The UN Climate Change Conference (COP29 – #COP29) took place in Baku (Azerbaijan) from 11 to 22 November 2024. Among the key priorities of COP 29 were securing a new goal on climate finance, ensuring every country has the means to take much stronger climate action, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilient communities.
In 2019, the Elcano Royal Institute organised a series of events related to climate change and energy transition, climate legislation and climate finance, included in the COP25 Green+25 Agenda. This year participated in the 29th meeting of the COP by supporting the Spanish Climate Change Office – MITECO in the design and planning of more than 50 side events in the Spanish Pavilion –in which participated different Spanish and international institutions, companies and administrations–, co-organising specific events and through its research team acting as moderators and speakers.
- The complete programme and information on the events on the website of the Spanish Pavilion.
- Recordings of some of the events are available on the Fundación Biodiversidad’s YouTube channel.
Hashtags: #COP29Spain – #ElcanoCOP29
Featured events
Tuesday, 12 November:
| 12:30 – 13:30h. | Partnerships for an ecological and fair transition. The AECID experience. |
| 14:00 – 15:00h. | The climate-development (finance) nexus. |
| 17:00 – 18:00h. | Gender-responsive climate finance. |
Wednesday 13 November:
Thursday, 14 November:
| 10:00 – 11:00h. | Economics for sustainability: from GDP to genuine savings and beyond. |
| 11:30 – 12:30h. | Being Realistic about Taxonomies and the Potential for Global Harmonisation. |
| 13:00 – 14:00h. | Net Zero Policy Matters: Implementing Net Zero Policies, One Year On. |
| 14:15 – 15:15h. | Carbon markets: the need for integrity. |
| 15:30 – 16:30h. | SOFF: Sustained climate finance for systematic observation. |
| 16:45 – 18:15h. | Governance, legal and finance innovations in just and equitable transitions. Alina Averchenkova, Lara Lázaro Touza (panellists). |
| 17:00 – 19:00h. | Mobilising investment towards climate change adaptation. |
Friday, 15 November:
| 10:00 – 11:00h. | Industrial decarbonisation: electrification, renewable hydrogen and energy storage. |
| 11:30 – 12:30h. | The citizen at the centre of the energy system. Lara Lázaro Touza (moderator and participant). |
| 13:00 – 14:00h. | Advancing the just transition through innovative policy solutions. |
| 14:30 – 15:30h. | The green energy transition: industrial policies and competitiveness. |
| 16:00 – 17:00h. | How anticipation and early action are key to accelerating a clean, fair and inclusive energy transition. Lara Lázaro Touza (moderator). |
| 17:30 – 18:30h. | Energy Transition and Energy Planning. |
Saturday, 16 November:
| 10:00 – 11:00h. | From Insight to Action: Exploring Best Practices for advancing Scientific Frontiers through UNESCO-IHP. Elena López Gunn (closing remarks). |
| 11:30 – 12:30h. | The role of leadership in meeting the SDGs and implementing climate commitments: Climate Finance and Development Finance. |
| 13:00 – 14:00h. | Climate innovative insurance solutions for shared resilience. Elena López Gunn (speaker). |
| 14:30 – 15:30h. | Responsible and sustainable AI for climate action. |
Monday, 18 November:
Tuesday, 19 November:
| 10:00 – 11:00h. | The Protocol on Water and Health: How to meet WASH commitments in the context of a changing climate. Spanish Pavilion. Elena López Gunn (moderator). |
| 16:30 – 17:45h. | The Future of Work in a Just Energy Transition. IRENA Pavilion. Lara Lázaro Touza (speaker). |
Wednesday, 20 November:
| 17:00 – 18:00h. | The road to COP30. Celebrating the Paris Agreement 10 years on: achievements, challenges and calls to action. Lara Lázaro Touza (moderator). |
| 18:00 – 19:00h. | Mission thinking on climate change: examples from the Mission of Adaptation, Mission Cities & Mission Innovation. Elena López Gunn (moderator). |
Thrusday, 21 November:
| 10:00 – 11:00h. | Integrating biodiversity into climate action: strategies and benefits for a more sustainable and resilient future. |
| 17:30 – 18:30h. | “Nothing about youth without youth” in the Pact of the Future. Andrea Briones (moderator). |
