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The UN climate conference, COP29, is being held this year from November 11 to 22 in Baku, aiming to raise climate action ambitions and promote effective measures. The Swedish Climate Policy Council will be represented on-site by its Chair, Åsa Persson, and Anna Volckerts, project lead for the Panorama platform, which will be featured in Sweden’s pavilion.
Erik Kjellström, a council member, will also participate in the COP meeting, representing SMHI as part of the Swedish negotiation delegation.
Key topics in the conference’s climate negotiations will include setting a new goal for climate finance, finalizing the framework for carbon trading, and determining the ambition levels for the updated national climate plans (NDCs) that parties will submit next year.
Åsa Persson will participate in various side events and meetings, including sessions with the International Climate Councils Network (ICCN), where she will exchange experiences and promote the establishment of climate councils in more countries. Currently, the network includes over twenty councils worldwide.
On November 12, she will join the opening of the Swedish Pavilion, which will be live-streamed. She will participate in a panel discussion on how climate councils can support the climate transition, alongside representatives from climate councils in Australia and South Korea, and from AFRY and ClimateView. Link to event: Inauguration of the Swedish Pavilion | Sweden at COP29 (business-sweden.com.
She will also take part in events such as:
Sweden’s official pavilion is led by Business Sweden, which, during COP29, brings together stakeholders from business, academia, and the public sector to accelerate national climate efforts, strengthen Sweden’s role as a partner in the green transition, foster collaboration, and showcase solutions with global potential.
As at last year’s COP meeting, visitors to the pavilion will have the opportunity to explore panorama-sweden.com, a platform managed by the Climate Policy Council, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, and the Swedish Energy Agency, via a large screen. Panorama summarizes and visualizes information on Sweden’s climate transition, presenting a potential pathway to the net-zero target for 2045 based on around 70 emission-reducing transitions. An enhanced version of these transitions will play a central role in communications within the Swedish pavilion.
”Panorama is a great example of how to spread knowledge on the climate transition in an accessible, opportunity-focused way. Our aim at COP is to showcase the platform to Swedish and international audiences, inspire, and be inspired. We also plan to preview an upcoming version for those with a special interest,” says Anna Volckerts.
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