Renewable energy gains momentum for sustainable development of local communities (SDG7 Youth Constituency, BRICS YEA, Carbon Markets Association of India (CMAI), Universal Versatile Society (UV Society), Lead4Earth)

November 16, Saturday
11:00 12:00
This session focuses on identifying the immense co-benefits of supplying energy and other resources to local communities incl. indigenous groups in pursuit of socioeconomic development along with carbon neutrality and introducing digital platform concepts that are in concert with scalable nature-based solutions.

The audience will grasp the paramount role of renewable energy in making great socioeconomic impacts alongside the supply chain through an urban-rural integration system, not at the expense of ecological balance. Together, climate policymakers, activists and youth leaders will reshape a more sustainable ecosphere from this knowledge-sharing session to co-create just transition across the BRICS+ network.

The synergies between the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 will also be explored to magnify the importance of expediting climate resilience and seek a multilateralism-centered mechanism to promote multi-species justice and all ecosystems.

Moderator:
  • Cataleya Bruce/Xinyue Han, Secretary of International Partnerships and Policy Advocacy (IPPA) for BRICS YEA, Advisory Board Member of Universal Versatile Society (UV Society), Regional Focal Point of SDG7 Youth Consitutency for Oceania

Panel:
  • Rohit Kumar, Secretary General at the Carbon Markets Association of India (CMAI)
  • Sherif Elrefaey, International Relations Manager at Ecocode
  • Vikrant Srivastava, FAO Youth Policy Board Member, Co-Founder of Lead4Earth
  • Arsenii Kirgizov-barskii, Assistant Chairman of BRICS YEA
  • Ayushi Gaur, CMAI
  • Dr. Sawsan Elawady, Environmental Expert, Engagement Manager of Ecocode

Online participants:
  • Jin Tanaka, Regional Focal Point of SDG7 Youth Constituency, IEEE YP CSTF, Co-Researcher of National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan
  • Fahad Haider, Renewable Energy (RE) Engineer/Consultant, Founder of Eminate, World Bank Climate Ambassador of Australia (COP28)
  • Rinret Best, Capacity-building Team Lead of SDG7 Youth Constituency

Baku Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan

– COP29 Blue Zone, Pavilion D17

In case of questions, please reach out to:
cop@northernforum.org

Main Coordinator
Dr Vladimir Vasilev
Executive Director, The Northern Forum
+7 914 220 97 89, vvasilev@northernforum.org

Program Coordinator
Arsenii Kirgizov-Barski
Adviser to the Chair, BRICS YEA
+47 968 83099, kirgizovbarskii@yeabrics.org

Technical Support
Erkhaan Nikolaev
Manager, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
+7 914 2855565, nnerkiov@gmail.com