COP 28 TCR-Reserve Events Schedule

Hosted by: California Department of Insurance, United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance (UN PSI), and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)

An event to announce and discuss the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Climate Resilience Strategy and advance sustainable insurance. US State Insurance Regulators are coming together with a shared vision to implement a series of actions to reduce climate risks.

Hosted by: Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)

California–and governments across the world–are setting much needed goals to facilitate the rapid adoption of battery-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles to address a significant source of climate pollution. Yet the price of insurance for these vehicles is often prohibitive as insurers are largely unfamiliar with the vehicles and do not have reliable data on repair costs, battery lifespans, and residual values, all of which holds fleets, OEMs and other stakeholders back from delivering on these vehicle targets. As more vehicle data becomes available, the time is now for stakeholders to collaborate on the development of affordable and comprehensive insurance policies, and for government entities to explore backing the underwriting of these policies in the short-term as a key step in advancing climate goals.

Hosted by: RTI International

The risks of climate change to population health are widespread and have been increasingly well documented over the last decade. Yet health systems and public health practitioners have been slow to embrace a climate-focused lens to prepare for or adapt to the effects of climate change, continuing to operate largely outside of the emerging community of climate change response. To effectively address climate-related health impacts, we must ensure that a clear paradigm exists for accelerating and mainstreaming a climate focus within the structures of global health decision making, funding, research and practice–a starting point of self-reflection around the incentives, challenges, opportunities and barriers is important to help us make the most of this moment. This panel will discuss the opportunities and challenges for aligning global health and climate priorities, including improving coordination with global health bodies, defining models and methods for incorporating climate resilience within health measures, incorporating equity considerations associated with climate change, and better reflecting climate impacts in global health program design and implementation.

Hosted by: Edison International

California has set an ambitious goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045, but how will the state get there? What are the challenges and opportunities for transforming the energy system and electrifying the economy? How can California leverage its leadership and innovation to inspire global action on climate change?

Join Edison International president & CEO Pedro Pizarro in conversation with California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild as they discuss Edison’s latest white paper – Countdown to 2045 – and its analysis and recommendations for planning, policy and technology development to enable an affordable and equitable transition to a clean energy economy.

Hosted by: Abt Associates

The energy sector is the second largest source of methane emissions, responsible for 35 percent of emissions. In the oil and gas sector, the leakages, venting, and flaring of natural gas—a fossil fuel made of 70 to 90 percent methane—contribute a significant proportion of energy sector methane emissions, while representing lost resources and revenue. This session will explore how subnational stakeholders are responding and acting on national and international commitments to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas. The session will also include perspectives and real-world implementation in support of methane reduction commitments including those in Nationally Determined Contributions and Methane Action Plans in support of the Global Methane Pledge.

Hosted by: RTI International and Millennium Challenge Corporation

This event will showcase how the United States government is working to close the climate financing gap and catalyze additional investment. The challenges and opportunities associated with climate finance will be explored through the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC’s) major investments in Kosovo and Mozambique, which span both low carbon development and historically under-represented adaptation. This event will also showcase progress made from MCC and USAID’s Climate Finance + initiative launched at COP27 to introduce and scale up green finance products in the low to lower middle-income countries that need it most.

Hosted by: Georgetown University & California-China Climate Institute

This event will feature a discussion between US and Chinese scholars and practitioners about lessons learned from bilateral subnational and research cooperation on climate change and clean energy, and opportunities for expanding US-China engagement.

Hosted by: Uber

This panel will discuss results thus far from the transportation sector on the road to net zero emissions. As industry and governments alike attempt to transition vehicles and fleets to more sustainable energy sources, as well as invest in sustainable mobility systems that can more equitable, efficiently, and accessibly serve customers there are a solutions that may be logical for one sector, yet in not doable by the other. Panelists will discuss ideas that can work for all sectors, and at the same time be in the best interest of the public good.

Hosted by: Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Edison International

This event will explore what has changed in the resilience landscape since COP27, including the impact that the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are having on private sector resilience efforts, especially those related to the energy grid. This event also will explore key initial findings from a new study by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions on developing a global framework for climate resilience among the private sector.

Hosted by: Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Greater Cleveland Partnership, Growth Opportunity Partners, and Environmental Health Watch

For industrial cities like Cleveland, climate action and the transition to a clean energy economy presents an opportunity to build a more equitable, inclusive, and just economy. At the same time, massive once in a generation federal investments represent an unprecedented opportunity to support this transition. But coordination at the local level is needed to ensure equitable implementation. Through cross sector partnership, the region seeks to leverage the unique expertise of all sectors to accelerate progress on climate action through aligned goals, coordinated strategies, and increased investment. Cleveland also looks forward to hosting The Climate Registry Climate Leadership Conference in May 2024!

Hosted by: Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, UCLA School of Law

Cutting methane emissions presents a unique opportunity to limit near-term climate impacts. Rapid advances in methane monitoring technologies provide new tools to understand the scale and sources of methane emissions. This panel will discuss the implications for law and policy of these technologies and explore the work being done on this issue by California and other jurisdictions, along with open questions, challenges, and opportunities for further advances in jurisdictions around the globe.

Hosted by: Edison International and Edison Electric Institute

EEI member company CEOs will join automaker leaders to discuss exciting developments in electric transportation, including the National Electric Highway Coalition and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program. Panelists also will discuss the growing role of fleet electrification and how electric companies are partnering with customers and with auto companies to ensure that sufficient energy grid capacity is available to meet anticipated vehicle charging needs.

Hosted by: Uber

This panel will examine the opportunity to advance toward zero emission targets in the transportation sector through the electrification of the 2/3Ws vehicle segment. Panelists will discuss innovative case studies, key market opportunities, components that can help tip the scale to make transition more likely, including policy and regulatory reforms, as well as discuss localizing supply chains for component parts, as well as how this transportation choice could enhance livability and safety of the built environment.

Hosted by: Yurok Tribe

This dynamic and innovative panel of Indigenous leaders will highlight the direct and solution based strategies that are undertaking supporting inherent principles of sovereignty and self-determination in areas of Leadership & Governance, Climate Finance, Natural Resources Management, Data Sovereignty, technology advancement and Cultural Diplomacy actions.

Hosted by: The Climate Registry

Using product carbon footprinting to drive emissions reductions and low carbon purchasing decisions. As organizations and individuals seek to understand and reduce their GHG emissions, there is increasing demand for reliable information about the GHG impacts of products and services. This panel discussion will explore market drivers and the experience of international carbon footprinting programmes in developing product carbon footprints that enable purchasing decisions that drive emissions reductions.

Hosted by: Edison Electric Institute (EEI), U.S. Department of Energy, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Long Duration Energy Storage Council

This event will highlight a new initiative to advance the commercial deployment of long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies. Participants will include officials from the U.S. Department of Energy, EEI, EPRI, and the LDES Council, which all signed the memorandum of understanding earlier this year to advance LDES.

Hosted by: The Climate Registry

“Greenhushing” is a growing barrier to industry wide progress on meeting net zero emissions targets. The term describes the practice of organizations withholding details of their sustainability reporting and targets to avoid potential criticism. Alternatively, corporate sustainability leaders can avoid this trend,by embracing rigorous data standards, full transparency, and carefully crafting their messaging. Learn from organizations representing multiple sides of net zero on how to enable best practices that build momentum around transparent, transformative reporting in an environment of critique and limited resources.

Hosted by: Abt Associates

Climate-informed forecasts, disease modelling, early warning, and predictions exist and if scaled and invested in, can effectively guide local health decision-making and public health responses. This session aims to build on the conversations held at the 2023 Climate and Health for Africa Conference, where 15 African nations, U.S. Government entities, the World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, and others came together to share research gaps and application needs in early warning for heat and infectious disease across Africa. This session will highlight advancements in early warning systems for health while stimulating discussion between researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to advance climate-based health early warning.

Hosted by: RTI International

Carbon markets can play a critical role in helping the agriculture sector to reach net-zero while also adapting to the changing climate; but so far, primarily largescale farmers in high-income countries have been able to leverage carbon markets. Low- and middle-income countries account for most global emissions from the agriculture, forestry, and land use sectors, and are dominated by smallholder farming systems. USAID and other donor-supported activities are increasingly connecting smallholder farmers to carbon markets. This session will showcase three examples of where smallholder farmers are combatting climate change with the support of carbon markets and highlight opportunities for scaling within other low- and middle-income countries.

Hosted by: Governors’ Climate and Forest Task Force and Climate Action Reserve

Remote sensing technology and transparency in best-in-class data is of critical importance to decisionmakers in governments, communities, and the private sector. This moderated panel will feature a discussion on how subnational governments and partners of the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force can work with data providers to support forest governance and other land-use management efforts.