World Meteorological Organization

 

''Pathways to Climate and Disaster Resilient Energy Transition''

Venue: Science for Climate Action Pavilion (IPCC-WMO-MERI-Egypt )

Tuesday, 15 November, 11:30-12:30 EET (UTC+2)

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Background:

Climate change is urging global structural shifts in the energy systems infrastructure. Across the sector, there is a need for building climate resilience comprehensively, with emphasis on both the extant and emerging sources of energy, along with addressing vulnerabilities throughout the whole value chain. Managing disaster resilience of the energy assets, renewable energy microgrids, and other disruptive innovations will underpin the resilience of energy infrastructure in the future. This also becomes crucial considering that energy is at the heart of the solution to the climate challenge (IPCC. 2022). With increasing threats to energy security due to extreme weather events and climate trends, actions for resilience, mitigation, and adaptation are needed on aspects concerning the disaster resilience of infrastructure. 

Objective:

This side-event will be a strategic opportunity to convene a dialogue among key stakeholders in the energy transition space to deliberate on a multi-perspective and holistic approach to the climate and disaster resilience of energy infrastructure. This could be the first of a series of dialogues and knowledge gatherings on this critical topic. The Forum also will be a soft launch of the Community of Practice on Resilient Infrastructure for Energy Transition under the foundational guidance of CDRI and the contribution of WMO, IEA, and IAEA. The dialogue is expected to yield pointers that will influence the programming of the key stakeholders in this space for promoting an energy transition that is climate and disaster resilient.
 

Lead and contributor organizations:

Lead: World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

Contributors: International Energy Agency (IEA), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

 

Virtual Attendance:

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Livestream on WMO COP27 portal: https://wmo.int/cop27

Livestream on WMO Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/DbsSv8daVD0

 

Agenda:

 

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