Global Methane Forum 2020

Geneva, Switzerland

Regretfully, the Global Methane Forum 2020 did not take place as scheduled this March in Geneva, due to public health concerns related to the coronavirus.

The agenda below is being provided for reference purposes. Updates will be posted as information becomes available.

Agenda for the Plenary Session

Tuesday, 24 March 2020, Palais de Nations, Room XXI

08:00 – 09:15	Registration/Security check-in
09:30 – 09:35	Welcome and Opening of the Session Helen Ryan, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Protection Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada; GMI Steering Committee Co-Chair Janine Kuriger, Head of Division, Global Programme Climate Change and Environment (GPCCE), Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
09:35 – 09:40	Introductory Remarks Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, UNECE (confirmed)
09:40 – 12:00	Moderated by Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy Division, UNECE Keynote Session: A Call to Action Rob Jackson, Professor and Senior Fellow, Stanford University (confirmed) Sam Kotis, Associate Vice President, Global Energy, Environmental Defense Fund (confirmed) Claudio Descalzi, Chief Executive Officer, ENI S.p.A. (confirmed) Vicki Hollub, Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum (confirmed) Tim Gould, Head of Division, Energy Supply and Investment Outlooks, Directorate of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks, International Energy Agency (confirmed)
12:00 – 12:30	Recognition of the Global Methane Challenge Participants Helen Ryan, GMI Steering Committee Co-Chair Janine Kuriger, GPCCE/SDC/FDFA
12:30 – 14:15	Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:40	Facilitated Panel Discussion Financial Risks of Inaction on Methane “Perspectives from financial institutions and the private sector on the funding opportunities, barriers, and risks” Andrew Logan, Senior Director, Oil & Gas, Ceres (confirmed) Pratima Rangarajan, Chief Executive Officer, OGCI Climate Investments (confirmed) Vikram Widge, Senior Advisor on Climate Finance, Climate Policy Initiative (confirmed) Tanguy de Benassis, Secretariat, World Bank (invited)
15:45 – 16:55	Facilitated Panel Discussion Moderated by Stephanie Saunier, Managing Director, Carbon Limits Drivers of Action to Reduce Methane “Perspectives from the private sector and governments on experiences and challenges: what has worked, and what hasn’t, in addressing methane mitigation through policy, including both regulations and voluntary incentives” Brendan Devlin, Advisor, Directorate General Energy, European Commission (confirmed) Jerome Schmitt, Chair, OGCI Executive Committee (confirmed) Suresh Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal of India (invited)
16:55 – 17:00	Closing Remarks; Adjournment
17:00 - 18:00	Networking Event - Serpent Bar, Building E, 1^st Floor (hosted by OGCI)