-09:15

Keynote by Nigel Topping, UK High Level Climate Champion Nigel Topping 

09:15-09:20 Majida El Ouardirhi, General Secretary of the Ministry for National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing and City Policy, Kingdom of Morocco

09:20-09:25

Graham Stuart MP, Minister of State, Minister for Climate (UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy).

09:25-09:30 Closing: HE Bérangère Couillard, Secretary of State in charge of Ecology, Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, France

PART II, 09:35-10:30 AM EET/local time: Expressions of support

09:35-10:00

Roundtable one: As a country, why do you support the Buildings Breakthrough, how do you expect to contribute, and what do you expect from collaboration among governments? (3 mins per country)

  • Ethiopia: HE Wondimu Seta, State Minister, Ministry of Urban & Infrastructure
  • Germany: Stefan Wenzel, Parliamentary State Secretary, Head of Delegation of the Federal Ministry for Climate Action and Energy 
  • The Netherlands: HRH Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Climate Envoy 
  • [online] Finland: Annika Lindblom, Head of Unit, Senior Ministerial Adviser in Governance and International Cooperation, International and EU Affairs, Ministry of Environment Finland    
  • [online] Mongolia: Gunbold Baatar, Director General of Policy and Planning Department, Ministry of Construction and Urban Development
  • (Potential additional country statements: Canada, Cambodia, India, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sweden) 

10:00-10:20

Roundtable two: As an initiative, why do you support the Buildings Breakthrough? How do you expect to collaborate with governments? (3 mins per initiative)

  • C40: Lamia Senousi, Managing Director for communications
  • WBCSD: Roland Hunziker, Director, Built Environment & Member of the WBCSD Extended Leadership Group
  • Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB): Mike Enskat, Head of Section Infrastructure, GIZ
  • WorldGBC: Audrey Nugent, Director, Global Advocacy 
  • Clean Heat Forum: David Smedick, Federal and international policy manager,  RMI Carbon-Free Buildings team

10:20-10:25

Summary of insights

10:25-10:30

Closing by communications specialist Mariana Castano Cano (10 Billion Solutions).

 

Participants list (in alphabetical order by last name):

Name

Position, country/institution

Inger Andersen

Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme

[online] Gunbold Baatar

Director General of Policy and Planning Department, Ministry of Construction and Urban development, Mongolia

HRH Jaime de Bourbon de Parme

Climate Envoy, The Netherlands

Mariana Castano Cano

Founder, communications specialist, 10 Billion Solutions, moderator

HE Bérangère Couillard

Secretary of State in charge of Ecology, Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, France

Baba Drame

Director of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development, and Ecological Transition, Senegal (TBC)

Jonathan Duwyn

Programme Management Officer, UNEP

Mike Enskat

Head of Infrastructure Section, GIZ, participates for Programme for Energy Efficiency in Buildings (PEEB)

Roland Hunziker

Director, Built Environment & Member of the WBCSD Extended Leadership Group. Participates for WBCSD Built Environment Transformation Program; GlobalABC Work Area 3 Market Transformation

[online] Annika Lindblom

Head of Unit, Senior Ministerial Adviser in Governance and International Cooperation, International and EU Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Finland

Elfriede A. More

Directorate-General VI – Climate Action and Energy, International Climate, Environment and Energy Affairs, Austria

Audrey Nugent

Director, Global Advocacy, WorldGBC. Participates for Advancing Net Zero Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment and BuildingLife Programme.

Majida El Ouardirhi

General Secretary of the Ministry for National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing and City Policy, General Secretary of the Ministry for National Territory Planning, Land Planning, Housing and City Policy, Kingdom of Morocco

Yves-Laurent Sapoval

Senior Adviser, Directorate General for Housing and Nature Planning, French Ministry for Ecological Transition, France

HE Wondimu Seta

State Minister, Ministry of Urban Development & Infrastructure, Ethiopia

Lamia Senousi Managing Director for communications, C40. Participates for C40 Private Building Efficiency Network (PBE); Clean Construction programme, including the Clean Construction Accelerator, New Building Efficiency (NBE) networks and the associated Net Zero Buildings Accelerator.

David Smedick

Federal and international policy manager, RMI Carbon-Free Buildings team, participates for the Clean Heat Forum

Graham Stuart MP

Minister for Climate, UK

Nigel Topping

UK High Level Climate Champion

Hitesh Vaidya

Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs, India

Stefan Wenzel

Parliamentary State Secretary, Head of Delegation of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Germany

TBC

Canada

TBC

Nigeria

TBC

Mauritania