HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON ENERGY

under the auspices of the UN General Assembly

 

Accelerating action to achieve SDG 7 in support of the
2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement

24 September 2021

Programme

 

 

Master of Ceremonies:

  • Nisha Pillai

09:30 – 10:00

OPENING

Opening remarks:

  • H.E. António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations [Statement] [Video] (Please fast forward to 00:11:50 mark)
  • H.E. Abdulla Shahid, President, 76th session of the General Assembly [Statement] [Video] (Please fast forward to 00:21:05 mark)
  • Chebet Lesan, CEO, BrightGreen Kenya [Video] (Please fast forward to 00:26:57 mark)
  • Francesco Starace, CEO, Enel Group [Statement] [Video] (Please fast forward to 00:33:15 mark)

10:00 – 11:30

LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE 1: ACCELERATING ACTION TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ENERGY ACCESS AND NET ZERO EMISSIONS

Chair:

  • Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP, and the Dialogue Co Chair [Statement] [Video] (Please fast forward to 00:43:44 mark)

    • Global Champions of the High-Level Dialogue on Energy

  • H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Kenya [Video]
  • H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President, Malawi [Video] [Statement]
  • Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister, Denmark [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister, Russian Federation [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President, European Commission [Video]
  • H.E. Tom de Bruijin, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Netherlands [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. WASHIO Eiichiro, State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Japan [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. ZHANG Jianhua, Administrator, National Energy Administration, China [Video] [Statement]

    • Heads of State and Government

  • H.E. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister, Antigua and Barbuda [Video]
  • H.E. Sebastian Kurz, Federal Chancellor, Austria [Video] [Statement]

    • Co-Lead Organisations of the Technical Working Groups

  • David Malpass, President, World Bank Group (WB) [Video]
  • Courtenay Rattray, Under Secretary General/High Representative, Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN OHRLLS) [Video] [Statement]
  • Francesco La Camera, Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) [Video] [Statement]

    • Member State and Multi-stakeholder Leaders

  • Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) [Video]
  • Per Heggenes, CEO, IKEA Foundation [Video] [Statement]
  • Rajiv Shah, President, Rockefeller Foundation [Video] [Statement]
  • Abigail Binay, Mayor, City of Makati, Philippines [Video]

    • Statement by the Dialogue Secretary-General

  • LIU Zhenmin, Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs and the Dialogue Secretary General [Statement] [Video] (Please fast forward to 01:51:00 mark)

11:30 – 13:00

LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE 2: ENSURING JUST AND INCLUSIVE ENERGY TRANSITIONS TO LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND

Chair:

  • Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All, and the Dialogue Co Chair [Video] (Please fast forward to 01:57:45 mark)

    • Global Champions of the High-Level Dialogue on Energy

  • H.E. Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President, Brazil [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Ivan Duque Marquez, President, Colombia [Video]
  • H.E. Andrzej Duda, President, Poland [Video] (Please fast forward to 02:10:30 mark)
  • H.E. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President, Portugal [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Teresa Ribera, Vice President and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Spain [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation, Iceland [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Raj Kumar Singh, Minister of Power, India [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Sharon Ikeazor, Minister of State for Environment, Nigeria [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Greg Hands, Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, United Kingdom [Video]

    • Heads of State and Government

  • H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President, Sri Lanka [Video]
  • H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President, Turkey [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President, Uganda [Video]
  • H.E. Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister, Belgium [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister, Lesotho [Statement] [Video] (Please fast forward to 03:56:06 mark)

    • Co-Lead Organisations of the Technical Working Groups

  • Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) [Video]
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, World Health Organisation (WHO) [Video]
  • Mounir Tabet, Deputy Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) [Video]

    • Member State and Multi-stakeholder Leaders

  • H.E. Pyon Deiye, Minister of Health, Nauru, on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) [Statement]
  • H.E. Dag Inge Ulstein, Minister of International Development, Norway [Video]
  • Numar Alfonso Blanco Bonilla, Executive Secretary, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Kerenga Kua, Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Papua New Guinea [Video] (Please fast forward to 03:19:00 mark)
  • H.E. Salim bin Naser Al Aufi, Under Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Minerals, Oman [Video] (Please fast forward to 03:30:49 mark)

 

SPECIAL EVENT (I)
Raising Collective Ambition on SDG 7 and Climate Action

13:30 – 14:00

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:

[Video]

Moderator: Nisha Pillai

Lead Discussants:

  • Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP, and the Dialogue Co Chair
  • Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All, and the Dialogue Co Chair
  • Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • Sheila Oparaocha, Executive Director, ENERGIA International Network on Gender an d Sustainable Energy
  • Catherine MacGregor, CEO, ENGIE
  • Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment, and Water

14:00 – 14:45

STATEMENTS:

  • Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [Video]
  • Rosaria Diaz Garavito, Regional Organizing Partner, LATAM [Video]
  • H.E. Sophie Gladima, Minister of Petrol and Energy, Senegal [Statement]
  • H.E. Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy, Namibia [Video] (Please fast forward to 04:58:45 mark)
  • H.E. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Algeria [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Nasrul Hamid, Minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bangladesh [Video]
  • H.E. Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy, Cambodia [Video]
  • H.E. Andrea Meza, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica [Video]
  • H.E. Thomas Camara, Minister of Mines, Petrol and Energy, Côte d'Ivoire [Video]

15:00 – 16:15

LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE 3: CATALYSING FINANCE AND INVESTMENT

Chair:

  • Achim Steiner, Administrator, UNDP, and the Dialogue Co Chair [Video] (Please fast forward to 05:38:55 mark)

    • Global Champions of the High-Level Dialogue on Energy

  • H.E. Roberto Cingolani, Minister of Ecological Transition, Italy [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Norbert Barthle, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany [Video] [Statement]

    • Heads of State and Government

  • H.E. Taneti Maamau, President, Kiribati [Statement]
  • H.E. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President, Zimbabwe [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister, Greece [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister, Nepal [Video] [Statement]

    • Co-Lead Organisations of the Technical Working Groups

  • Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank (EIB) [Video] [Statement]
  • Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) [Video]

    • Member State and Multi-stakeholder Leaders

  • John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, United States of America [Video] (Please fast forward to 06:17:20 mark)
  • Eric Garcetti, Mayor, City of Los Angeles, United States of America [Statement]
  • Agnes Kalibata, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit [Video] (Please fast forward to 06:33:55 mark)
  • Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund (GCF) [Video]

16:15 – 17:30

LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE 4: SCALING UP ACTION THROUGH ENERGY COMPACTS

Chair:

  • Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for all, and the Dialogue Co-Chair [Video] (Please fast forward to 06:41:01 mark)

    • Global Champions of the High-Level Dialogue on Energy

  • H.E. Lionel Rouwen Aingimea, President, Nauru [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Raquel Peña, Vice President, Dominican Republic [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Juan Carlos Jobet, Minister of Energy and Minister of Mining, Chile [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Mika Lintilä, Minister of Economic Affairs, Finland [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Roberto Ordoñez, Minister of Energy, Honduras [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Georges Pierre Lesjongard, Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mauritius [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Morocco [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Jorge Rivera Staff, National Secretary of Energy, Panama [Video] (Please fast forward to 07:14:13 mark)

    • Heads of State and Government

  • H.E. Milo Djukanović, President, Montenegro [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Hakainde Hichilema, President, Zambia [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados [Video]
  • H.E. Ana Brnabic, Prime Minister, Serbia [Video]
  • H.E. Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, Thailand [Statement]
  • H.E. Nicolae Popescu, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Moldova [Video] [Statement]

    • Co-Lead Organisations of the Technical Working Groups

  • Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [Video]
  • Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director / Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) [Video]
  • Li Yong, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) [Video] [Statement]

    • Member State and Multi-stakeholder Leaders

  • H.E. Seleshi Bekele, Minister for Water, Irrigation and Energy, Ethiopia [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Walid Fayad, Minister of Energy and Water, Lebanon [Video] [Statement]
  • Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank [Video] [Statement]
  • Ruth Porat, CFO, Google [Video]

17:30 – 18:00

CONCLUSION OF THE LEADERSHIP DIALOGUES

Chair:

  • LIU Zhenmin, Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs and the Dialogue Secretary General [Statement]

    • Statement:

  • Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations [Video]

 

SPECIAL EVENT (II)
Raising Collective Ambition on SDG 7 and Climate Action

18:00 – 20:30

STATEMENTS:

  • H.E. Nicolás Liván Arronte Cruz, Minister of Energy and Mining, Cuba [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Natasa Pilides, Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry, Cyprus [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Barbara Pompili, Minister for the Ecological Transition, France [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Alberto Pimentel, Minister of Energy and Mines, Guatemala [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education, Ghana [Video]
  • H.E. Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Natural Resources, Guyana [Video]
  • H.E. Arifin Tasrif, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Ireland [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Karine Elharrar, Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, Israel [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Magzum Mirzagaliyev, Minister of Energy, Kazakhstan [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Mohammed Al-Fares, Minister of Oil and Higher Education, Kuwait [Video]
  • H.E. Ruslan Kazakbaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyzstan [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Aminath Shauna, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives [Video]
  • H.E. Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mexico [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Kandhi Elieisar, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Micronesia [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Tavinbekh Nansal, Minister of Energy, Mongolia [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Ernesto Max Elias Tonela, Minister of Natural Resources and Energy, Mozambique [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Alfonso G. Cusi, Secretary of Energy, Philippines [Video]
  • H.E. Claver Gatete, Minister of Infrastructure, Rwanda [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Flavien Joubert, Minister of Agriculture, Climate Change and Energy, Seychelles [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. David Abiamofo, Minister of Natural Resources, Suriname [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Per Olsson Fridh, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden [Video]
  • H.E. Muhriddin Sirojiddin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tajikistan [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires, Minister of Public Works, Timor Leste [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Poasi Tei, Minister of Energy, Information, Disaster Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications, Tonga [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Stuart Young, Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, Trinidad and Tobago [Video]
  • H.E. Tareck Zaidan El Aissami, Minister for Petroleum, Venezuela [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Carlos Zaldivar, Deputy Minister for Mines and Energy, Paraguay [Video]
  • H.E. CHOI Jong-moon, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Salvador Handal, Executive Secretary of the National Energy Council, El Salvador [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Ismail Cheikh Ahmed, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Mauritania [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, Holy See [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Mahmoud Yousif Ahmed Alhassein, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Sudan [Video] [Statement]
  • H.E. Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza, President of the Sustainable Energy Authority, Bahrain [Video] [Statement]
  • Joanes Atela, Director of Partnership, Africa Centre for Technology Studies [Video]

20:30

CLOSING

  • LIU Zhenmin, Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs and the Dialogue Secretary General [Video]