Aviazione internazionale e SDG7: accelerare la transizione energetica globale verso il cielo

L'evento approfondirà il modo in cui il settore dell'aviazione internazionale contribuisce all'SDG7 sull'energia pulita e ai temi correlati sulla tutela delle foreste e della biodiversità e sul sostegno allo sviluppo socio-economico. L'ICAO illustrerà il suo prossimo Aviation Energy Compact nell'ambito dell'UN Energy Compact.

Organizzatore: Organizzazione Internazionale dell'Aviazione Civile (ICAO)

Efficienza in azione: Il motore silenzioso della competitività

Energy efficiency has long been called the “first fuel” of the transition - but in practice, it remains the most undervalued. While efficiency could deliver over 40% of the emissions reductions needed to reach net zero, investments are still falling short, even though they offer the highest return per euro spent.

At COP30, where attention will focus on implementation and industrial decarbonisation, this session will bring efficiency to the forefront - not as an abstract policy goal, but as a proven engine of competitiveness. The event, co-hosted with the Energy Efficiency Movement, will highlight concrete examples from leading companies and financiers showing how efficiency cuts costs, creates jobs, strengthens supply-chain resilience, and can be a bankable investment, while driving measurable emission reductions.

Through two linked dialogues - one on deployment and one on finance - the session will show that the solutions already exist, and that scaling them is a question of structure, not technology.

Confirmed speakers:

• Ambroise Fayolle, European Investment Bank
• Ditte Juul Jørgensen, European Commission
• Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Foundation
• Shanta Barley, Fortescue
• Linda Pålsson, Afry
• Anna Celsing, Alfa Laval
• Esther Finidori, Schneider Electric
• Mike Umiker, Energy Efficiency Movement
• Zoisa North-Bond, Octopus Energy Generation
• Dana Barsky, Standard Chartered Bank
• Mario Giordano, Signify                        
• Joan Ko, Arup

Pranzo del leader: Il primo dividendo dell'efficienza

An invitation-only dialogue hosted by Climate Action, where Bertrand Piccard joins business and finance leaders to explore how putting efficiency first can deliver the fastest and most profitable path to net zero.

Organiser: Climate Action

Trasmissione in diretta con We Don't Have Time

Kicking off the We Don’t Have Time COP30 broadcast COP30 series, this opening session will spotlight energy efficiency as a cornerstone of climate action. The discussion will explore how smarter energy use can boost prosperity, resilience, and emissions reductions across sectors worldwide.

Confirmed speakers:

• Ambroise Fayolle, European Investment Bank
• Teresa Ribera, European Commission
• Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Foundation
• Ditte Juul Jørgensen, European Commission
• Thomas Brose, Climate Alliance 
• Mike Umiker, Energy Efficiency Movement
• Christine Juste, City of Marseille

Tavola rotonda sull'attuazione del PAS per l'efficienza della missione

This interactive session will convene governments, financiers and Mission Efficiency partners to co-design pathways for financing and accelerating the implementation of the global goal to double energy efficiency improvement by 2030. As part of the COP30 Activation Group process, the workshop will focus on translating the Mission Efficiency Plan to Accelerate Solutions (PAS) into concrete actions and partnerships that unlock investment and deliver measurable impact by 2030.

The Solar Impulse Foundation has played a key role in Mission Efficiency and is invited to contribute, particularly by sharing insights on the EIB initiative supporting over 350,000 European companies in boosting energy efficiency.

Confirmed speakers:

• Dan Ioshpe, COP30 Climate Champion
• Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Foundation
• Heike Henn, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
• Luke Menzel, Energy Efficiency Council
• Rana Ghoneim, UNIDO
• Daniel Alexander Schroth, African Development Bank
• Jon Creyts, RMI
• Alex Perera, WRI
• Steve Kukoda, International Copper Association
• Mario Giordano, Signify

Guidare l'adozione globale di tecnologie e soluzioni climatiche consolidate per gli edifici

This session, co-organised with UNEP’s Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, will explore how proven technologies and practical solutions can accelerate the decarbonisation of buildings worldwide, unlocking massive energy and cost savings.

Confirmed speakers:

• Ariesta Ningrum, UNEP
• Dietram Oppelt, UNFCCC
• Bertrand Piccard, President, Solar Impulse Foundation
• Bethany Patten, MIT Climate Policy Center
• El Hadji Diop, National Designated Entity, Senegal
• Zoe Norgate, UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Roberto Rossi, Schneider Electric Brazil

Conferenza di chiusura: Giustizia, Resilienza e Speranza

Queste riflessioni conclusive evidenziano come la finanza climatica inclusiva e la filantropia catalitica possano guidare la resilienza e l'equità dal livello locale a quello globale. Mentre il Brasile guida la strada verso una COP attuativa, il messaggio è chiaro: la giustizia e la speranza devono essere realizzate attraverso l'azione, non l'intenzione.

Relatori principali:

• Bertrand Piccard, Presidente della Fondazione Solar Impulse
• Maria Netto, Direttore esecutivo dell'Istituto per il Clima e la Società (iCS)
• Sir Andrew Steer, KCMG, PhD, Professore di pratica, Scuola Globale di Sostenibilità e Centro di Crescita Internazionale, London School of Economics
• Flora Bitancourt, direttrice per il Brasile della Fondazione Mondiale per il Clima

Dialogo sugli investimenti nei trasporti e nella mobilità WBCSD COP30

The session will convene leading voices from business, government, and finance to share practical insights and solutions – being policy, standards, technology and finance - that can facilitate scaling private sector investments and required policies and ensure the global transport transition is not only timely and climate-aligned, but also economically resilient and socially inclusive - delivering benefits for people, nature, and business alike.

Organiser: WBCSD

Ottimizzare la domanda, decarbonizzare l'offerta: Guidare la transizione energetica

This two-part high-level session, co-organised with Schneider Electric, ENGIE, and ClimateSAN, will explore how optimising energy demand and decarbonising energy supply, supported by financial innovation and enhanced by artificial intelligence, can jointly accelerate the global energy transition by scaling efficiency, electrification, renewables, and green molecules across sectors to deliver measurable impact.

Confirmed speakers:

• Tony Agotha, European External Action Service
• Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse Foundation
• Jon Creyts, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Lord Adair Turner, Energy Transitions Commission
• Gilles Vermot-Desroches, Schneider Electric
• Florence Colombo-Fouquet, ENGIE
• Sonia Thimmiah, the Heineken Group
• Nathalie Jaubert, BNP Paribas 
• Renaud Bettin, Sweep
• Paul Stevers, Climate Solutions Advancement Network
• Esther Finidori, Schneider Electric
• Pr. David Rolnick, Climate Change AI