Agenda

Opening Session

Co-chairs

Mr. Xie Zhenhua, CCICED Vice Chairperson; China’s Special Representative on Climate Change; Vice Chairman of Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee

Ms. Catherine McKenna, CCICED Executive Vice Chairperson; Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada

Opening Remarks

Mr. Wang Yiming, Vice President of Development Research Center of the State Council

Mr. Eric Heitz, CEO and Co-founder, Energy Foundation

Session 1

Economic Growth Pattern and Development Paths of Clean Energy Innovation

Chair

Ms. Catherine McKenna, CCICED Executive Vice Chairperson; Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada

Keynote Speech

Mid- and Long-term Targets of Addressing Climate Change and Implementation Paths

Mr. Jonathan Pershing, Program Director of Environment, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Former Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State

EU Low Carbon Transition Vision and Experience

Mr. Jos Delbeke, Director General for Climate Action, European Commission

Innovation of Growth Pattern and Development Path

Mr. Zou Ji, President, Energy Foundation China

Speakers

Mr. He Jiankun, Former Executive Vice President of Tsinghua University

Mr. Wang Yi, Member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress, Professor and Deputy Director-General of the Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mr. David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Concentration at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University; Former Under Secretary of Energy (Acting) and Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, the U.S. Department of Energy

Mr. Scott Vaughan, CCICED Member; President and CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Mr. Anthony Cox, Acting Director, OECD Environment Directorate

General Discussion

Coffee Break

Session 2

Synergy Development of Climate Change and Social Economic Strategy and Policies

Chair

Mr. Xie Zhenhua, CCICED Vice Chairperson; China’s Special Representative on Climate Change; Vice Chairman of Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee

Keynote Speech

Synergies and Trade-offs in Integrating Climate Policies and Social-economic Development

Ms. Åsa Romson, CCICED Member; Former Minister for Climate and the Environment, Former Deputy Prime Minister, the Kingdom of Sweden

Keynote Speech

Climate Change and the Transition to Green Economy and Finance

Mr. Ma Jun, CCICED Special Advisor; Chairman, Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking; and Former Chief Economist, Research Bureau of the People's Bank of China

Speakers

Mr. He Kebin, CCICED Special Advisor; Dean of School of Environment, Tsinghua University; Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering

Mr. Stephen Heintz, CCICED Member; President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Ms. Kathleen McLaughlin, CCICED Member, President of the Walmart Foundation; Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,

Mr. Dietmar Grimm, President, Paulson Institute

Mr. Hendrik Wolff, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University

General Discussion

Concluding Remarks

Ms. Catherine McKenna, CCICED Executive Vice Chairperson; Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada

Mr. Xie Zhenhua, CCICED Vice Chairperson; China’s Special Representative on Climate Change; Vice Chairman of Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of the 12th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee

Adjournment of the meeting

Dinner