Driving Climate Action through Clean Cooking
Hosted by HEPA Webinar Series
Weds 20 October 2021
14:30 - 16:00 CEST | 08:30 - 10:00 EDT
Transitioning to Clean Cooking Webinar Series: Session 7
14:30 CEST | 08:30 EDT
Our CEO, Margaret Kim, will deliver a keynote address in this session that highlights clean household energy as an essential strategy for mitigating climate change and improving health. The session will review the science and co-benefits of clean household energy with a particular focus on: (i) achieving countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions; (ii) addressing the dearth of funding for scaling up clean household energy; (iii) solving the climate and energy challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries; and (iv) implementing various climate financing tools.
Agenda
Introduction
- Heather Adair-Rohani, Technical Officer, WHO
Keynote Presentations
The Climate and Health Co-Benefits of Transitioning to Clean Household Energy
- Shonali Pachauri, Research Group Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
The need for finance to scale catalytic transformation
- Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold Standard
Panel Discussion
Opportunities for Promoting Clean Household Energy
- Moderator: Donee Alexander, Chief Science and Learning Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance
- Panelist: Margaret Kim, CEO, Gold Standard
- Panelist: John Mitchell, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Panelist: Pallavi Pant, Program Manager, Health Effects Institute
- Panelist: Country representative (tbc)
Q&A + Preview next session
- Donee Alexander, Chief Science and Learning Officer, Clean Cooking Alliance