14 November 2024
10:00 - 13:00 (UTC+4)
Azersun Pavillon, Baku



Accredited for GREEN Zone by COP 29
Program
Panel 1: Foundations for Breakthroughs in Green Technologies
Focus
This panel will explore the conditions, challenges, and opportunities of green technologies, in particular breakthroughs and radical innovations towards a zero-emission economy. Panelists will discuss the requirements for radical innovations in green technologies and discuss why radical innovations are not considered as an upward risk in climate models. This impact on innovation-based structural change policy will be discussed.
Panel Convenor
Professor Ralf Wehrspohn, CEO ITEL & Professor at Martin-Luther-Unversity Halle-Wittemberg & KENTECH, former member of the German Coal Exit commission
Panelists
Prof. Andreas Löschel, Ruhr-University Bochum, IPCC co-author, Chair of the German Energy Monitoring commission
Prof. Qingzhe Jiang, UIBE, China & Chair of the Humboldt Zero-Emission Forum
Prof. Xiahu Feng, UIBE & Bejing Humboldt Forum Coordinator
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, MPI for Innovation and Competition, München, Germany (online)
Thorsten Lambertus, DEEP, Berlin, Germany (online)
Anja Mutscher, 20blue research institute, Leipzig, Germany
Panel 2: Regional and Transregional Practices in Sustainable and Just Transitions
Focus
This panel discusses socio-economic and socio-ecological aspects of just transitions from a regional and transregional perspective. With examples from the United States, Germany, and Azerbaijan, the panellists will discuss strategies toward green energy transitions, recultivation of post-mining landscapes and implementation of SDGs. As their data shows, these processes are neither straightforward nor uncontested. We conclude the panel by discussing transregional aspects of and pathways to sustainable and just transitions.
Panel Convenor
Professor Dr. Jonathan Everts, Department of Geosciences and Geography, and HALIS Instiute for Just Transition and Sustainability, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Panelists
Dr. Mareike Pampus, Department of Geosciences and Geography, and HALIS Instiute for Just Transition and Sustainability, MLU Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Dr. Ben Coles School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Professor Dr. Anar Valiyev, ADA University Baku, Azerbaijan
Panel 3: Shaping the Future Legal Framework for Sustainability
Focus
Evolving legal landscape and propose forward-thinking legal frameworks to support the financial framework for sustainable political and socio-economical systems for the time of post-fossil transition. The panel explore the legal challenges surrounding climate finance, including the current discussions on the Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities as well as the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance. The CBDR-RC and NCQG will be set in the context of legal regulation of new technologies contributing to climate protection. As technology evolves, questions around equity, access, and the protection of human rights in climate initiatives become increasingly critical.
Panel Convenor
Prof. Dr. Azar Aliyev, Law School Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, HALIS Institute for Just Transition and Sustainability
Panelists
Prof. Dr. Christian Tietje, Law School, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Dr. Dana Ruddigkeit, UBA (Environmental Agency of Germany)
Prof. Dr. Romy Klimke, Dresden University of Technology
Sadiga Mehdiyeva, Environmental law and policy expert, Adjunct Lecturer at ADA University, Law School
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