Putting the Energy Goal into Action: Leaders from Government, Business Pursue Partnerships to Achieve New Goal on Sustainable Energy for All, at High-Level UN Event

MEDIA ADVISORY

When:    Sunday, 27 September, 8:00 am – 1:00 pm Where:   Conference Room 2, United Nations Headquarters What:    “Implementing SDG 7: The role of partnerships in ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” For the first time ever, at the UN Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals, world leaders will adopt a common goal on energy -- Goal 7: “to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”. This high-level side event on 27 September will pursue public-private partnerships needed to achieve that goal. The event is co-hosted by the Government of Denmark and the Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Initiative. At a time when 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity, when millions die prematurely each year because 2.9 billion people do not have clean and safe cooking facilities, and when a shift to sustainable energy use is imperative to protect the Earth’s climate, no less than a worldwide effort is required to achieve the new goal.   8.15-9.00 - Opening High-level Segment Master of Ceremony: Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All Partnership designate

• Opening co-host remarks: Kristian Jensen, Foreign Minister of Denmark
• Opening co-host remarks: Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group
• Opening co-host remarks: Jan Eliasson, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General
• Special Addresses:
  • Ellen Sirleaf Johnson, President, Liberia (TBC)
  • Mogens Lykketoft, President of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank

  9.05-10.00 - Panel 1: Ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services by 2030 Moderator: Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, former Special Representative and CEO, SEforALL

• Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development
• Amber Rudd, Secretary of State, UK Department for Energy and Climate Change
• Naif Alotaibi, Deputy Minister for Petroleum Affairs, Saudi Arabia (TBC)
• Reema Nanavaty, Head of Self Employed Women's Association
• Radha Muthiah, Chief Executive Officer, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
• Parminder Vir, Chief Executive Officer, The Tony Elumelu Foundation
• Dejan Ostojic, World Bank Group

  10.05-11.00 – Panel 2: Increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030 Moderator: Adnan Amin, Director General, IRENA

• Isabella Lövin, Minister of International Development Cooperation of Sweden
• Izabella Teixeira, Minister of the Environment, Brazil (TBC)
• Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State, UAE, Chairman of Masdar
• Andrä Rupprechter, Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria
• Annick Girardin, Minister of State for Development and Francophony, France
• Peder Holk Nielsen, President & CEO of Novozymes
• Francesco Starace, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of ENEL

  11.05-12.00 – Panel 3: Double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030 Moderator: Martin Bille Hermann, State Secretary of Development Policy, Denmark

• Alexei Texler, First Deputy Minister of Energy, Russian Federation
• Inger Andersen, Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature
• Masahiko Horie, Ambassador for Global Environmental Affairs, Japan
• Li Yong, Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• Naoko Ishii, Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility
• Gregor Robertson, Mayor, City of Vancouver, Canada
• Stephen Groff, Vice President, Asian Development Bank
• Fleming Voetmann, Head of Sustainability & Public Affairs, Danfoss

  12.05-13.00 - Closing segment: Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 Moderator: Ibrahim Thiaw, Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General, UNEP

• Special address: H.E. Mr. Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister, Iceland
• Tone Skogen, Deputy Minister, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
• Ingrid Hoven, Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany
• Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group (TBC)
• Sheila Oparaocha, International Coordinator, ENERGIA

  Closing remarks: Rachel Kyte, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and CEO of the SEforALL Partnership designate   Media Arrangements: The event is open to accredited media. Both print and visual media will need to be escorted from the first floor media liaison desk. Print media will need a special event ticket available at the MALU office (S-250) or the media liaison desk. Journalists without media credentials and without equipment can request in advance to attend the event as participants. Webcast: The event will be webcast at webtv.un.org and on this site Online: For latest programme updates and more background info, see www.seforall.org Social media: Live tweeted using #SE4All    #SDG7    #GlobalGoals     #Action2015    #globalaction Post-event: Photos and a summary of the event can be found at www.iisd.ca/post2015/summit/ Media Contacts: Gill Tudor, g.tudor@se4all.org, mobile +43 (699) 145-83404 Pragati Pascale, pascale@un.org, tel (917) 367-6427 Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit (media access) malu@un.org, tel (212) 963-6934 or 212-963-6937